Districts compared

Kalikot vs Mugu

Kalikot (145,292 people, headquarters Manma (Khandachakra)) and Mugu (64,549 people, headquarters Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Kalikot has 80,743 more people.

	Kalikot	Mugu
Population (2021)	145,292	64,549
Area	1,741 km²	3,535 km²
Density	83/km²	18/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+0.57%/yr	+1.49%/yr
Literacy	72.7%	68.1%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	98.9	100.66
Headquarters	Manma (Khandachakra)	Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara)
Province	Karnali	Karnali
Local levels	9	4

Kalikot

Rugged mid-Karnali district where the 'death-trap' Karnali Highway clings to the gorge

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Mugu

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

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Questions

Kalikot vs Mugu, answered

Which has more people, Kalikot or Mugu?+

Kalikot district had 145,292 people at the 2021 census and Mugu had 64,549, so Kalikot has 80,743 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Kalikot or Mugu?+

Kalikot covers 1,741 km² and Mugu covers 3,535 km², a difference of 1,794 km². Mugu is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Kalikot or Mugu?+

Kalikot has a density of 83 people/km² and Mugu has 18 people/km². Kalikot is denser.

What are the headquarters of Kalikot and Mugu districts?+

Kalikot district's headquarters is Manma (Khandachakra); 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.