Districts compared

Jajarkot vs Mugu

Jajarkot (189,360 people, headquarters Khalanga (Bheri)) and Mugu (64,549 people, headquarters Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Jajarkot has 124,811 more people.

	Jajarkot	Mugu
Population (2021)	189,360	64,549
Area	2,230 km²	3,535 km²
Density	85/km²	18/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+0.96%/yr	+1.49%/yr
Literacy	75.5%	68.1%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	98.71	100.66
Headquarters	Khalanga (Bheri)	Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara)
Province	Karnali	Karnali
Local levels	7	4

Jajarkot

Bheri-basin hill district at the epicentre of Nepal's deadly November 2023 earthquake

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Mugu

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

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Questions

Jajarkot vs Mugu, answered

Which has more people, Jajarkot or Mugu?+

Jajarkot district had 189,360 people at the 2021 census and Mugu had 64,549, so Jajarkot has 124,811 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Jajarkot or Mugu?+

Jajarkot covers 2,230 km² and Mugu covers 3,535 km², a difference of 1,305 km². Mugu is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Jajarkot or Mugu?+

Jajarkot has a density of 85 people/km² and Mugu has 18 people/km². Jajarkot is denser.

What are the headquarters of Jajarkot and Mugu districts?+

Jajarkot district's headquarters is Khalanga (Bheri); Mugu's is Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara). Both districts are 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.