Districts compared

Rukum West vs Mugu

Rukum West (166,740 people, headquarters Musikot) and Mugu (64,549 people, headquarters Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Rukum West has 102,191 more people.

	Rukum West	Mugu
Population (2021)	166,740	64,549
Area	1,217 km²	3,535 km²
Density	137/km²	18/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+0.68%/yr	+1.49%/yr
Literacy	75.7%	68.1%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	94.68	100.66
Headquarters	Musikot	Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara)
Province	Karnali	Karnali
Local levels	6	4

Rukum West

The Karnali half of old Rukum, cradle district of the Maoist 'People's War', struck again by the 2023 earthquake

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Mugu

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

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Questions

Rukum West vs Mugu, answered

Which has more people, Rukum West or Mugu?+

Rukum West district had 166,740 people at the 2021 census and Mugu had 64,549, so Rukum West has 102,191 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Rukum West or Mugu?+

Rukum West covers 1,217 km² and Mugu covers 3,535 km², a difference of 2,318 km². Mugu is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Rukum West or Mugu?+

Rukum West has a density of 137 people/km² and Mugu has 18 people/km². Rukum West is denser.

What are the headquarters of Rukum West and Mugu districts?+

Rukum West district's headquarters is Musikot; Mugu's is Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara). 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.