Parsa District

Parsa District (Nepali: पर्सा जिल्लाListen , 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.

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 [1]
• Female ♀	48%
• Male ♂/100 female	108.21
Human Development Index [2]
• 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

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 District The district consists of one metropolitan city, three urban municipalities and ten rural municipalities. These are as follows:

• Birgunj Metropolitan

• Bahudarmai Municipality
• Parsagadhi Municipality
• Pokhariya Municipality

• Bindabasini Rural Municipality
• Chhipaharmai Rural Municipality
• Jagarnathpur Rural Municipality
• Jirabhawani Rural Municipality
• Kalikamai Rural Municipality
• Pakaha Mainpur Rural Municipality
• Paterwa Sugauli Rural Municipality
• Sakhuwa Prasauni Rural Municipality
• Thori Rural Municipality

Former Village Development Committees (VDCs) and municipalities

Map of the VDCs in Parsa District

1. Alau,
2. Amarpatti
3. Auraha
4. Bagahi
5. Bagbana
6. Bageshwari
7. Bahauri Pidari
8. Bahuarwa bhatha
9. Basadilwa
10. Basantpur
11. Belwa Parsauni
12. Beriya Birta
13. Bhauratar
14. Bhawanipur
15. Bhedihari
16. Bhisawa
17. Bijbaniya
18. Bindyabasini
19. Biranchi Barwa
20. Birganj Municipality
21. Biruwa Guthi
22. Bisrampur
23. Chorani
24. Deurbaana
25. Dhaubini
26. Gadi
27. Gamhariya
28. Ghoddauda Pipra
29. Ghore
30. Govindapur
31. Hariharpur
32. Hariharpur Birta
33. Harapatganj
34. Harpur
35. Jagarnathpur Sira
36. Jaimanglapur
37. Janikatala
38. Jhauwa Guthi
39. Jitpur
40. Kauwa Ban Kataiya
41. Lahawarthakari
42. Lakhanpur
43. Lal Parsa
44. Langadi
45. Lipani Birta
46. Madhuban Mathaul
47. Mahadevpatti
48. Mahuwan
49. Mainiyari
50. Mainpur
51. Mikhampur
52. Mirjapur
53. Mosihani
54. Mudali
55. Nagardaha
56. Nirchuta
57. Nirmal Basti
58. Pancharukhi
59. Parsauni Birta
60. Parsauni Matha
61. Patbari Tola-Warwa
62. Paterwa Sugauli
63. Pidariguthi
64. Pokhariya Municipality
65. Phulwariya
66. Prasurampur[katti baluwa]
67. Ramgadhawa
68. Ramnagari
69. Sabaithawa
70. Sakhuwa Prasauni
71. Samjhauta
72. Sankar Saraiya
73. Sapauli
74. Sedhawa
75. Shiva Worga
76. Sirsiya Khalwatola
77. Sonbarsa
78. Srisiya
79. Subarnapur
80. Sugauli Birta
81. Sugauli Partewa
82. Surjaha
83. Thori
84. Tulsi Barba
85. Udaypur Dhursi