Districts compared

Kapilvastu vs Mugu

Kapilvastu (682,961 people, headquarters Taulihawa (Kapilvastu)) and Mugu (64,549 people, headquarters Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Kapilvastu has 618,412 more people.

	Kapilvastu	Mugu
Population (2021)	682,961	64,549
Area	1,738 km²	3,535 km²
Density	393/km²	18/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.7%/yr	+1.49%/yr
Literacy	71.8%	68.1%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	96.1	100.66
Headquarters	Taulihawa (Kapilvastu)	Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara)
Province	Lumbini	Karnali
Local levels	10	4

Kapilvastu

Tilaurakot, the walled remains of ancient Kapilavastu, where Prince Siddhartha grew up

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Mugu

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

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Questions

Kapilvastu vs Mugu, answered

Which has more people, Kapilvastu or Mugu?+

Kapilvastu district had 682,961 people at the 2021 census and Mugu had 64,549, so Kapilvastu has 618,412 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Kapilvastu or Mugu?+

Kapilvastu covers 1,738 km² and Mugu covers 3,535 km², a difference of 1,797 km². Mugu is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Kapilvastu or Mugu?+

Kapilvastu has a density of 393 people/km² and Mugu has 18 people/km². Kapilvastu is denser.

What are the headquarters of Kapilvastu and Mugu districts?+

Kapilvastu district's headquarters is Taulihawa (Kapilvastu); Mugu's is Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara). Kapilvastu is in Lumbini 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.