Districts compared

Saptari vs Surkhet

Saptari (706,255 people, headquarters Rajbiraj) and Surkhet (415,126 people, headquarters Birendranagar) compared side by side, population, density and area. Saptari has 291,129 more people.

	Saptari	Surkhet
Population (2021)	706,255	415,126
Area	1,363 km²	2,451 km²
Density	518/km²	169/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+0.96%/yr	+1.62%/yr
Literacy	67.7%	82.7%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	99.01	92.74
Headquarters	Rajbiraj	Birendranagar
Province	Madhesh	Karnali
Local levels	18	9

Saptari

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

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Surkhet

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

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Questions

Saptari vs Surkhet, answered

Which has more people, Saptari or Surkhet?+

Saptari district had 706,255 people at the 2021 census and Surkhet had 415,126, so Saptari has 291,129 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Saptari or Surkhet?+

Saptari covers 1,363 km² and Surkhet covers 2,451 km², a difference of 1,088 km². Surkhet is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Saptari or Surkhet?+

Saptari has a density of 518 people/km² and Surkhet has 169 people/km². Saptari is denser.

What are the headquarters of Saptari and Surkhet districts?+

Saptari district's headquarters is Rajbiraj; Surkhet's is Birendranagar. Saptari is in Madhesh 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.