Districts compared

Surkhet vs Salyan

Surkhet (415,126 people, headquarters Birendranagar) and Salyan (238,515 people, headquarters Salyan Khalanga (Sharada)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Surkhet has 176,611 more people.

	Surkhet	Salyan
Population (2021)	415,126	238,515
Area	2,451 km²	1,462 km²
Density	169/km²	163/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.62%/yr	-0.16%/yr
Literacy	82.7%	77.3%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	92.74	93.08
Headquarters	Birendranagar	Salyan Khalanga (Sharada)
Province	Karnali	Karnali
Local levels	9	10

Surkhet

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

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Salyan

Karnali's southern hill district and one of Nepal's leading ginger producers

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Questions

Surkhet vs Salyan, answered

Which has more people, Surkhet or Salyan?+

Surkhet district had 415,126 people at the 2021 census and Salyan had 238,515, so Surkhet has 176,611 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Surkhet or Salyan?+

Surkhet covers 2,451 km² and Salyan covers 1,462 km², a difference of 989 km². Surkhet is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Surkhet or Salyan?+

Surkhet has a density of 169 people/km² and Salyan has 163 people/km². Surkhet is denser.

What are the headquarters of Surkhet and Salyan districts?+

Surkhet district's headquarters is Birendranagar; Salyan's is Salyan Khalanga (Sharada). 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.