Districts compared

Parsa vs Jumla

Parsa (654,471 people, headquarters Birgunj) and Jumla (118,349 people, headquarters Jumla Khalanga (Chandannath)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Parsa has 536,122 more people.

	Parsa	Jumla
Population (2021)	654,471	118,349
Area	1,353 km²	2,531 km²
Density	484/km²	47/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+0.82%/yr	+0.8%/yr
Literacy	69.1%	70.2%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	106.99	100.18
Headquarters	Birgunj	Jumla Khalanga (Chandannath)
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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Jumla

Organic apples, high-altitude Jumli Marsi rice and the Sinja Valley, cradle of the Nepali language

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Questions

Parsa vs Jumla, answered

Which has more people, Parsa or Jumla?+

Parsa district had 654,471 people at the 2021 census and Jumla had 118,349, so Parsa has 536,122 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Parsa or Jumla?+

Parsa covers 1,353 km² and Jumla covers 2,531 km², a difference of 1,178 km². Jumla is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Parsa or Jumla?+

Parsa has a density of 484 people/km² and Jumla has 47 people/km². Parsa is denser.

What are the headquarters of Parsa and Jumla districts?+

Parsa district's headquarters is Birgunj; Jumla's is Jumla Khalanga (Chandannath). Parsa is in Madhesh Province, Jumla 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.