Districts compared

Mugu vs Humla

Mugu (64,549 people, headquarters Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara)) and Humla (55,394 people, headquarters Simikot) compared side by side, population, density and area. Mugu has 9,155 more people.

	Mugu	Humla
Population (2021)	64,549	55,394
Area	3,535 km²	5,655 km²
Density	18/km²	10/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.49%/yr	+0.82%/yr
Literacy	68.1%	63.8%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	100.66	101.37
Headquarters	Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara)	Simikot
Province	Karnali	Karnali
Local levels	4	7

Mugu

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

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Humla

Nepal's remotest district, Simikot, the Limi Valley and the Hilsa gateway to Mount Kailash

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Questions

Mugu vs Humla, answered

Which has more people, Mugu or Humla?+

Mugu district had 64,549 people at the 2021 census and Humla had 55,394, so Mugu has 9,155 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Mugu or Humla?+

Mugu covers 3,535 km² and Humla covers 5,655 km², a difference of 2,120 km². Humla is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Mugu or Humla?+

Mugu has a density of 18 people/km² and Humla has 10 people/km². Mugu is denser.

What are the headquarters of Mugu and Humla districts?+

Mugu district's headquarters is Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara); Humla's is Simikot. 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.