Districts compared

Kailali vs Parsa

Kailali (904,666 people, headquarters Dhangadhi) and Parsa (654,471 people, headquarters Birgunj) compared side by side, population, density and area. Kailali has 250,195 more people.

	Kailali	Parsa
Population (2021)	904,666	654,471
Area	3,235 km²	1,353 km²
Density	280/km²	484/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.48%/yr	+0.82%/yr
Literacy	77.6%	69.1%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	91.99	106.99
Headquarters	Dhangadhi	Birgunj
Province	Sudurpashchim	Madhesh
Local levels	13	14

Kailali

Dhangadhi, Ghodaghodi Lake and Nepal's only cable-stayed bridge over the Karnali

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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

Kailali vs Parsa, answered

Which has more people, Kailali or Parsa?+

Kailali district had 904,666 people at the 2021 census and Parsa had 654,471, so Kailali has 250,195 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Kailali or Parsa?+

Kailali covers 3,235 km² and Parsa covers 1,353 km², a difference of 1,882 km². Kailali is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Kailali or Parsa?+

Kailali has a density of 280 people/km² and Parsa has 484 people/km². Parsa is denser.

What are the headquarters of Kailali and Parsa districts?+

Kailali district's headquarters is Dhangadhi; Parsa's is Birgunj. Kailali is in Sudurpashchim 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.