Districts compared

Surkhet vs Dailekh

Surkhet (415,126 people, headquarters Birendranagar) and Dailekh (252,313 people, headquarters Dailekh (Narayan)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Surkhet has 162,813 more people.

	Surkhet	Dailekh
Population (2021)	415,126	252,313
Area	2,451 km²	1,502 km²
Density	169/km²	168/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.62%/yr	-0.35%/yr
Literacy	82.7%	75.5%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	92.74	91.82
Headquarters	Birendranagar	Dailekh (Narayan)
Province	Karnali	Karnali
Local levels	9	11

Surkhet

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

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Dailekh

Dullu's medieval Khasa-empire inscriptions and the natural eternal flames of the Panchakoshi pilgrimage

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Questions

Surkhet vs Dailekh, answered

Which has more people, Surkhet or Dailekh?+

Surkhet district had 415,126 people at the 2021 census and Dailekh had 252,313, so Surkhet has 162,813 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Surkhet or Dailekh?+

Surkhet covers 2,451 km² and Dailekh covers 1,502 km², a difference of 949 km². Surkhet is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Surkhet or Dailekh?+

Surkhet has a density of 169 people/km² and Dailekh has 168 people/km². Surkhet is denser.

What are the headquarters of Surkhet and Dailekh districts?+

Surkhet district's headquarters is Birendranagar; Dailekh's is Dailekh (Narayan). Both districts are 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.