Districts compared

Mahottari vs Parsa

Mahottari (706,994 people, headquarters Jaleshwar) and Parsa (654,471 people, headquarters Birgunj) compared side by side, population, density and area. Mahottari has 52,523 more people.

	Mahottari	Parsa
Population (2021)	706,994	654,471
Area	1,002 km²	1,353 km²
Density	706/km²	484/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.14%/yr	+0.82%/yr
Literacy	59.8%	69.1%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	97.58	106.99
Headquarters	Jaleshwar	Birgunj
Province	Madhesh	Madhesh
Local levels	15	14

Mahottari

Jaleshwar's 'God in water' Shiva temple and Bardibas, where the BP Highway meets the East–West Highway

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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

Mahottari vs Parsa, answered

Which has more people, Mahottari or Parsa?+

Mahottari district had 706,994 people at the 2021 census and Parsa had 654,471, so Mahottari has 52,523 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Mahottari or Parsa?+

Mahottari covers 1,002 km² and Parsa covers 1,353 km², a difference of 351 km². Parsa is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Mahottari or Parsa?+

Mahottari has a density of 706 people/km² and Parsa has 484 people/km². Mahottari is denser.

What are the headquarters of Mahottari and Parsa districts?+

Mahottari district's headquarters is Jaleshwar; Parsa's is Birgunj. Both districts are 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.