Districts compared

Parsa vs Surkhet

Parsa (654,471 people, headquarters Birgunj) and Surkhet (415,126 people, headquarters Birendranagar) compared side by side, population, density and area. Parsa has 239,345 more people.

	Parsa	Surkhet
Population (2021)	654,471	415,126
Area	1,353 km²	2,451 km²
Density	484/km²	169/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+0.82%/yr	+1.62%/yr
Literacy	69.1%	82.7%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	106.99	92.74
Headquarters	Birgunj	Birendranagar
Province	Madhesh	Karnali
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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Surkhet

Karnali's provincial capital Birendranagar and the 12th-century Kakrebihar temple

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Questions

Parsa vs Surkhet, answered

Which has more people, Parsa or Surkhet?+

Parsa district had 654,471 people at the 2021 census and Surkhet had 415,126, so Parsa has 239,345 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Parsa or Surkhet?+

Parsa covers 1,353 km² and Surkhet covers 2,451 km², a difference of 1,098 km². Surkhet is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Parsa or Surkhet?+

Parsa has a density of 484 people/km² and Surkhet has 169 people/km². Parsa is denser.

What are the headquarters of Parsa and Surkhet districts?+

Parsa district's headquarters is Birgunj; Surkhet's is Birendranagar. Parsa is in Madhesh Province, Surkhet 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.