Districts compared

Dang vs Mugu

Dang (674,993 people, headquarters Ghorahi) and Mugu (64,549 people, headquarters Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Dang has 610,444 more people.

	Dang	Mugu
Population (2021)	674,993	64,549
Area	2,955 km²	3,535 km²
Density	228/km²	18/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.92%/yr	+1.49%/yr
Literacy	81.4%	68.1%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	90.45	100.66
Headquarters	Ghorahi	Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara)
Province	Lumbini	Karnali
Local levels	10	4

Dang

The Dang and Deukhuri valleys, Tharu heartland and seat of Lumbini Province's capital

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Mugu

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

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Questions

Dang vs Mugu, answered

Which has more people, Dang or Mugu?+

Dang district had 674,993 people at the 2021 census and Mugu had 64,549, so Dang has 610,444 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Dang or Mugu?+

Dang covers 2,955 km² and Mugu covers 3,535 km², a difference of 580 km². Mugu is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Dang or Mugu?+

Dang has a density of 228 people/km² and Mugu has 18 people/km². Dang is denser.

What are the headquarters of Dang and Mugu districts?+

Dang district's headquarters is Ghorahi; Mugu's is Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara). Dang is in Lumbini 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.