Districts compared

Sarlahi vs Surkhet

Sarlahi (862,470 people, headquarters Malangwa) and Surkhet (415,126 people, headquarters Birendranagar) compared side by side, population, density and area. Sarlahi has 447,344 more people.

	Sarlahi	Surkhet
Population (2021)	862,470	415,126
Area	1,259 km²	2,451 km²
Density	685/km²	169/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.09%/yr	+1.62%/yr
Literacy	60.3%	82.7%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	101.82	92.74
Headquarters	Malangwa	Birendranagar
Province	Madhesh	Karnali
Local levels	20	9

Sarlahi

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

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Surkhet

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

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Questions

Sarlahi vs Surkhet, answered

Which has more people, Sarlahi or Surkhet?+

Sarlahi district had 862,470 people at the 2021 census and Surkhet had 415,126, so Sarlahi has 447,344 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Sarlahi or Surkhet?+

Sarlahi covers 1,259 km² and Surkhet covers 2,451 km², a difference of 1,192 km². Surkhet is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Sarlahi or Surkhet?+

Sarlahi has a density of 685 people/km² and Surkhet has 169 people/km². Sarlahi is denser.

What are the headquarters of Sarlahi and Surkhet districts?+

Sarlahi district's headquarters is Malangwa; Surkhet's is Birendranagar. Sarlahi 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.