Districts compared

Siraha vs Mugu

Siraha (739,953 people, headquarters Siraha) and Mugu (64,549 people, headquarters Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Siraha has 675,404 more people.

	Siraha	Mugu
Population (2021)	739,953	64,549
Area	1,188 km²	3,535 km²
Density	623/km²	18/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.43%/yr	+1.49%/yr
Literacy	65.1%	68.1%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	96.68	100.66
Headquarters	Siraha	Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara)
Province	Madhesh	Karnali
Local levels	17	4

Siraha

Salhesh Fulbari's New Year orchid and Lahan's Sagarmatha Choudhary Eye Hospital

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Mugu

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

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Questions

Siraha vs Mugu, answered

Which has more people, Siraha or Mugu?+

Siraha district had 739,953 people at the 2021 census and Mugu had 64,549, so Siraha has 675,404 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Siraha or Mugu?+

Siraha covers 1,188 km² and Mugu covers 3,535 km², a difference of 2,347 km². Mugu is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Siraha or Mugu?+

Siraha has a density of 623 people/km² and Mugu has 18 people/km². Siraha is denser.

What are the headquarters of Siraha and Mugu districts?+

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