Districts compared

Sarlahi vs Mahottari

Sarlahi (862,470 people, headquarters Malangwa) and Mahottari (706,994 people, headquarters Jaleshwar) compared side by side, population, density and area. Sarlahi has 155,476 more people.

	Sarlahi	Mahottari
Population (2021)	862,470	706,994
Area	1,259 km²	1,002 km²
Density	685/km²	706/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.09%/yr	+1.14%/yr
Literacy	60.3%	59.8%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	101.82	97.58
Headquarters	Malangwa	Jaleshwar
Province	Madhesh	Madhesh
Local levels	20	15

Sarlahi

Nepal's record 20 local levels and the Lalbandi vegetable belt on the East–West Highway

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Mahottari

Jaleshwar's 'God in water' Shiva temple and Bardibas, where the BP Highway meets the East–West Highway

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Questions

Sarlahi vs Mahottari, answered

Which has more people, Sarlahi or Mahottari?+

Sarlahi district had 862,470 people at the 2021 census and Mahottari had 706,994, so Sarlahi has 155,476 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Sarlahi or Mahottari?+

Sarlahi covers 1,259 km² and Mahottari covers 1,002 km², a difference of 257 km². Sarlahi is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Sarlahi or Mahottari?+

Sarlahi has a density of 685 people/km² and Mahottari has 706 people/km². Mahottari is denser.

What are the headquarters of Sarlahi and Mahottari districts?+

Sarlahi district's headquarters is Malangwa; Mahottari's is Jaleshwar. Both districts are in Madhesh 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.