Districts compared

Rautahat vs Banke

Rautahat (813,573 people, headquarters Gaur) and Banke (603,194 people, headquarters Nepalgunj) compared side by side, population, density and area. Rautahat has 210,379 more people.

	Rautahat	Banke
Population (2021)	813,573	603,194
Area	1,126 km²	2,337 km²
Density	723/km²	258/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.63%/yr	+1.97%/yr
Literacy	57.8%	73.4%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	100.8	96.83
Headquarters	Gaur	Nepalgunj
Province	Madhesh	Lumbini
Local levels	18	8

Rautahat

Bajjika-speaking heartland with more municipalities (16) than any other Nepali district

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Banke

Nepalgunj, the gateway city of the western Tarai, and Banke National Park

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Questions

Rautahat vs Banke, answered

Which has more people, Rautahat or Banke?+

Rautahat district had 813,573 people at the 2021 census and Banke had 603,194, so Rautahat has 210,379 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Rautahat or Banke?+

Rautahat covers 1,126 km² and Banke covers 2,337 km², a difference of 1,211 km². Banke is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Rautahat or Banke?+

Rautahat has a density of 723 people/km² and Banke has 258 people/km². Rautahat is denser.

What are the headquarters of Rautahat and Banke districts?+

Rautahat district's headquarters is Gaur; Banke's is Nepalgunj. Rautahat is in Madhesh Province, Banke in Lumbini Province.

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Sources & data note

All population, household, density, sex-ratio and growth figures are from the National Population and Housing Census 2021 (NSO National Report, Table 15; census reference date 25 November 2021), with 2011 comparisons from the 2011 census recalculated to current boundaries for the four districts split in 2017. Areas are the official statistical areas used by NSO/CBS, the 77 districts sum to exactly 147,181 km², not GIS polygon areas; where Wikipedia's list page prints conflicting areas for the four split districts (Nawalpur, Nawalparasi West, Rukum East, Rukum West), the NSO-consistent figures are used. Literacy rates are computed from NSO Table 24 raw counts (population aged 5+ who can read and write); the computed national aggregate, 76.25%, matches NSO's published 76.2%. Headquarters coordinates are approximate map-pin locations (±2–5 km), not surveyed points.