Districts compared

Rautahat vs Gorkha

Rautahat (813,573 people, headquarters Gaur) and Gorkha (251,027 people, headquarters Gorkha) compared side by side, population, density and area. Rautahat has 562,546 more people.

	Rautahat	Gorkha
Population (2021)	813,573	251,027
Area	1,126 km²	3,610 km²
Density	723/km²	70/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.63%/yr	-0.74%/yr
Literacy	57.8%	72.4%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	100.8	88.92
Headquarters	Gaur	Gorkha
Province	Madhesh	Gandaki
Local levels	18	11

Rautahat

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

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Gorkha

Cradle of Nepal's unification, Prithvi Narayan Shah's Gorkha Durbar, and home of Manaslu (8,163 m)

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Questions

Rautahat vs Gorkha, answered

Which has more people, Rautahat or Gorkha?+

Rautahat district had 813,573 people at the 2021 census and Gorkha had 251,027, so Rautahat has 562,546 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Rautahat or Gorkha?+

Rautahat covers 1,126 km² and Gorkha covers 3,610 km², a difference of 2,484 km². Gorkha is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Rautahat or Gorkha?+

Rautahat has a density of 723 people/km² and Gorkha has 70 people/km². Rautahat is denser.

What are the headquarters of Rautahat and Gorkha districts?+

Rautahat district's headquarters is Gaur; Gorkha's is Gorkha. Rautahat is in Madhesh Province, Gorkha in Gandaki 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.