Districts compared

Mugu vs Dolpa

Mugu (64,549 people, headquarters Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara)) and Dolpa (42,774 people, headquarters Dunai (Thuli Bheri)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Mugu has 21,775 more people.

	Mugu	Dolpa
Population (2021)	64,549	42,774
Area	3,535 km²	7,889 km²
Density	18/km²	5/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.49%/yr	+1.47%/yr
Literacy	68.1%	67%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	100.66	99.85
Headquarters	Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara)	Dunai (Thuli Bheri)
Province	Karnali	Karnali
Local levels	4	8

Mugu

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

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Dolpa

Nepal's largest district, trans-Himalayan Dolpo, Shey Phoksundo National Park and Phoksundo Lake

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Questions

Mugu vs Dolpa, answered

Which has more people, Mugu or Dolpa?+

Mugu district had 64,549 people at the 2021 census and Dolpa had 42,774, so Mugu has 21,775 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Mugu or Dolpa?+

Mugu covers 3,535 km² and Dolpa covers 7,889 km², a difference of 4,354 km². Dolpa is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Mugu or Dolpa?+

Mugu has a density of 18 people/km² and Dolpa has 5 people/km². Mugu is denser.

What are the headquarters of Mugu and Dolpa districts?+

Mugu district's headquarters is Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara); Dolpa's is Dunai (Thuli Bheri). 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.