Districts compared

Bara vs Mugu

Bara (763,137 people, headquarters Kalaiya) and Mugu (64,549 people, headquarters Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Bara has 698,588 more people.

	Bara	Mugu
Population (2021)	763,137	64,549
Area	1,190 km²	3,535 km²
Density	641/km²	18/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1%/yr	+1.49%/yr
Literacy	64.5%	68.1%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	104.4	100.66
Headquarters	Kalaiya	Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara)
Province	Madhesh	Karnali
Local levels	16	4

Bara

Gadhimai's quinquennial festival, the medieval capital Simraungadh and the Nijgadh airport forest

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Mugu

Rara, Nepal's largest lake, set in one of the country's remotest districts

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Questions

Bara vs Mugu, answered

Which has more people, Bara or Mugu?+

Bara district had 763,137 people at the 2021 census and Mugu had 64,549, so Bara has 698,588 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Bara or Mugu?+

Bara covers 1,190 km² and Mugu covers 3,535 km², a difference of 2,345 km². Mugu is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Bara or Mugu?+

Bara has a density of 641 people/km² and Mugu has 18 people/km². Bara is denser.

What are the headquarters of Bara and Mugu districts?+

Bara district's headquarters is Kalaiya; Mugu's is Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara). Bara is in Madhesh Province, Mugu 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.