Districts compared

Siraha vs Makwanpur

Siraha (739,953 people, headquarters Siraha) and Makwanpur (466,073 people, headquarters Hetauda) compared side by side, population, density and area. Siraha has 273,880 more people.

	Siraha	Makwanpur
Population (2021)	739,953	466,073
Area	1,188 km²	2,426 km²
Density	623/km²	192/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.43%/yr	+0.99%/yr
Literacy	65.1%	77.8%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	96.68	100.67
Headquarters	Siraha	Hetauda
Province	Madhesh	Bagmati
Local levels	17	10

Siraha

Salhesh Fulbari's New Year orchid and Lahan's Sagarmatha Choudhary Eye Hospital

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Makwanpur

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

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Questions

Siraha vs Makwanpur, answered

Which has more people, Siraha or Makwanpur?+

Siraha district had 739,953 people at the 2021 census and Makwanpur had 466,073, so Siraha has 273,880 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Siraha or Makwanpur?+

Siraha covers 1,188 km² and Makwanpur covers 2,426 km², a difference of 1,238 km². Makwanpur is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Siraha or Makwanpur?+

Siraha has a density of 623 people/km² and Makwanpur has 192 people/km². Siraha is denser.

What are the headquarters of Siraha and Makwanpur districts?+

Siraha district's headquarters is Siraha; Makwanpur's is Hetauda. Siraha 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.