Parasi, Nepal

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Parasi
परासी
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Buddha chowk
CountryFlag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
Province Lumbini Province
District Nawalparasi (West of Bardaghat Susta) district
Population
 (2001)
  Total25,990
Time zone UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)
Postal code
33000
Area code 078
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Parasi is a place in Ramgram, Nepal Municipality in Parasi District in the Lumbini Province of southern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census, it had a population of 7281 people living in 1320 individual households. [1]

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Parasi is in the Terai region and borders India to the south. Ramgrama stupa and Palhi temple are famous religious place in Parasi.

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References

  1. "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Archived from the original on October 12, 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2008.