Districts compared

Rautahat vs Surkhet

Rautahat (813,573 people, headquarters Gaur) and Surkhet (415,126 people, headquarters Birendranagar) compared side by side, population, density and area. Rautahat has 398,447 more people.

	Rautahat	Surkhet
Population (2021)	813,573	415,126
Area	1,126 km²	2,451 km²
Density	723/km²	169/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.63%/yr	+1.62%/yr
Literacy	57.8%	82.7%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	100.8	92.74
Headquarters	Gaur	Birendranagar
Province	Madhesh	Karnali
Local levels	18	9

Rautahat

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

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Surkhet

Karnali's provincial capital Birendranagar and the 12th-century Kakrebihar temple

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Questions

Rautahat vs Surkhet, answered

Which has more people, Rautahat or Surkhet?+

Rautahat district had 813,573 people at the 2021 census and Surkhet had 415,126, so Rautahat has 398,447 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Rautahat or Surkhet?+

Rautahat covers 1,126 km² and Surkhet covers 2,451 km², a difference of 1,325 km². Surkhet is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Rautahat or Surkhet?+

Rautahat has a density of 723 people/km² and Surkhet has 169 people/km². Rautahat is denser.

What are the headquarters of Rautahat and Surkhet districts?+

Rautahat district's headquarters is Gaur; Surkhet's is Birendranagar. Rautahat is in Madhesh Province, Surkhet in Karnali 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.