Districts compared

Dang vs Parsa

Dang (674,993 people, headquarters Ghorahi) and Parsa (654,471 people, headquarters Birgunj) compared side by side, population, density and area. Dang has 20,522 more people.

	Dang	Parsa
Population (2021)	674,993	654,471
Area	2,955 km²	1,353 km²
Density	228/km²	484/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.92%/yr	+0.82%/yr
Literacy	81.4%	69.1%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	90.45	106.99
Headquarters	Ghorahi	Birgunj
Province	Lumbini	Madhesh
Local levels	10	14

Dang

The Dang and Deukhuri valleys, Tharu heartland and seat of Lumbini Province's capital

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Parsa

Birgunj, Nepal's main trade gateway to India, and the tiger forests of Parsa National Park

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Questions

Dang vs Parsa, answered

Which has more people, Dang or Parsa?+

Dang district had 674,993 people at the 2021 census and Parsa had 654,471, so Dang has 20,522 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Dang or Parsa?+

Dang covers 2,955 km² and Parsa covers 1,353 km², a difference of 1,602 km². Dang is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Dang or Parsa?+

Dang has a density of 228 people/km² and Parsa has 484 people/km². Parsa is denser.

What are the headquarters of Dang and Parsa districts?+

Dang district's headquarters is Ghorahi; Parsa's is Birgunj. Dang is in Lumbini Province, Parsa in Madhesh Province.

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Sources & data note

All population, household, density, sex-ratio and growth figures are from the National Population and Housing Census 2021 (NSO National Report, Table 15; census reference date 25 November 2021), with 2011 comparisons from the 2011 census recalculated to current boundaries for the four districts split in 2017. Areas are the official statistical areas used by NSO/CBS, the 77 districts sum to exactly 147,181 km², not GIS polygon areas; where Wikipedia's list page prints conflicting areas for the four split districts (Nawalpur, Nawalparasi West, Rukum East, Rukum West), the NSO-consistent figures are used. Literacy rates are computed from NSO Table 24 raw counts (population aged 5+ who can read and write); the computed national aggregate, 76.25%, matches NSO's published 76.2%. Headquarters coordinates are approximate map-pin locations (±2–5 km), not surveyed points.