Districts compared

Jhapa vs Mustang

Jhapa (998,054 people, headquarters Bhadrapur (Chandragadhi)) and Mustang (14,452 people, headquarters Jomsom) compared side by side, population, density and area. Jhapa has 983,602 more people.

	Jhapa	Mustang
Population (2021)	998,054	14,452
Area	1,606 km²	3,573 km²
Density	621/km²	4/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.97%/yr	+0.69%/yr
Literacy	82.8%	75.1%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	92.1	121.72
Headquarters	Bhadrapur (Chandragadhi)	Jomsom
Province	Koshi	Gandaki
Local levels	15	5

Jhapa

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

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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

Jhapa vs Mustang, answered

Which has more people, Jhapa or Mustang?+

Jhapa district had 998,054 people at the 2021 census and Mustang had 14,452, so Jhapa has 983,602 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Jhapa or Mustang?+

Jhapa covers 1,606 km² and Mustang covers 3,573 km², a difference of 1,967 km². Mustang is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Jhapa or Mustang?+

Jhapa has a density of 621 people/km² and Mustang has 4 people/km². Jhapa is denser.

What are the headquarters of Jhapa and Mustang districts?+

Jhapa district's headquarters is Bhadrapur (Chandragadhi); Mustang's is Jomsom. Jhapa is in Koshi Province, Mustang 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.