Districts compared

Rupandehi vs Surkhet

Rupandehi (1,121,957 people, headquarters Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa)) and Surkhet (415,126 people, headquarters Birendranagar) compared side by side, population, density and area. Rupandehi has 706,831 more people.

	Rupandehi	Surkhet
Population (2021)	1,121,957	415,126
Area	1,360 km²	2,451 km²
Density	825/km²	169/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+2.33%/yr	+1.62%/yr
Literacy	81.2%	82.7%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	96.33	92.74
Headquarters	Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa)	Birendranagar
Province	Lumbini	Karnali
Local levels	16	9

Rupandehi

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

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Surkhet

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

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Questions

Rupandehi vs Surkhet, answered

Which has more people, Rupandehi or Surkhet?+

Rupandehi district had 1,121,957 people at the 2021 census and Surkhet had 415,126, so Rupandehi has 706,831 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Rupandehi or Surkhet?+

Rupandehi covers 1,360 km² and Surkhet covers 2,451 km², a difference of 1,091 km². Surkhet is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Rupandehi or Surkhet?+

Rupandehi has a density of 825 people/km² and Surkhet has 169 people/km². Rupandehi is denser.

What are the headquarters of Rupandehi and Surkhet districts?+

Rupandehi district's headquarters is Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa); Surkhet's is Birendranagar. Rupandehi is in Lumbini 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.