Districts compared

Sarlahi vs Parsa

Sarlahi (862,470 people, headquarters Malangwa) and Parsa (654,471 people, headquarters Birgunj) compared side by side, population, density and area. Sarlahi has 207,999 more people.

	Sarlahi	Parsa
Population (2021)	862,470	654,471
Area	1,259 km²	1,353 km²
Density	685/km²	484/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.09%/yr	+0.82%/yr
Literacy	60.3%	69.1%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	101.82	106.99
Headquarters	Malangwa	Birgunj
Province	Madhesh	Madhesh
Local levels	20	14

Sarlahi

Nepal's record 20 local levels and the Lalbandi vegetable belt on the East–West Highway

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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

Sarlahi vs Parsa, answered

Which has more people, Sarlahi or Parsa?+

Sarlahi district had 862,470 people at the 2021 census and Parsa had 654,471, so Sarlahi has 207,999 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Sarlahi or Parsa?+

Sarlahi covers 1,259 km² and Parsa covers 1,353 km², a difference of 94 km². Parsa is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Sarlahi or Parsa?+

Sarlahi has a density of 685 people/km² and Parsa has 484 people/km². Sarlahi is denser.

What are the headquarters of Sarlahi and Parsa districts?+

Sarlahi district's headquarters is Malangwa; 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.