Parbat District (Nepali: पर्वत जिल्ला [pʌɾbʌt] , is a hilly area of Nepal. It is a part of Gandaki Province and one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Kusma as its district headquarters, covers an area of 494 km (191 sq mi) and has a population (2001) of 157,826. It is the fourth-smallest district of Nepal with 47 village development committees (VDCs) currently (before Kushma Municipality was formed, the total VDCs were 55.).

The district is mainly known for the Gupteshwar Cave, which is visited by thousands of pilgrims during the Hindu festival of Shivaratri. Patheshwari Temple is a notable temple in Kushma located at Katuwa Chaupari in Kushma-09. Patheshwori Mandir has many sub-temples inside like Ram Janaki Mandir, Bhagwati, Devi, Hanuman, and others. Alapeshwar cave is a cave in this district. It is also noted for the Dahere Deurali Temple, which is visited by thousands of pilgrims during Bala Chaturdashi. Kamadhenu Mandir is another temple in Parbat district that is located in the Khurkot development committee. Recently the Modi hydro project of 10 M.W. has been constructed in this district. Parbat's biggest playground lies in Phalewas village named Majhi Chour and Indra Chour.

Parbat district has diversified geographical features. It extends from 28 00’ 19" N to 28 23’ 59" N latitude and 83 33’ 40" E to 83 49’ 30" E longitude

Climate Zone	Elevation Range	% of Area
Upper Tropical	300 to 1,000 meters 1,000 to 3,300 ft.	17.8%
Subtropical	1,000 to 2,000 meters 3,300 to 6,600 ft.	66.9%
Temperate	2,000 to 3,000 meters 6,400 to 9,800 ft.	14.0%
Subalpine	3,000 to 4,000 meters 9,800 to 13,100 ft.	1.4%

Historical population

Census year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1981	128,400	—
1991	143,547	+1.12%
2001	157,826	+0.95%
2011	146,590	−0.74%
2021	132,703	−0.99%
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Source: Citypopulation

• At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Parbat District had a population of 146,590.
• As their first language, 91.7% spoke Nepali, 4.1% Magar, 3.0% Gurung, 0.6% Newari, 0.1% Bhojpuri, 0.1% Hindi, 0.1% Maithili, 0.1% Tamang and 0.1% other languages.
• Ethnicity/caste: 35.8% were Hill Brahmin, 17.3% Chhetri, 11.0% Magar, 9.2% Kami, 7.5% Damai/Dholi, 6.7% Sarki, 3.7% Gurung, 2.5% Thakuri, 2.4% Newar, 1.4% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.5% Gharti/Bhujel, 0.4% Musalman, 0.3% Kumal, 0.2% Majhi, 0.2% Tamang, 0.1% Bote, 0.1% Chhantyal, 0.1% Rai, 0.1% Thakali, 0.1% Tharu and 0.2% others.
• Religion: 89.5% were Hindu, 9.3% Buddhist, 0.5% Christian, 0.4% Muslim, 0.2% Bon and 0.1% others.
• Literacy: 73.8% could read and write, 2.3% could only read and 23.9% could neither read nor write.

Entire Parbat district which had earlier 55 VDCs is now divided into 2 municipalities and 5 rural municipalities (gaunpalika) as listed below:

1. Kushma Municipality
2. Phalewas Municipality
3. Jaljala rural municipality [1]
4. Paiyun Rural Municipality
5. Mahashila Rural Municipality
6. Modi Rural Municipality
7. Bihadi Rural Municipality

• Zones of Nepal

"Districts of Nepal". Statoids.

• www.kushmaparbat.com(first web site about parbat kushma & parbateli)
• parbatjilla.com

28°14′0″N 83°31′0″E / 28.23333°N 83.51667°E / 28.23333; 83.51667