Parsa District

Parsa District (, a part of Province No. 2 in Terai plain, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Birganj as its district headquarters, has an area of and has a population (2001) of 497,219. According to the locals, Parsa is named after Parsagadhi temple in the district.
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: