Districts compared

Rautahat vs Mustang

Rautahat (813,573 people, headquarters Gaur) and Mustang (14,452 people, headquarters Jomsom) compared side by side, population, density and area. Rautahat has 799,121 more people.

	Rautahat	Mustang
Population (2021)	813,573	14,452
Area	1,126 km²	3,573 km²
Density	723/km²	4/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.63%/yr	+0.69%/yr
Literacy	57.8%	75.1%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	100.8	121.72
Headquarters	Gaur	Jomsom
Province	Madhesh	Gandaki
Local levels	18	5

Rautahat

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

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Mustang

The walled city of Lo Manthang, Muktinath and the world's deepest gorge in trans-Himalayan Nepal

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Questions

Rautahat vs Mustang, answered

Which has more people, Rautahat or Mustang?+

Rautahat district had 813,573 people at the 2021 census and Mustang had 14,452, so Rautahat has 799,121 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Rautahat or Mustang?+

Rautahat covers 1,126 km² and Mustang covers 3,573 km², a difference of 2,447 km². Mustang is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Rautahat or Mustang?+

Rautahat has a density of 723 people/km² and Mustang has 4 people/km². Rautahat is denser.

What are the headquarters of Rautahat and Mustang districts?+

Rautahat district's headquarters is Gaur; Mustang's is Jomsom. Rautahat is in Madhesh Province, Mustang in Gandaki 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.