Districts compared

Saptari vs Mugu

Saptari (706,255 people, headquarters Rajbiraj) and Mugu (64,549 people, headquarters Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Saptari has 641,706 more people.

	Saptari	Mugu
Population (2021)	706,255	64,549
Area	1,363 km²	3,535 km²
Density	518/km²	18/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+0.96%/yr	+1.49%/yr
Literacy	67.7%	68.1%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	99.01	100.66
Headquarters	Rajbiraj	Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara)
Province	Madhesh	Karnali
Local levels	18	4

Saptari

The Koshi Barrage, Koshi Tappu's wild water buffalo and the Chhinnamasta shakti pith

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Mugu

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

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Questions

Saptari vs Mugu, answered

Which has more people, Saptari or Mugu?+

Saptari district had 706,255 people at the 2021 census and Mugu had 64,549, so Saptari has 641,706 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Saptari or Mugu?+

Saptari covers 1,363 km² and Mugu covers 3,535 km², a difference of 2,172 km². Mugu is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Saptari or Mugu?+

Saptari has a density of 518 people/km² and Mugu has 18 people/km². Saptari is denser.

What are the headquarters of Saptari and Mugu districts?+

Saptari district's headquarters is Rajbiraj; Mugu's is Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara). Saptari 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.