Districts compared

Parsa vs Dolpa

Parsa (654,471 people, headquarters Birgunj) and Dolpa (42,774 people, headquarters Dunai (Thuli Bheri)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Parsa has 611,697 more people.

	Parsa	Dolpa
Population (2021)	654,471	42,774
Area	1,353 km²	7,889 km²
Density	484/km²	5/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+0.82%/yr	+1.47%/yr
Literacy	69.1%	67%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	106.99	99.85
Headquarters	Birgunj	Dunai (Thuli Bheri)
Province	Madhesh	Karnali
Local levels	14	8

Parsa

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

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Dolpa

Nepal's largest district, trans-Himalayan Dolpo, Shey Phoksundo National Park and Phoksundo Lake

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Questions

Parsa vs Dolpa, answered

Which has more people, Parsa or Dolpa?+

Parsa district had 654,471 people at the 2021 census and Dolpa had 42,774, so Parsa has 611,697 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Parsa or Dolpa?+

Parsa covers 1,353 km² and Dolpa covers 7,889 km², a difference of 6,536 km². Dolpa is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Parsa or Dolpa?+

Parsa has a density of 484 people/km² and Dolpa has 5 people/km². Parsa is denser.

What are the headquarters of Parsa and Dolpa districts?+

Parsa district's headquarters is Birgunj; Dolpa's is Dunai (Thuli Bheri). Parsa is in Madhesh Province, Dolpa in Karnali 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.