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
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