Districts compared

Sarlahi vs Makwanpur

Sarlahi (862,470 people, headquarters Malangwa) and Makwanpur (466,073 people, headquarters Hetauda) compared side by side, population, density and area. Sarlahi has 396,397 more people.

	Sarlahi	Makwanpur
Population (2021)	862,470	466,073
Area	1,259 km²	2,426 km²
Density	685/km²	192/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.09%/yr	+0.99%/yr
Literacy	60.3%	77.8%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	101.82	100.67
Headquarters	Malangwa	Hetauda
Province	Madhesh	Bagmati
Local levels	20	10

Sarlahi

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

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Makwanpur

Hetauda, the capital of Bagmati Province, beneath the Daman viewpoint on the Tribhuvan Highway

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Questions

Sarlahi vs Makwanpur, answered

Which has more people, Sarlahi or Makwanpur?+

Sarlahi district had 862,470 people at the 2021 census and Makwanpur had 466,073, so Sarlahi has 396,397 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Sarlahi or Makwanpur?+

Sarlahi covers 1,259 km² and Makwanpur covers 2,426 km², a difference of 1,167 km². Makwanpur is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Sarlahi or Makwanpur?+

Sarlahi has a density of 685 people/km² and Makwanpur has 192 people/km². Sarlahi is denser.

What are the headquarters of Sarlahi and Makwanpur districts?+

Sarlahi district's headquarters is Malangwa; Makwanpur's is Hetauda. Sarlahi is in Madhesh Province, Makwanpur in Bagmati 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.