District · Karnali Province
Mugu District
मुगु जिल्ला
A district of Karnali Province, made up of 4 local governments.NP0665
Population
64,549
202168,951 projected for 2023
Households
12,439
20215.19 people each
Area
3,233 km²
20 per km²
Literacy
68.1%
202167th of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
64,549
National Statistics Office
32,168 women, 32,381 men — 49.8% female. 3.8% of Karnali.
A 2023 projection puts it at 68,951 — modelled, not counted.
Age and sex structure
Five-year bands, 2023 projection — a different reference period from the count beside it.
View all 17 age bands
| Age | Female | Male | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 80+ | 125 | 119 | 244 |
| 75-79 | 234 | 245 | 479 |
| 70-74 | 581 | 501 | 1,082 |
| 65-69 | 533 | 565 | 1,098 |
| 60-64 | 970 | 850 | 1,820 |
| 55-59 | 1,085 | 1,168 | 2,253 |
| 50-54 | 1,166 | 1,110 | 2,276 |
| 45-49 | 1,574 | 1,531 | 3,105 |
| 40-44 | 1,653 | 1,394 | 3,047 |
| 35-39 | 1,935 | 1,870 | 3,805 |
| 30-34 | 2,541 | 2,736 | 5,277 |
| 25-29 | 2,898 | 3,479 | 6,377 |
| 20-24 | 3,431 | 3,637 | 7,068 |
| 15-19 | 3,493 | 3,306 | 6,799 |
| 10-14 | 4,156 | 4,366 | 8,522 |
| 5-9 | 4,014 | 4,148 | 8,162 |
| 0-4 | 3,821 | 3,716 | 7,537 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
68.1%
Population aged 5 and over
8.2 pp below the national figure · 67th of 77.
77.3% of men, 58.9% of women — a 18.4-point gap.
68.1%
Mugu
76.1%
Karnali
76.2%
Nepal
Mugu 68.1%, Karnali 76.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Mugu marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write68.1%
- Cannot read or write31.3%
- Can read only0.6%
- Not stated0.0%
57,609 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 39,225 | 16,926 | 22,299 |
| Cannot read or write | 18,027 | 11,654 | 6,373 |
| Can read only | 331 | 161 | 170 |
| Not stated | 26 | 16 | 10 |
Local governments
4 local governments. By population, 2021 census.
Literacy rate
52.4%–72.7%
One order throughout, set by population, so a mark out of step ranks differently on that measure. Counts are bars from zero; rates are dots on a trimmed axis, because a rate is not additive and its spread matters more than its distance from nothing.
View all 4 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chhayanath Rara | municipality | 24,527 | 4,952 | 70.7% |
| Khatyad | rural municipality | 18,832 | 3,525 | 70.0% |
| Soru | rural municipality | 14,277 | 2,581 | 65.5% |
| Mugumakarmarog | rural municipality | 6,222 | 1,372 | 54.4% |
Sources and coverage
- Nepal — Subnational Population StatisticsUnited Nations Population Fundcc-by-igo-3.0
- Nepal — National Population and Housing Census 2021National Statistics Officenso-official-statistics
Measures such as gdp per capita, life expectancy at birth, and under-5 mortality rate are published for Nepal as a whole and are not broken down to this level by their source, so they have no section here. All indicators and their coverage →