Districts compared

Gorkha vs Mustang

Gorkha (251,027 people, headquarters Gorkha) and Mustang (14,452 people, headquarters Jomsom) compared side by side, population, density and area. Gorkha has 236,575 more people.

	Gorkha	Mustang
Population (2021)	251,027	14,452
Area	3,610 km²	3,573 km²
Density	70/km²	4/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	-0.74%/yr	+0.69%/yr
Literacy	72.4%	75.1%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	88.92	121.72
Headquarters	Gorkha	Jomsom
Province	Gandaki	Gandaki
Local levels	11	5

Gorkha

Cradle of Nepal's unification, Prithvi Narayan Shah's Gorkha Durbar, and home of Manaslu (8,163 m)

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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

Gorkha vs Mustang, answered

Which has more people, Gorkha or Mustang?+

Gorkha district had 251,027 people at the 2021 census and Mustang had 14,452, so Gorkha has 236,575 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Gorkha or Mustang?+

Gorkha covers 3,610 km² and Mustang covers 3,573 km², a difference of 37 km². Gorkha is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Gorkha or Mustang?+

Gorkha has a density of 70 people/km² and Mustang has 4 people/km². Gorkha is denser.

What are the headquarters of Gorkha and Mustang districts?+

Gorkha district's headquarters is Gorkha; Mustang's is Jomsom. Both districts are 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.