Parsa District

**Parsa District** (, 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 . According to the locals, Parsa is named after Parsagadhi temple in the district.

## Geography and Climate

|Climate Zone|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.

## 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

1. Alau,
1. Amarpatti
1. Auraha
1. Bagahi
1. Bagbana
1. Bageshwari
1. Bahauri Pidari
1. Bahuarwa bhatha
1. Basadilwa
1. Basantpur
1. Belwa Parsauni
1. Beriya Birta
1. Bhauratar
1. Bhawanipur
1. Bhedihari
1. Bhisawa
1. Bijbaniya
1. Bindyabasini
1. Biranchi Barwa
1. Birganj Municipality
1. Biruwa Guthi
1. Bisrampur
1. Chorani
1. Deurbaana
1. Dhaubini
1. Gadi
1. Gamhariya
1. Ghoddauda Pipra
1. Ghore
1. Govindapur
1. Hariharpur
1. Hariharpur Birta
1. Harapatganj
1. Harpur
1. Jagarnathpur Sira
1. Jaimanglapur
1. Janikatala
1. Jhauwa Guthi
1. Jitpur
1. Kauwa Ban Kataiya
1. Lahawarthakari
1. Lakhanpur
1. Lal Parsa
1. Langadi
1. Lipani Birta
1. Madhuban Mathaul
1. Mahadevpatti
1. Mahuwan
1. Mainiyari
1. Mainpur
1. Mikhampur
1. Mirjapur
1. Mosihani
1. Mudali
1. Nagardaha
1. Nirchuta
1. Nirmal Basti
1. Pancharukhi
1. Parsauni Birta
1. Parsauni Matha
1. Patbari Tola-Warwa
1. Paterwa Sugauli
1. Pidariguthi
1. Pokhariya Municipality
1. Phulwariya
1. Prasurampur[katti baluwa]
1. Ramgadhawa
1. Ramnagari
1. Sabaithawa
1. Sakhuwa Prasauni
1. Samjhauta
1. Sankar Saraiya
1. Sapauli
1. Sedhawa
1. Shiva Worga
1. Sirsiya Khalwatola
1. Sonbarsa
1. Srisiya
1. Subarnapur
1. Sugauli Birta
1. Sugauli Partewa
1. Surjaha
1. Thori
1. Tulsi Barba
1. Udaypur Dhursi

## Infobox (settlement)

- **type**: Districts of Nepal, District
- **name**: Parsa District
- **native name**: पर्सा जिल्ला
- **image skyline**: Indian-Nepalese_border_gate_at_Birgunj.jpg
- **image caption**: The gate in Birganj on the Indo-Nepal border
- **image map**: File:Parsa District in Nepal 2015.svg
- **map caption**: Location of Parsa District in Nepal
- **map caption1**: Parsa District with local level body
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision type1**: Provinces of Nepal, Province
- **subdivision name1**: Madhesh Province
- **seat type**: Headquarters
- **seat**: Birgunj
- **area total km2**: 1353
- **population total**: 649397
- **population as of**: 2021
- **population density km2**: auto
- **population blank1 title**: Households
- **population blank1**: 95,516
- **demographics type1**: Demographics
- **demographics1 title1**: Ethnic groups
- **demographics1 title2**: Female ♀
- **demographics1 info2**: 48%
- **demographics1 title3**: Male ♂/100 female
- **demographics1 info3**: 108.21
- **demographics type2**: Human Development Index
- **demographics2 title1**: Income per capita (US dollars)
- **demographics2 info1**: $1657
- **demographics2 title2**: Poverty rate
- **demographics2 info2**: 36.37
- **demographics2 title3**: Literacy
- **demographics2 info3**: 69.1%
- **demographics2 title4**: Life Expectancy
- **demographics2 info4**: 70.25
- **blank name sec1**: Languages of Nepal, Main Language(s)
- **blank info sec1**: Bhojpuri language, Bhojpuri (78.1%), Nepali language, Nepali
 (6.4%), Maithili language, Maithili (5.1%), Tharu language, Tharu (3.8%), Urdu (2.2%), others (4.4%)
- **timezone1**: Nepal Time, NPT
- **utc offset1**: +05:45