Districts compared

Tanahun vs Mustang

Tanahun (321,153 people, headquarters Damauli (Vyas)) and Mustang (14,452 people, headquarters Jomsom) compared side by side, population, density and area. Tanahun has 306,701 more people.

	Tanahun	Mustang
Population (2021)	321,153	14,452
Area	1,546 km²	3,573 km²
Density	208/km²	4/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	-0.06%/yr	+0.69%/yr
Literacy	81.6%	75.1%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	87.74	121.72
Headquarters	Damauli (Vyas)	Jomsom
Province	Gandaki	Gandaki
Local levels	10	5

Tanahun

Birthplace of Adikavi Bhanubhakta Acharya and the hilltop Newar town of Bandipur

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Mustang

The walled city of Lo Manthang, Muktinath and the world's deepest gorge in trans-Himalayan Nepal

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Questions

Tanahun vs Mustang, answered

Which has more people, Tanahun or Mustang?+

Tanahun district had 321,153 people at the 2021 census and Mustang had 14,452, so Tanahun has 306,701 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Tanahun or Mustang?+

Tanahun covers 1,546 km² and Mustang covers 3,573 km², a difference of 2,027 km². Mustang is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Tanahun or Mustang?+

Tanahun has a density of 208 people/km² and Mustang has 4 people/km². Tanahun is denser.

What are the headquarters of Tanahun and Mustang districts?+

Tanahun district's headquarters is Damauli (Vyas); Mustang's is Jomsom. Both districts are in Gandaki 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.