District · Madhesh Province
Parsa District
पर्सा जिल्ला
A district of Madhesh Province, made up of 16 local governments.NP0234
Population
654,471
2021691,463 projected for 2023
Households
113,080
20215.79 people each
Area
1,407 km²
465 per km²
Literacy
69.1%
202164th of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
654,471
National Statistics Office
316,185 women, 338,286 men — 48.3% female. 10.7% of Madhesh.
A 2023 projection puts it at 691,463 — modelled, not counted.
Age and sex structure
Five-year bands, 2023 projection — a different reference period from the count beside it.
View all 17 age bands
| Age | Female | Male | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 80+ | 1,618 | 1,854 | 3,472 |
| 75-79 | 2,603 | 3,115 | 5,718 |
| 70-74 | 5,117 | 5,744 | 10,861 |
| 65-69 | 7,498 | 8,183 | 15,681 |
| 60-64 | 9,069 | 8,823 | 17,892 |
| 55-59 | 10,863 | 10,655 | 21,518 |
| 50-54 | 13,094 | 13,234 | 26,328 |
| 45-49 | 17,619 | 18,131 | 35,750 |
| 40-44 | 18,838 | 18,293 | 37,131 |
| 35-39 | 24,272 | 23,373 | 47,645 |
| 30-34 | 28,352 | 29,647 | 57,999 |
| 25-29 | 30,897 | 36,109 | 67,006 |
| 20-24 | 29,759 | 36,068 | 65,827 |
| 15-19 | 31,629 | 37,375 | 69,004 |
| 10-14 | 35,012 | 37,034 | 72,046 |
| 5-9 | 34,843 | 36,574 | 71,417 |
| 0-4 | 32,160 | 34,008 | 66,168 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
69.1%
Population aged 5 and over
7.1 pp below the national figure · 64th of 77.
77.7% of men, 60.0% of women — a 17.7-point gap.
69.1%
Parsa
63.5%
Madhesh
76.2%
Nepal
Parsa 69.1%, Madhesh 63.5%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Parsa marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write69.1%
- Cannot read or write30.6%
- Can read only0.3%
- Not stated0.0%
592,599 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 409,631 | 172,170 | 237,461 |
| Cannot read or write | 181,143 | 113,966 | 67,177 |
| Can read only | 1,737 | 891 | 846 |
| Not stated | 88 | 40 | 48 |
Local governments
16 local governments. By population, 2021 census.
Population
Households
One order throughout, set by population, so a mark out of step ranks differently on that measure. Counts are bars from zero; rates are dots on a trimmed axis, because a rate is not additive and its spread matters more than its distance from nothing. 8 more in the table below.
View all 16 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birgunj | metropolitan city | 272,382 | 47,114 | 76.0% |
| Bahudarmai | municipality | 43,478 | 6,957 | 63.4% |
| Parsagadhi | municipality | 41,569 | 7,632 | 64.5% |
| Pokhariya | municipality | 37,675 | 6,076 | 64.4% |
| Sakhuwa Prasauni | rural municipality | 35,399 | 6,295 | 61.8% |
| Jagarnathpur | rural municipality | 32,649 | 5,582 | 62.7% |
| Chhipaharmai | rural municipality | 29,082 | 4,663 | 62.6% |
| Paterwa Sugauli | rural municipality | 25,498 | 4,753 | 62.4% |
| Bindabasini | rural municipality | 24,991 | 3,892 | 66.3% |
| Kalikamai | rural municipality | 23,480 | 3,697 | 66.5% |
| Jirabhawani | rural municipality | 22,677 | 4,871 | 61.3% |
| Dhobini | rural municipality | 22,606 | 3,499 | 64.9% |
| Pakaha Mainpur | rural municipality | 22,585 | 3,530 | 64.4% |
| Thori | rural municipality | 17,219 | 4,452 | 71.0% |
| Parsa | protected_area | — | — | — |
| Chitawan | protected_area | — | — | — |
Sources and coverage
- Nepal — Subnational Population StatisticsUnited Nations Population Fundcc-by-igo-3.0
- Nepal — National Population and Housing Census 2021National Statistics Officenso-official-statistics
Measures such as gdp per capita, life expectancy at birth, and under-5 mortality rate are published for Nepal as a whole and are not broken down to this level by their source, so they have no section here. All indicators and their coverage →