Districts compared

Saptari vs Sankhuwasabha

Saptari (706,255 people, headquarters Rajbiraj) and Sankhuwasabha (158,041 people, headquarters Khandbari) compared side by side, population, density and area. Saptari has 548,214 more people.

	Saptari	Sankhuwasabha
Population (2021)	706,255	158,041
Area	1,363 km²	3,480 km²
Density	518/km²	45/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+0.96%/yr	-0.04%/yr
Literacy	67.7%	79.7%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	99.01	101.42
Headquarters	Rajbiraj	Khandbari
Province	Madhesh	Koshi
Local levels	18	10

Saptari

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

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Sankhuwasabha

Makalu's district, from the Arun gorge to the world's fifth-highest peak

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Questions

Saptari vs Sankhuwasabha, answered

Which has more people, Saptari or Sankhuwasabha?+

Saptari district had 706,255 people at the 2021 census and Sankhuwasabha had 158,041, so Saptari has 548,214 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Saptari or Sankhuwasabha?+

Saptari covers 1,363 km² and Sankhuwasabha covers 3,480 km², a difference of 2,117 km². Sankhuwasabha is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Saptari or Sankhuwasabha?+

Saptari has a density of 518 people/km² and Sankhuwasabha has 45 people/km². Saptari is denser.

What are the headquarters of Saptari and Sankhuwasabha districts?+

Saptari district's headquarters is Rajbiraj; Sankhuwasabha's is Khandbari. Saptari is in Madhesh Province, Sankhuwasabha in Koshi 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.