Districts compared

Banke vs Mustang

Banke (603,194 people, headquarters Nepalgunj) and Mustang (14,452 people, headquarters Jomsom) compared side by side, population, density and area. Banke has 588,742 more people.

	Banke	Mustang
Population (2021)	603,194	14,452
Area	2,337 km²	3,573 km²
Density	258/km²	4/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.97%/yr	+0.69%/yr
Literacy	73.4%	75.1%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	96.83	121.72
Headquarters	Nepalgunj	Jomsom
Province	Lumbini	Gandaki
Local levels	8	5

Banke

Nepalgunj, the gateway city of the western Tarai, and Banke National Park

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Mustang

The walled city of Lo Manthang, Muktinath and the world's deepest gorge in trans-Himalayan Nepal

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Questions

Banke vs Mustang, answered

Which has more people, Banke or Mustang?+

Banke district had 603,194 people at the 2021 census and Mustang had 14,452, so Banke has 588,742 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Banke or Mustang?+

Banke covers 2,337 km² and Mustang covers 3,573 km², a difference of 1,236 km². Mustang is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Banke or Mustang?+

Banke has a density of 258 people/km² and Mustang has 4 people/km². Banke is denser.

What are the headquarters of Banke and Mustang districts?+

Banke district's headquarters is Nepalgunj; Mustang's is Jomsom. Banke is in Lumbini Province, Mustang in Gandaki 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.