Districts compared

Jhapa vs Mugu

Jhapa (998,054 people, headquarters Bhadrapur (Chandragadhi)) and Mugu (64,549 people, headquarters Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Jhapa has 933,505 more people.

	Jhapa	Mugu
Population (2021)	998,054	64,549
Area	1,606 km²	3,535 km²
Density	621/km²	18/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.97%/yr	+1.49%/yr
Literacy	82.8%	68.1%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	92.1	100.66
Headquarters	Bhadrapur (Chandragadhi)	Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara)
Province	Koshi	Karnali
Local levels	15	4

Jhapa

Nepal's easternmost district and its lowest-lying land, on the fertile Mechi plain

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Mugu

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

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Questions

Jhapa vs Mugu, answered

Which has more people, Jhapa or Mugu?+

Jhapa district had 998,054 people at the 2021 census and Mugu had 64,549, so Jhapa has 933,505 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Jhapa or Mugu?+

Jhapa covers 1,606 km² and Mugu covers 3,535 km², a difference of 1,929 km². Mugu is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Jhapa or Mugu?+

Jhapa has a density of 621 people/km² and Mugu has 18 people/km². Jhapa is denser.

What are the headquarters of Jhapa and Mugu districts?+

Jhapa district's headquarters is Bhadrapur (Chandragadhi); Mugu's is Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara). Jhapa is in Koshi 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.