Parasan Explained

Parasan
Native Name:परासन
Settlement Type:Municipality
Mapsize:300px
Pushpin Map:Nepal
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Nepal
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Nepal
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Sudurpashchim Province
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Kanchanpur District
Population As Of:1991
Population Total:9796
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Timezone:Nepal Time
Utc Offset:+5:45
Coordinates:28.61°N 80.49°W

Parasan (Nepal Bhasa; Newari: परासन) is a village and later it became Parasan VDC which is now in Punarbas Municipality in Kanchanpur District in Sudurpashchim Province of south-western Nepal. The former village development committee was merged to form a new municipality on 18 May 2014. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 9796 people living in 1615 individual households.[1]

Economy

Parasan has been one of the village development committees which have been subject to the Nepali government's Land Reform Program, which was launched in 1964.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nepal Census 2001. Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. 24 November 2008 .
  2. Book: Country Papers: Nepal. 1997. Asian and Pacific Development Centre. 6.