Bardiya District
Bardiya District
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Bardiya District (
Geography and climate
Bardiya lies in Lumbini Province in midwestern Nepal. It covers 2025 square kilometers and lies west of Banke District, south of Surkhet District of Karnali Province, east of Kailali District of Sudurpashchim Province. To the south lies Uttar Pradesh, India.
Most of Bardiya is in the fertile
Most people living in this district are farmers. The district headquarter
Climate zone[4]
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Elevation range | % of area |
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Lower tropical | below 300 meters (1,000 ft) | 71.4% |
Upper tropical | 300 to 1,000 meters 1,000 to 3,300 ft. |
22.6% |
Subtropical | 1,000 to 2,000 meters 3,300 to 6,600 ft. |
2.7% |
History
Nepal lost it to the
Demographics
Census year | Pop. | ±% p.a. | ||
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1981 | 199,044 | — | ||
1991 | 290,313 | +3.85% | ||
2001 | 382,649 | +2.80% | ||
2011 | 426,576 | +1.09% | ||
2021 | 460,831 | +0.78% | ||
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Source: Citypopulation[6] |
At the time of the 2021 Nepal Census, Bardiya District had a population of 460,831.[7]
As their first language, 52.3% spoke Tharu, 35.2% Nepali, 7.2% Awadhi, 2.3% Urdu, 0.7% Magar, 0.4% Hindi, 0.4% Maithili, 0.3% Bhojpuri, 0.3% Gurung, 0.2% Newar, 0.2% Raji, 0.1% Doteli, 0.1% Sonaha, 0.1% Tamang, and 0.1% other languages.[8]
Ethnicity/caste: 53.3% were Tharu, 11.3% Chhetri, 8.7% Hill Brahmin, 5.7% Kami, 2.9% Magar, 2.6% Muslims, 2.3% Thakuri, 1.9% Yadav, 1.8% Damai/Dholi, 1.1% Mallaha, 0.9% Lodh, 0.8% Chamar/Harijan/Ram, 0.7% Gurung, 0.7% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.6% Newar, 0.6% Sarki, 0.3% Dusadh/Pasawan/Pasi, 0.3% Kurmi, 0.3% Tamang, 0.3% other Terai, 0.2% Badi, 0.2% Terai Brahmin, 0.2% other Dalit, 0.2% Dhobi, 0.2% Hajam/Thakur, 0.2% Halwai, 0.2% Kathabaniyan, 0.2% Lohar, 0.2% Raji, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% Gaine, 0.1% Kayastha, 0.1% Koiri/Kushwaha, 0.1% Kumal, 0.1% Rajbanshi, 0.1% Teli and 0.1% others.[9]
Religion: 94.2% were Hindu, 2.6% Muslim, 2.2% Christian and 1.0% Buddhist.[10]
Literacy: 65.2% could read and write, 1.9% could only read and 32.9% could neither read nor write.[11]
Administration
The district consists of eight municipalities, out of which six are urban municipalities and two are
- Gulariya municipality
- Rajapur municipality
- Madhuwan municipality
- Thakurbaba municipality
- Basgadhimunicipality
- Barbardiya municipality
- Badhaiyatalrural municipality
- Geruwarural municipality
Former village development committees
Prior to the restructuring of the district, Bardiya District consisted of the following municipalities and Village development committees:[citation needed]
- Badalpur Nepal
- Baganaha
- Baniyabhar
- Belawa
- Bhimapur
- Deudakala
- Dhadhawar
- Dhodhari
- Gola
- Jamuni
- Kalika
- Khairapur
- Khairi Chandanpur
- Magaragadi
- Mahamadpur
- Manau
- Manpur Mainapokhar
- Manpur Tapara
- Mathurahardwar
- Motipur
- Naya Gaun
- Neulapur
- Padanaha
- Pasupatinagar
- Patabhar
- Sanesri
- Shivapur
- Sorhawa
- Suryapatawa
- Taratal
- Thakudwara
See also
- Zones of Nepal
- "Districts of Nepal". Statoids.
References
- ^ a b "National Population and Housing Census 2011(National Report)" (PDF). Central Bureau of Statistics. Government of Nepal. November 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
- ^ "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
- ^ "River dolphins under threat in Nepal". WWF. 26 May 2006. Retrieved 26 May 2006.
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The Map of Potential Vegetation of Nepal – a forestry/agroecological/biodiversity classification system (PDF), . Forest & Landscape Development and Environment Series 2-2005 and CFC-TIS Document Series No.110., 2005, ISBN 87-7903-210-9, retrieved 22 November 2013
- ^ "History of Nepal Army". Official website of Nepal Army. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ "NEPAL: Administrative Division". www.citypopulation.de.
- ^ Census Nepal 2021, 29
- ^ NepalMap Language [1]
- ^ NepalMap Caste [2]
- ^ NepalMap Religion [3]
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- ^ "स्थानिय तह" (in Nepali). Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.