Districts compared

Saptari vs Gorkha

Saptari (706,255 people, headquarters Rajbiraj) and Gorkha (251,027 people, headquarters Gorkha) compared side by side, population, density and area. Saptari has 455,228 more people.

	Saptari	Gorkha
Population (2021)	706,255	251,027
Area	1,363 km²	3,610 km²
Density	518/km²	70/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+0.96%/yr	-0.74%/yr
Literacy	67.7%	72.4%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	99.01	88.92
Headquarters	Rajbiraj	Gorkha
Province	Madhesh	Gandaki
Local levels	18	11

Saptari

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

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Gorkha

Cradle of Nepal's unification, Prithvi Narayan Shah's Gorkha Durbar, and home of Manaslu (8,163 m)

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Questions

Saptari vs Gorkha, answered

Which has more people, Saptari or Gorkha?+

Saptari district had 706,255 people at the 2021 census and Gorkha had 251,027, so Saptari has 455,228 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Saptari or Gorkha?+

Saptari covers 1,363 km² and Gorkha covers 3,610 km², a difference of 2,247 km². Gorkha is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Saptari or Gorkha?+

Saptari has a density of 518 people/km² and Gorkha has 70 people/km². Saptari is denser.

What are the headquarters of Saptari and Gorkha districts?+

Saptari district's headquarters is Rajbiraj; Gorkha's is Gorkha. Saptari is in Madhesh Province, Gorkha in Gandaki 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.