Districts compared

Saptari vs Parsa

Saptari (706,255 people, headquarters Rajbiraj) and Parsa (654,471 people, headquarters Birgunj) compared side by side, population, density and area. Saptari has 51,784 more people.

	Saptari	Parsa
Population (2021)	706,255	654,471
Area	1,363 km²	1,353 km²
Density	518/km²	484/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+0.96%/yr	+0.82%/yr
Literacy	67.7%	69.1%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	99.01	106.99
Headquarters	Rajbiraj	Birgunj
Province	Madhesh	Madhesh
Local levels	18	14

Saptari

The Koshi Barrage, Koshi Tappu's wild water buffalo and the Chhinnamasta shakti pith

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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

Saptari vs Parsa, answered

Which has more people, Saptari or Parsa?+

Saptari district had 706,255 people at the 2021 census and Parsa had 654,471, so Saptari has 51,784 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Saptari or Parsa?+

Saptari covers 1,363 km² and Parsa covers 1,353 km², a difference of 10 km². Saptari is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Saptari or Parsa?+

Saptari has a density of 518 people/km² and Parsa has 484 people/km². Saptari is denser.

What are the headquarters of Saptari and Parsa districts?+

Saptari district's headquarters is Rajbiraj; 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.