Districts compared

Rautahat vs Bara

Rautahat (813,573 people, headquarters Gaur) and Bara (763,137 people, headquarters Kalaiya) compared side by side, population, density and area. Rautahat has 50,436 more people.

	Rautahat	Bara
Population (2021)	813,573	763,137
Area	1,126 km²	1,190 km²
Density	723/km²	641/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.63%/yr	+1%/yr
Literacy	57.8%	64.5%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	100.8	104.4
Headquarters	Gaur	Kalaiya
Province	Madhesh	Madhesh
Local levels	18	16

Rautahat

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

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Bara

Gadhimai's quinquennial festival, the medieval capital Simraungadh and the Nijgadh airport forest

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Questions

Rautahat vs Bara, answered

Which has more people, Rautahat or Bara?+

Rautahat district had 813,573 people at the 2021 census and Bara had 763,137, so Rautahat has 50,436 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Rautahat or Bara?+

Rautahat covers 1,126 km² and Bara covers 1,190 km², a difference of 64 km². Bara is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Rautahat or Bara?+

Rautahat has a density of 723 people/km² and Bara has 641 people/km². Rautahat is denser.

What are the headquarters of Rautahat and Bara districts?+

Rautahat district's headquarters is Gaur; Bara's is Kalaiya. Both districts are in Madhesh 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.