Districts compared

Sunsari vs Makwanpur

Sunsari (926,962 people, headquarters Inaruwa) and Makwanpur (466,073 people, headquarters Hetauda) compared side by side, population, density and area. Sunsari has 460,889 more people.

	Sunsari	Makwanpur
Population (2021)	926,962	466,073
Area	1,257 km²	2,426 km²
Density	737/km²	192/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.86%/yr	+0.99%/yr
Literacy	78.1%	77.8%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	93.95	100.67
Headquarters	Inaruwa	Hetauda
Province	Koshi	Bagmati
Local levels	12	10

Sunsari

Dharan, Itahari and the Koshi Tappu wetlands at eastern Nepal's crossroads

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Makwanpur

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

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Questions

Sunsari vs Makwanpur, answered

Which has more people, Sunsari or Makwanpur?+

Sunsari district had 926,962 people at the 2021 census and Makwanpur had 466,073, so Sunsari has 460,889 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Sunsari or Makwanpur?+

Sunsari covers 1,257 km² and Makwanpur covers 2,426 km², a difference of 1,169 km². Makwanpur is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Sunsari or Makwanpur?+

Sunsari has a density of 737 people/km² and Makwanpur has 192 people/km². Sunsari is denser.

What are the headquarters of Sunsari and Makwanpur districts?+

Sunsari district's headquarters is Inaruwa; Makwanpur's is Hetauda. Sunsari is in Koshi 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.