Districts compared

Rautahat vs Sankhuwasabha

Rautahat (813,573 people, headquarters Gaur) and Sankhuwasabha (158,041 people, headquarters Khandbari) compared side by side, population, density and area. Rautahat has 655,532 more people.

	Rautahat	Sankhuwasabha
Population (2021)	813,573	158,041
Area	1,126 km²	3,480 km²
Density	723/km²	45/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.63%/yr	-0.04%/yr
Literacy	57.8%	79.7%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	100.8	101.42
Headquarters	Gaur	Khandbari
Province	Madhesh	Koshi
Local levels	18	10

Rautahat

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

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Sankhuwasabha

Makalu's district, from the Arun gorge to the world's fifth-highest peak

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Questions

Rautahat vs Sankhuwasabha, answered

Which has more people, Rautahat or Sankhuwasabha?+

Rautahat district had 813,573 people at the 2021 census and Sankhuwasabha had 158,041, so Rautahat has 655,532 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Rautahat or Sankhuwasabha?+

Rautahat covers 1,126 km² and Sankhuwasabha covers 3,480 km², a difference of 2,354 km². Sankhuwasabha is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Rautahat or Sankhuwasabha?+

Rautahat has a density of 723 people/km² and Sankhuwasabha has 45 people/km². Rautahat is denser.

What are the headquarters of Rautahat and Sankhuwasabha districts?+

Rautahat district's headquarters is Gaur; Sankhuwasabha's is Khandbari. Rautahat is in Madhesh Province, Sankhuwasabha in Koshi 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.