Parsa District

Parsa District

पर्सा जिल्ला
Parsa District पर्सा जिल्ला
District
	The gate in Birganj on the Indo-Nepal border
	Location of Parsa District in Nepal
Country	Nepal
Province	Madhesh Province
Headquarters	Birgunj
Area
• Total	1,353 km2 (522 sq mi)
Population (2021)
• Total	649,397
• Density	480/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
• Households	95,516
Demographics
• Female ♀	48%
• Male ♂/100 female	108.21
Human Development Index
• Income per capita (US dollars)	$1657
• Poverty rate	36.37
• Literacy	69.1%
• Life Expectancy	70.25
Time zone	UTC+05:45 (NPT)
Main Language(s)	Bhojpuri (78.1%), Nepali (6.4%), Maithili (5.1%), Tharu (3.8%), Urdu (2.2%), others (4.4%)
Website	dccparsa.gov.np

Parsa District (Nepali: पर्सा जिल्लाListen (help·info), a part of Madhesh Province in Terai plain, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Birganj as its district headquarters, has an area of 1,353 km² (522 sq mi). According to the locals, Parsa is named after Parsagadhi temple in the district.

Geography and Climate

Climate Zone^[3]	Elevation Range	% of Area
Lower Tropical	below 300 meters (1,000 ft)	74.7%
Upper Tropical	300 to 1,000 meters 1,000 to 3,300 ft.	25.3n%

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Parsa District had a population of 601,017. Of these, 78.1% spoke Bhojpuri, 6.4% Nepali, 5.1% Maithili, 3.8% Tharu, 2.2% Urdu, 1.3% Tamang, 0.8% Rajasthani and 0.7% Newari as their first language.

30.4% of the population in the district spoke Nepali, 5.4% Bhojpuri and 4.9% Hindi as their second language.^[4]

Administration

VDC/s and Municipalities (blue) in Parsa DistrictThe district consists of one metropolitan city, three urban municipalities and ten rural municipalities. These are as follows: