Districts compared

Rupandehi vs Makwanpur

Rupandehi (1,121,957 people, headquarters Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa)) and Makwanpur (466,073 people, headquarters Hetauda) compared side by side, population, density and area. Rupandehi has 655,884 more people.

	Rupandehi	Makwanpur
Population (2021)	1,121,957	466,073
Area	1,360 km²	2,426 km²
Density	825/km²	192/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+2.33%/yr	+0.99%/yr
Literacy	81.2%	77.8%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	96.33	100.67
Headquarters	Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa)	Hetauda
Province	Lumbini	Bagmati
Local levels	16	10

Rupandehi

Lumbini, the birthplace of the Buddha, and the booming Butwal–Bhairahawa corridor

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Makwanpur

Hetauda, the capital of Bagmati Province, beneath the Daman viewpoint on the Tribhuvan Highway

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Questions

Rupandehi vs Makwanpur, answered

Which has more people, Rupandehi or Makwanpur?+

Rupandehi district had 1,121,957 people at the 2021 census and Makwanpur had 466,073, so Rupandehi has 655,884 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Rupandehi or Makwanpur?+

Rupandehi covers 1,360 km² and Makwanpur covers 2,426 km², a difference of 1,066 km². Makwanpur is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Rupandehi or Makwanpur?+

Rupandehi has a density of 825 people/km² and Makwanpur has 192 people/km². Rupandehi is denser.

What are the headquarters of Rupandehi and Makwanpur districts?+

Rupandehi district's headquarters is Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa); Makwanpur's is Hetauda. Rupandehi is in Lumbini Province, Makwanpur in Bagmati 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.