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Kathmandu vs Mugu

Kathmandu (2,041,587 people, headquarters Kathmandu) and Mugu (64,549 people, headquarters Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Kathmandu has 1,977,038 more people.

	Kathmandu	Mugu
Population (2021)	2,041,587	64,549
Area	395 km²	3,535 km²
Density	5,169/km²	18/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.51%/yr	+1.49%/yr
Literacy	89.2%	68.1%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	102.97	100.66
Headquarters	Kathmandu	Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara)
Province	Bagmati	Karnali
Local levels	11	4

Kathmandu

Nepal's capital district, the most populous, densest and most literate in the country

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Mugu

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

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Questions

Kathmandu vs Mugu, answered

Which has more people, Kathmandu or Mugu?+

Kathmandu district had 2,041,587 people at the 2021 census and Mugu had 64,549, so Kathmandu has 1,977,038 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Kathmandu or Mugu?+

Kathmandu covers 395 km² and Mugu covers 3,535 km², a difference of 3,140 km². Mugu is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Kathmandu or Mugu?+

Kathmandu has a density of 5,169 people/km² and Mugu has 18 people/km². Kathmandu is denser.

What are the headquarters of Kathmandu and Mugu districts?+

Kathmandu district's headquarters is Kathmandu; Mugu's is Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara). Kathmandu is in Bagmati 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.