Parsa District

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 [1]
• Ethnic groups	Muslim, Kurmi, Tharu, Yadav
• 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)
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.