Districts compared

Jumla vs Mugu

Jumla (118,349 people, headquarters Jumla Khalanga (Chandannath)) and Mugu (64,549 people, headquarters Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Jumla has 53,800 more people.

	Jumla	Mugu
Population (2021)	118,349	64,549
Area	2,531 km²	3,535 km²
Density	47/km²	18/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+0.8%/yr	+1.49%/yr
Literacy	70.2%	68.1%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	100.18	100.66
Headquarters	Jumla Khalanga (Chandannath)	Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara)
Province	Karnali	Karnali
Local levels	8	4

Jumla

Organic apples, high-altitude Jumli Marsi rice and the Sinja Valley, cradle of the Nepali language

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Mugu

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

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Questions

Jumla vs Mugu, answered

Which has more people, Jumla or Mugu?+

Jumla district had 118,349 people at the 2021 census and Mugu had 64,549, so Jumla has 53,800 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Jumla or Mugu?+

Jumla covers 2,531 km² and Mugu covers 3,535 km², a difference of 1,004 km². Mugu is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Jumla or Mugu?+

Jumla has a density of 47 people/km² and Mugu has 18 people/km². Jumla is denser.

What are the headquarters of Jumla and Mugu districts?+

Jumla district's headquarters is Jumla Khalanga (Chandannath); 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.