Districts compared

Rautahat vs Saptari

Rautahat (813,573 people, headquarters Gaur) and Saptari (706,255 people, headquarters Rajbiraj) compared side by side, population, density and area. Rautahat has 107,318 more people.

	Rautahat	Saptari
Population (2021)	813,573	706,255
Area	1,126 km²	1,363 km²
Density	723/km²	518/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.63%/yr	+0.96%/yr
Literacy	57.8%	67.7%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	100.8	99.01
Headquarters	Gaur	Rajbiraj
Province	Madhesh	Madhesh
Local levels	18	18

Rautahat

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

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Saptari

The Koshi Barrage, Koshi Tappu's wild water buffalo and the Chhinnamasta shakti pith

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Questions

Rautahat vs Saptari, answered

Which has more people, Rautahat or Saptari?+

Rautahat district had 813,573 people at the 2021 census and Saptari had 706,255, so Rautahat has 107,318 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Rautahat or Saptari?+

Rautahat covers 1,126 km² and Saptari covers 1,363 km², a difference of 237 km². Saptari is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Rautahat or Saptari?+

Rautahat has a density of 723 people/km² and Saptari has 518 people/km². Rautahat is denser.

What are the headquarters of Rautahat and Saptari districts?+

Rautahat district's headquarters is Gaur; Saptari's is Rajbiraj. 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.