Parsa District ( ne, पर्सा जिल्ला), a part of

Madhesh Province Madhesh Province ( Nepali/ mai, मधेश प्रदेश) is a province of Nepal that was formed after the adoption of the Constitution of Nepal. It is Nepal's most populous province, and smallest province by area. It borders Province No. ...

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plain, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with

Birgunj Birgunj ( ne, वीरगञ्ज) is a metropolitan city in Parsa District in Madhesh Province of southern Nepal. It lies south of the capital Kathmandu, attached in the north to Raxaul in the border of the Indian state of Bihar. As an entr ...

as its district headquarters, covers an area of and has a population (2001) of 497,219. According to the locals, Parsa is named after 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.

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 Urdu (;"Urdu"
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, 0.8% Rajasthani and 0.7% Newari as their

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Notable people

* Ajay Chaurasiya -

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leader, former minister and former Member of

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* Ajay Kumar Dwivedi - Nepali Congress leader and Member of

* Mohammad Lalbabu Raut Gaddhi - First Chief Minister of

* Om Prakash Sharma -

leader, member of

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and Minister of Energy and Water Supply of

* Pradeep Yadav - Suspended leader of PSP-N and member of

Administration

VDC/s and Municipalities (blue) in Parsa District The district consists of one

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Former Village Development Committees (VDCs) and municipalities

* Alau, Nepal * Amarpatti * Auraha * Bagahi * Bagbana * Bageshwari * Bahauri Pidari * Bahuarba Bhatha * Basadilwa * Basantpur * Belwa Parsauni * Beriya Birta * Bhauratar * Bhawanipur * Bhedihari * Bhisawa * Bijbaniya * Bindyabasini * Biranchi Barwa * Birganj Municipality * Biruwa Guthi * Bisrampur * Chorani * Deukhana * 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 Langadi is a rural municipal in the Narayani Zone, located in the Parsa District of Nepal. As of the 2011 Nepal census Nepal conducted a widespread national census in 2011 by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. Working with the 58 munici ...

* 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

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