Districts compared

Salyan vs Mugu

Salyan (238,515 people, headquarters Salyan Khalanga (Sharada)) and Mugu (64,549 people, headquarters Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Salyan has 173,966 more people.

	Salyan	Mugu
Population (2021)	238,515	64,549
Area	1,462 km²	3,535 km²
Density	163/km²	18/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	-0.16%/yr	+1.49%/yr
Literacy	77.3%	68.1%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	93.08	100.66
Headquarters	Salyan Khalanga (Sharada)	Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara)
Province	Karnali	Karnali
Local levels	10	4

Salyan

Karnali's southern hill district and one of Nepal's leading ginger producers

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Mugu

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

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Questions

Salyan vs Mugu, answered

Which has more people, Salyan or Mugu?+

Salyan district had 238,515 people at the 2021 census and Mugu had 64,549, so Salyan has 173,966 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Salyan or Mugu?+

Salyan covers 1,462 km² and Mugu covers 3,535 km², a difference of 2,073 km². Mugu is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Salyan or Mugu?+

Salyan has a density of 163 people/km² and Mugu has 18 people/km². Salyan is denser.

What are the headquarters of Salyan and Mugu districts?+

Salyan district's headquarters is Salyan Khalanga (Sharada); 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.