Districts compared

Kaski vs Mugu

Kaski (600,051 people, headquarters Pokhara) and Mugu (64,549 people, headquarters Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Kaski has 535,502 more people.

	Kaski	Mugu
Population (2021)	600,051	64,549
Area	2,017 km²	3,535 km²
Density	297/km²	18/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.9%/yr	+1.49%/yr
Literacy	87.7%	68.1%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	95.29	100.66
Headquarters	Pokhara	Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara)
Province	Gandaki	Karnali
Local levels	5	4

Kaski

Home of Pokhara, Nepal's tourism capital, beneath Machhapuchhre and the Annapurnas

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Mugu

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

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Questions

Kaski vs Mugu, answered

Which has more people, Kaski or Mugu?+

Kaski district had 600,051 people at the 2021 census and Mugu had 64,549, so Kaski has 535,502 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Kaski or Mugu?+

Kaski covers 2,017 km² and Mugu covers 3,535 km², a difference of 1,518 km². Mugu is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Kaski or Mugu?+

Kaski has a density of 297 people/km² and Mugu has 18 people/km². Kaski is denser.

What are the headquarters of Kaski and Mugu districts?+

Kaski district's headquarters is Pokhara; Mugu's is Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara). Kaski is in Gandaki 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.