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 meters1,000 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

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

References

Category:Districts of Nepal