Districts compared

Rautahat vs Mugu

Rautahat (813,573 people, headquarters Gaur) and Mugu (64,549 people, headquarters Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Rautahat has 749,024 more people.

	Rautahat	Mugu
Population (2021)	813,573	64,549
Area	1,126 km²	3,535 km²
Density	723/km²	18/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.63%/yr	+1.49%/yr
Literacy	57.8%	68.1%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	100.8	100.66
Headquarters	Gaur	Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara)
Province	Madhesh	Karnali
Local levels	18	4

Rautahat

Bajjika-speaking heartland with more municipalities (16) than any other Nepali district

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Mugu

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

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Questions

Rautahat vs Mugu, answered

Which has more people, Rautahat or Mugu?+

Rautahat district had 813,573 people at the 2021 census and Mugu had 64,549, so Rautahat has 749,024 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Rautahat or Mugu?+

Rautahat covers 1,126 km² and Mugu covers 3,535 km², a difference of 2,409 km². Mugu is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Rautahat or Mugu?+

Rautahat has a density of 723 people/km² and Mugu has 18 people/km². Rautahat is denser.

What are the headquarters of Rautahat and Mugu districts?+

Rautahat district's headquarters is Gaur; Mugu's is Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara). Rautahat is in Madhesh 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.