Districts compared

Kailali vs Mugu

Kailali (904,666 people, headquarters Dhangadhi) and Mugu (64,549 people, headquarters Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Kailali has 840,117 more people.

	Kailali	Mugu
Population (2021)	904,666	64,549
Area	3,235 km²	3,535 km²
Density	280/km²	18/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.48%/yr	+1.49%/yr
Literacy	77.6%	68.1%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	91.99	100.66
Headquarters	Dhangadhi	Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara)
Province	Sudurpashchim	Karnali
Local levels	13	4

Kailali

Dhangadhi, Ghodaghodi Lake and Nepal's only cable-stayed bridge over the Karnali

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Mugu

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

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Questions

Kailali vs Mugu, answered

Which has more people, Kailali or Mugu?+

Kailali district had 904,666 people at the 2021 census and Mugu had 64,549, so Kailali has 840,117 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Kailali or Mugu?+

Kailali covers 3,235 km² and Mugu covers 3,535 km², a difference of 300 km². Mugu is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Kailali or Mugu?+

Kailali has a density of 280 people/km² and Mugu has 18 people/km². Kailali is denser.

What are the headquarters of Kailali and Mugu districts?+

Kailali district's headquarters is Dhangadhi; Mugu's is Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara). Kailali is in Sudurpashchim 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.