Districts compared

Sunsari vs Mugu

Sunsari (926,962 people, headquarters Inaruwa) and Mugu (64,549 people, headquarters Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Sunsari has 862,413 more people.

	Sunsari	Mugu
Population (2021)	926,962	64,549
Area	1,257 km²	3,535 km²
Density	737/km²	18/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.86%/yr	+1.49%/yr
Literacy	78.1%	68.1%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	93.95	100.66
Headquarters	Inaruwa	Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara)
Province	Koshi	Karnali
Local levels	12	4

Sunsari

Dharan, Itahari and the Koshi Tappu wetlands at eastern Nepal's crossroads

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Mugu

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

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Questions

Sunsari vs Mugu, answered

Which has more people, Sunsari or Mugu?+

Sunsari district had 926,962 people at the 2021 census and Mugu had 64,549, so Sunsari has 862,413 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Sunsari or Mugu?+

Sunsari covers 1,257 km² and Mugu covers 3,535 km², a difference of 2,278 km². Mugu is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Sunsari or Mugu?+

Sunsari has a density of 737 people/km² and Mugu has 18 people/km². Sunsari is denser.

What are the headquarters of Sunsari and Mugu districts?+

Sunsari district's headquarters is Inaruwa; Mugu's is Gamgadhi (Chhayanath Rara). Sunsari is in Koshi 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.