Districts compared

Dhanusha vs Mugu

Dhanusha (867,747 people, headquarters Janakpur (Janakpurdham)) and Mugu (64,549 people, headquarters Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Dhanusha has 803,198 more people.

	Dhanusha	Mugu
Population (2021)	867,747	64,549
Area	1,180 km²	3,535 km²
Density	735/km²	18/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.34%/yr	+1.49%/yr
Literacy	65.2%	68.1%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	98.18	100.66
Headquarters	Janakpur (Janakpurdham)	Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara)
Province	Madhesh	Karnali
Local levels	18	4

Dhanusha

Janakpurdham, Madhesh's capital, the Janaki Mandir and Nepal's only operating railway

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Mugu

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

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Questions

Dhanusha vs Mugu, answered

Which has more people, Dhanusha or Mugu?+

Dhanusha district had 867,747 people at the 2021 census and Mugu had 64,549, so Dhanusha has 803,198 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Dhanusha or Mugu?+

Dhanusha covers 1,180 km² and Mugu covers 3,535 km², a difference of 2,355 km². Mugu is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Dhanusha or Mugu?+

Dhanusha has a density of 735 people/km² and Mugu has 18 people/km². Dhanusha is denser.

What are the headquarters of Dhanusha and Mugu districts?+

Dhanusha district's headquarters is Janakpur (Janakpurdham); Mugu's is Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara). Dhanusha 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.