Parsa District

Parsa
पर्सा
District

The gate in Birganj on the Indo-Nepal border

Location of Parsa
Country Nepal
Region Central (Madhyamanchal)
Zone Narayani
Headquarters Birganj
Area
 • Total 1,353 km2 (522 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 601,017
 • Density 440/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone NPT (UTC+5:45)
Main language(s) Bhojpuri (44%), Nepali language(45%), Urdu(1%), others (1%)

Parsa District(Nepali: पर्सा जिल्ला Listen , a part of Narayani Zone in Terai plain is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal. The district, with Birganj as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,353 km² and has a population (2001) of 497,219, 90% of whom are recent arrivals from neighboring bihar, a state in india, a country in Asia.

Geography and Climate

Climate Zone[1] 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%

Village Development Committees (VDCs) and municipalities

  1. Alau
  2. Amarpatti
  3. Auraha
  4. Bagahi
  5. Bagbana
  6. Bageshwari
  7. Bahauri Pidari
  8. Bahurbamatha
  9. Basadilwa
  10. Basantpur
  11. Belwa Parsauni
  12. Beriya Birta
  13. Bhauratar
  14. Bhawanipur
  15. Bhedihari
  16. Bhisawa
  17. Bijbaniya
  18. Bindyabasini
  19. Biranchi Barwa
  20. Birganj Municipality
  21. Biruwa Guthi
  22. Bisrampur
  23. Charani
  24. Deukhana
  25. Dhaubini
  26. Gadi
  27. Gamhariya
  28. Ghoddauda Pipra
  29. Ghore
  30. Govindapur
  31. Hariharpur
  32. Hariharpur Birta
  33. Harapatganj
  34. Harpur
  35. Jagarnathpur Sira
  36. Jaimanglapur
  37. Janikatala
  38. Jhauwa Guthi
  39. Jitpur
  40. Kauwa Ban Kataiya
  41. Lahawarthakari
  42. Lakhanpur
  43. Lal Parsa
  44. Langadi
  45. Lipani Birta
  46. Madhuban Mathaul
  47. Mahadevpatti
  48. Mahuwan
  49. Mainiyari
  50. Mainpur
  51. Mikhampur
  52. Mirjapur
  53. Mosihani
  54. Mudali
  55. Nagardaha
  56. Nirchuta
  57. Nirmal Basti
  58. Pancharukhi
  59. Parsauni Birta
  60. Parsauni Matha
  61. Patbari Tola-Warwa
  62. Paterwa Sugauli
  63. Pidariguthi
  64. Pokhariya Municipality
  65. Prasurampur
  66. Ramgadhawa
  67. Ramnagari
  68. Sabaithawa
  69. Sakhuwa Prasauni
  70. Samjhauta
  71. Sankar Saraiya
  72. Sapauli
  73. Sedhawa
  74. Shiva Worga
  75. Sirsiya Khalwatola
  76. Sonbarsa
  77. Srisiya
  78. Subarnapur
  79. Sugauli Birta
  80. Sugauli Partewa
  81. Surjaha
  82. Thori
  83. Tulsi Barba
  84. Udaypur Dhursi

Municipalities

  1. Birganj (Sub- Metropolitan City)
  2. Pokhariya
Map of the VDCs in Parsa District

See also

Belwa

References

  1. ↑ 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 87-7803-210-9, retrieved Nov 22, 2013 horizontal tab character in |series= at position 91 (help)
Districts of Nepal at statoids.com

Coordinates: 27°0′N 84°52′E / 27.000°N 84.867°E / 27.000; 84.867

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