Districts compared

Parsa vs Darchula

Parsa (654,471 people, headquarters Birgunj) and Darchula (133,310 people, headquarters Darchula Khalanga (Mahakali)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Parsa has 521,161 more people.

	Parsa	Darchula
Population (2021)	654,471	133,310
Area	1,353 km²	2,322 km²
Density	484/km²	57/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+0.82%/yr	0%/yr
Literacy	69.1%	77.8%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	106.99	93.52
Headquarters	Birgunj	Darchula Khalanga (Mahakali)
Province	Madhesh	Sudurpashchim
Local levels	14	9

Parsa

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

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Darchula

Api Himal (7,132 m) and the Mahakali frontier with India

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Questions

Parsa vs Darchula, answered

Which has more people, Parsa or Darchula?+

Parsa district had 654,471 people at the 2021 census and Darchula had 133,310, so Parsa has 521,161 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Parsa or Darchula?+

Parsa covers 1,353 km² and Darchula covers 2,322 km², a difference of 969 km². Darchula is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Parsa or Darchula?+

Parsa has a density of 484 people/km² and Darchula has 57 people/km². Parsa is denser.

What are the headquarters of Parsa and Darchula districts?+

Parsa district's headquarters is Birgunj; Darchula's is Darchula Khalanga (Mahakali). Parsa is in Madhesh Province, Darchula in Sudurpashchim 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.