Parasi District

Parasi District (Nepali: नवलपरासी पश्चिम [nʌwʌlpʌˈɾasi ˈpʌst͡sim]) (Nawalparasi west of Bardaghat Susta) is a district located in Lumbini Province of Nepal. It is 1 out of 12 districts of Lumbini Province. The headquarter of the district is located in Ramgram.[1]

This article is about Nawalparasi West District. For former district, see Nawalparasi District.
Parasi District

नवलपरासी पश्चिम
District
Nickname(s): 
नवलपरासी बर्दघाट सुस्ता पश्चिम
Location of Parasi (dark yellow) in Lumbini Province
Divisions of Nawalparasi West
Coordinates: 27.32°N 83.40°E / 27.32; 83.40
Country   Nepal
ProvinceLumbini Province
Established2015
Admin HQ.Ramgram
Government
 • TypeCoordination committee
 • BodyDCC, Parasi
Area
 • Total634.88 km2 (245.13 sq mi)
Population
 • Total321,058
 • Density510/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+05:45 (NPT)
Websitewww.ddcnawalparasi.gov.np

Formerly, Parasi was part of Nawalparasi District, which split into two districts, Nawalpur District and Parasi, after the state's reconstruction of administrative divisions as of 20 September 2015.

The total area of Nawalparasi District is 634.88 square kilometres (245.13 sq mi) and total population of this district as of 2011 Nepal census is 321058 individuals.[2]

Divisions

The district is divided into 7 local level body[2] in which 3 are urban municipality and 4 are rural municipality.[3]

Urban municipality

Rural municipality

See also

References
  1. "पूर्वी नवलपरासीको नाम 'नवलपुर जिल्ला' र सदरमुकाम कावासोतीमा राख्ने निर्णय" [Decision to named Nawalpur of the East Nawalparasi and fix Headquarter at Kawasoti]. www.kantipurdaily.com (in Nepali). KMG. 22 September 2017. Archived from the original on 22 March 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  2. "CITY POPULATION– statistics, maps & charts". www.citypopulation.de. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  3. "District Corrected Last for RAJAPATRA (page no. 261)" (PDF). www.mofald.gov.np. Retrieved 2 March 2018.


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