Districts compared

Surkhet vs Jumla

Surkhet (415,126 people, headquarters Birendranagar) and Jumla (118,349 people, headquarters Jumla Khalanga (Chandannath)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Surkhet has 296,777 more people.

	Surkhet	Jumla
Population (2021)	415,126	118,349
Area	2,451 km²	2,531 km²
Density	169/km²	47/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.62%/yr	+0.8%/yr
Literacy	82.7%	70.2%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	92.74	100.18
Headquarters	Birendranagar	Jumla Khalanga (Chandannath)
Province	Karnali	Karnali
Local levels	9	8

Surkhet

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

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Jumla

Organic apples, high-altitude Jumli Marsi rice and the Sinja Valley, cradle of the Nepali language

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Questions

Surkhet vs Jumla, answered

Which has more people, Surkhet or Jumla?+

Surkhet district had 415,126 people at the 2021 census and Jumla had 118,349, so Surkhet has 296,777 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Surkhet or Jumla?+

Surkhet covers 2,451 km² and Jumla covers 2,531 km², a difference of 80 km². Jumla is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Surkhet or Jumla?+

Surkhet has a density of 169 people/km² and Jumla has 47 people/km². Surkhet is denser.

What are the headquarters of Surkhet and Jumla districts?+

Surkhet district's headquarters is Birendranagar; Jumla's is Jumla Khalanga (Chandannath). 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.