Districts compared

Chitwan vs Mustang

Chitwan (719,859 people, headquarters Bharatpur) and Mustang (14,452 people, headquarters Jomsom) compared side by side, population, density and area. Chitwan has 705,407 more people.

	Chitwan	Mustang
Population (2021)	719,859	14,452
Area	2,218 km²	3,573 km²
Density	325/km²	4/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+2.07%/yr	+0.69%/yr
Literacy	83.7%	75.1%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	95.58	121.72
Headquarters	Bharatpur	Jomsom
Province	Bagmati	Gandaki
Local levels	7	5

Chitwan

Chitwan National Park, one-horned rhinos and the metropolitan city of Bharatpur

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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

Chitwan vs Mustang, answered

Which has more people, Chitwan or Mustang?+

Chitwan district had 719,859 people at the 2021 census and Mustang had 14,452, so Chitwan has 705,407 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Chitwan or Mustang?+

Chitwan covers 2,218 km² and Mustang covers 3,573 km², a difference of 1,355 km². Mustang is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Chitwan or Mustang?+

Chitwan has a density of 325 people/km² and Mustang has 4 people/km². Chitwan is denser.

What are the headquarters of Chitwan and Mustang districts?+

Chitwan district's headquarters is Bharatpur; Mustang's is Jomsom. Chitwan is in Bagmati 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.