Parsa District

Parsa District

पर्सा जिल्ला
Parsa District पर्सा जिल्ला
District
	The gate in Birganj on the Indo-Nepal border
	Location of Parsa District (dark yellow) in Madhesh Province
Country	Nepal
Region	Mithila
Province	Madhesh
Established	During Rana regime
Admin HQ.	Birgunj
Government
• Type	Coordination committee
• Body	DCC, Parsa
• Head	Ajay sah sonar
• Deputy-Head	puran patel
• Parliamentary constituencies	4 (List)
• Provincial constituencies	8
Area
• Total	1,353 km2 (522 sq mi)
Population (2021)
• Total	649,397
• Density	480/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
• Households	95,516
Demographics
• Ethnic groups	Muslim, Kurmi, Tharu, Yadav
• 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)
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

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 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 the Parashnath temple situated in Mahuwan.

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

Religion in Parsa District (2011)
Religion			Percent
Hinduism			83%
Islam			14%
Buddhism			2%
Others			1%

Historical population

Census year

1981

1991

2001

2011

2021

Pop.

284,338

372,524

497,219

601,017

649,397

±% p.a.

—

+2.74%

+2.93%

+1.91%

+0.78%

Source: Citypopulation^[5]

At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Parsa District had a population of 601,017.

As their first language, 78.4% spoke Bhojpuri, 6.1% Nepali, 5.1% Maithili, 3.8% Tharu, 2.2% Urdu, 1.3% Tamang, 0.8% Rajasthani, 0.7% Newari, 0.3% Uranw/Urau, 0.2% Hindi, 0.2% Rai, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% Doteli, 0.1% Magar and 0.1% other languages.^[6]

Ethnicity/caste: 14.5% were Musalman, 8.4% Kurmi, 7.6% Tharu, 6.6% Yadav, 5.8% Kanu, 4.7% Chamar/Harijan/Ram, 4.2% Teli, 3.2% Koiri/Kushwaha, 2.8% Chhetri, 2.7% Dusadh/Paswan/Pasi, 2.6% Hill Brahmin, 2.6% Mallaha, 2.0% Baraee, 1.9% Kalwar, 1.8% Dhanuk, 1.7% Nuniya, 1.7% Tamang, 1.6% Musahar, 1.6% Newar, 1.6% Sonar, 1.5% Bin, 1.4% Dhobi, 1.4% Hajam/Thakur, 1.4% Kathabaniyan, 1.3% Lohar, 1.3% Tatma/Tatwa, 1.2% other Terai, 1.0% Terai Brahmin, 1.0% Kayastha, 0.9% Marwadi, 0.8% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.7% Rajput, 0.6% Kewat, 0.6% Kumal, 0.6% Kumhar, 0.6% Magar, 0.4% Yakkha, 0.3% Dhunia, 0.3% Jhangad/Dhagar, 0.3% Kami, 0.2% Bengali, 0.2% Damai/Dholi, 0.2% Dom, 0.2% Halkhor, 0.2% Kahar, 0.2% Mali, 0.2% Rai, 0.1% Badhaee, 0.1% Gaderi/Bhedihar, 0.1% Gurung, 0.1% Halwai, 0.1% Majhi, 0.1% Natuwa, 0.1% Rajbhar, 0.1% Sarki, 0.1% Thakuri and 0.1% others.^[7]

Religion: 83.1% were Hindu, 14.5% Muslim, 1.7% Buddhist, 0.4% Kirati, 0.1% Christian and 0.1% others.^[8]

Literacy: 55.7% could read and write, 2.9% could only read and 41.3% could neither read nor write.^[9]

Notable people

Ajay Chaurasiya - Nepali Congress leader, former minister and former Member of House of Representatives/Constituent Assembly
Ajay Kumar Dwivedi]] - Nepali Congress leader and Member of Constituent Assembly
Bina Jaiswal - Bina Jaiswal is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the Rastriya Prajatantra Party. She is a member of Parliament currently serving as the member of the 2nd Federal Parliament of Nepal.
Mohammad Lalbabu Raut Gaddhi - First Chief Minister of Madhesh Province
Pradeep Yadav - leader of PSP-N and member of House of Representatives

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: