Districts compared

Saptari vs Banke

Saptari (706,255 people, headquarters Rajbiraj) and Banke (603,194 people, headquarters Nepalgunj) compared side by side, population, density and area. Saptari has 103,061 more people.

	Saptari	Banke
Population (2021)	706,255	603,194
Area	1,363 km²	2,337 km²
Density	518/km²	258/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+0.96%/yr	+1.97%/yr
Literacy	67.7%	73.4%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	99.01	96.83
Headquarters	Rajbiraj	Nepalgunj
Province	Madhesh	Lumbini
Local levels	18	8

Saptari

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

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Banke

Nepalgunj, the gateway city of the western Tarai, and Banke National Park

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Questions

Saptari vs Banke, answered

Which has more people, Saptari or Banke?+

Saptari district had 706,255 people at the 2021 census and Banke had 603,194, so Saptari has 103,061 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Saptari or Banke?+

Saptari covers 1,363 km² and Banke covers 2,337 km², a difference of 974 km². Banke is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Saptari or Banke?+

Saptari has a density of 518 people/km² and Banke has 258 people/km². Saptari is denser.

What are the headquarters of Saptari and Banke districts?+

Saptari district's headquarters is Rajbiraj; Banke's is Nepalgunj. Saptari is in Madhesh Province, Banke in Lumbini 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.