Districts compared

Sarlahi vs Mugu

Sarlahi (862,470 people, headquarters Malangwa) and Mugu (64,549 people, headquarters Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Sarlahi has 797,921 more people.

	Sarlahi	Mugu
Population (2021)	862,470	64,549
Area	1,259 km²	3,535 km²
Density	685/km²	18/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.09%/yr	+1.49%/yr
Literacy	60.3%	68.1%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	101.82	100.66
Headquarters	Malangwa	Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara)
Province	Madhesh	Karnali
Local levels	20	4

Sarlahi

Nepal's record 20 local levels and the Lalbandi vegetable belt on the East–West Highway

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Mugu

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

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Questions

Sarlahi vs Mugu, answered

Which has more people, Sarlahi or Mugu?+

Sarlahi district had 862,470 people at the 2021 census and Mugu had 64,549, so Sarlahi has 797,921 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Sarlahi or Mugu?+

Sarlahi covers 1,259 km² and Mugu covers 3,535 km², a difference of 2,276 km². Mugu is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Sarlahi or Mugu?+

Sarlahi has a density of 685 people/km² and Mugu has 18 people/km². Sarlahi is denser.

What are the headquarters of Sarlahi and Mugu districts?+

Sarlahi district's headquarters is Malangwa; Mugu's is Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara). Sarlahi 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.