Districts compared

Rautahat vs Dang

Rautahat (813,573 people, headquarters Gaur) and Dang (674,993 people, headquarters Ghorahi) compared side by side, population, density and area. Rautahat has 138,580 more people.

	Rautahat	Dang
Population (2021)	813,573	674,993
Area	1,126 km²	2,955 km²
Density	723/km²	228/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.63%/yr	+1.92%/yr
Literacy	57.8%	81.4%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	100.8	90.45
Headquarters	Gaur	Ghorahi
Province	Madhesh	Lumbini
Local levels	18	10

Rautahat

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

Full Rautahat profile →

Dang

The Dang and Deukhuri valleys, Tharu heartland and seat of Lumbini Province's capital

Full Dang profile →

Questions

Rautahat vs Dang, answered

Which has more people, Rautahat or Dang?+

Rautahat district had 813,573 people at the 2021 census and Dang had 674,993, so Rautahat has 138,580 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Rautahat or Dang?+

Rautahat covers 1,126 km² and Dang covers 2,955 km², a difference of 1,829 km². Dang is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Rautahat or Dang?+

Rautahat has a density of 723 people/km² and Dang has 228 people/km². Rautahat is denser.

What are the headquarters of Rautahat and Dang districts?+

Rautahat district's headquarters is Gaur; Dang's is Ghorahi. Rautahat is in Madhesh Province, Dang in Lumbini Province.

More comparisons

← Compare all districts

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.