Districts compared

Sunsari vs Surkhet

Sunsari (926,962 people, headquarters Inaruwa) and Surkhet (415,126 people, headquarters Birendranagar) compared side by side, population, density and area. Sunsari has 511,836 more people.

	Sunsari	Surkhet
Population (2021)	926,962	415,126
Area	1,257 km²	2,451 km²
Density	737/km²	169/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.86%/yr	+1.62%/yr
Literacy	78.1%	82.7%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	93.95	92.74
Headquarters	Inaruwa	Birendranagar
Province	Koshi	Karnali
Local levels	12	9

Sunsari

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

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Surkhet

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

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Questions

Sunsari vs Surkhet, answered

Which has more people, Sunsari or Surkhet?+

Sunsari district had 926,962 people at the 2021 census and Surkhet had 415,126, so Sunsari has 511,836 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Sunsari or Surkhet?+

Sunsari covers 1,257 km² and Surkhet covers 2,451 km², a difference of 1,194 km². Surkhet is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Sunsari or Surkhet?+

Sunsari has a density of 737 people/km² and Surkhet has 169 people/km². Sunsari is denser.

What are the headquarters of Sunsari and Surkhet districts?+

Sunsari district's headquarters is Inaruwa; Surkhet's is Birendranagar. Sunsari is in Koshi 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.