Districts compared

Saptari vs Jumla

Saptari (706,255 people, headquarters Rajbiraj) and Jumla (118,349 people, headquarters Jumla Khalanga (Chandannath)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Saptari has 587,906 more people.

	Saptari	Jumla
Population (2021)	706,255	118,349
Area	1,363 km²	2,531 km²
Density	518/km²	47/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+0.96%/yr	+0.8%/yr
Literacy	67.7%	70.2%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	99.01	100.18
Headquarters	Rajbiraj	Jumla Khalanga (Chandannath)
Province	Madhesh	Karnali
Local levels	18	8

Saptari

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

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Jumla

Organic apples, high-altitude Jumli Marsi rice and the Sinja Valley, cradle of the Nepali language

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Questions

Saptari vs Jumla, answered

Which has more people, Saptari or Jumla?+

Saptari district had 706,255 people at the 2021 census and Jumla had 118,349, so Saptari has 587,906 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Saptari or Jumla?+

Saptari covers 1,363 km² and Jumla covers 2,531 km², a difference of 1,168 km². Jumla is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Saptari or Jumla?+

Saptari has a density of 518 people/km² and Jumla has 47 people/km². Saptari is denser.

What are the headquarters of Saptari and Jumla districts?+

Saptari district's headquarters is Rajbiraj; Jumla's is Jumla Khalanga (Chandannath). Saptari is in Madhesh Province, Jumla 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.