Parsa District

Parsa District (Nepali: पर्सा जिल्लाListen , a part of Province No. 2 in Terai plain, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Birgunj as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,353 km² (522 sq mi) and has a population (2001) of 497,219. According to the locals, Parsa is named after Parsagadhi temple situated in the district.

Parsa District पर्सा जिल्ला
District
The gate in Birganj on the Indo-Nepal border
Location of Parsa District (dark yellow) in Province No. 2
Parsa District with local level body
Country	Nepal
Province	Province No. 2
Established	During Rana regime
Admin HQ.	Birganj
Local level body	List Municipality: Birgunj Metropolitan Bahudarmai Municipality Parsagadhi Municipality Pokhariya Municipality Rural Municipality: Bindabasini Rural Municipality Dhobini 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
Government
• Type	Coordination committee
• Body	DCC, Parsa
• Head	Nek Muhammad Ansari
• Deputy-Head	Thakur Prasad Neupane
• Parliamentary constituencies	4 (List)
• Provincial constituencies	8
Area
• Total	1,353 km^2 (522 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	601,017
• Density	440/km^2 (1,200/sq mi)
• Households	95,516
Demographics [1]
• Ethnic groups	Muslim, Kurmi, Tharu, Yadav
• Female ♀	48%
• Male ♂/100 female	108.21
Human Development Index [2]
• Income per capita (US dollars)	$1223
• Poverty rate	36.37
• Literacy	56%
• Life Expectancy	70.25
Time zone	UTC+05:45 (NPT)
Postal Codes	44301... 44315
Telephone Code	051
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

Etymology

According to locals, the name of the district is derived from the Parsagadhi fort, where the Nepali Gorkhali Soldiers defeated British Soldiers.[3]

Geography and Climate

Climate Zone[4]	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.[5]

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
• Dhobini 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

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 Dhobini 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 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

1. https://nepalmap.org/profiles/district-53-parsa/
2. http://www.npc.gov.np/human_development_indicators_by_district/
3. "नेपालीले अंग्रेजलाई हराएको पर्सागढी ओझेलमा". Online Khabar. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
4. The Map of Potential Vegetation of Nepal - a forestry/agroecological/biodiversity classification system (PDF), Forest & Landscape Development and Environment Series 2-2005 and CFC-TIS Document Series No.110., 2005, ISBN 978-87-7903-210-1, retrieved Nov 22, 2013
5. 2011 Nepal Census, Social Characteristics Tables

"Districts of Nepal". Statoids.