Districts compared

Kailali vs Mustang

Kailali (904,666 people, headquarters Dhangadhi) and Mustang (14,452 people, headquarters Jomsom) compared side by side, population, density and area. Kailali has 890,214 more people.

	Kailali	Mustang
Population (2021)	904,666	14,452
Area	3,235 km²	3,573 km²
Density	280/km²	4/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.48%/yr	+0.69%/yr
Literacy	77.6%	75.1%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	91.99	121.72
Headquarters	Dhangadhi	Jomsom
Province	Sudurpashchim	Gandaki
Local levels	13	5

Kailali

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

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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

Kailali vs Mustang, answered

Which has more people, Kailali or Mustang?+

Kailali district had 904,666 people at the 2021 census and Mustang had 14,452, so Kailali has 890,214 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Kailali or Mustang?+

Kailali covers 3,235 km² and Mustang covers 3,573 km², a difference of 338 km². Mustang is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Kailali or Mustang?+

Kailali has a density of 280 people/km² and Mustang has 4 people/km². Kailali is denser.

What are the headquarters of Kailali and Mustang districts?+

Kailali district's headquarters is Dhangadhi; Mustang's is Jomsom. Kailali is in Sudurpashchim 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.