Districts compared

Bara vs Mustang

Bara (763,137 people, headquarters Kalaiya) and Mustang (14,452 people, headquarters Jomsom) compared side by side, population, density and area. Bara has 748,685 more people.

	Bara	Mustang
Population (2021)	763,137	14,452
Area	1,190 km²	3,573 km²
Density	641/km²	4/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1%/yr	+0.69%/yr
Literacy	64.5%	75.1%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	104.4	121.72
Headquarters	Kalaiya	Jomsom
Province	Madhesh	Gandaki
Local levels	16	5

Bara

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

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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

Bara vs Mustang, answered

Which has more people, Bara or Mustang?+

Bara district had 763,137 people at the 2021 census and Mustang had 14,452, so Bara has 748,685 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Bara or Mustang?+

Bara covers 1,190 km² and Mustang covers 3,573 km², a difference of 2,383 km². Mustang is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Bara or Mustang?+

Bara has a density of 641 people/km² and Mustang has 4 people/km². Bara is denser.

What are the headquarters of Bara and Mustang districts?+

Bara district's headquarters is Kalaiya; Mustang's is Jomsom. Bara is in Madhesh 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.