Banke District ( ne, बाँके जिल्ला , a part of

Lumbini Province Lumbini Province ( ne, लुम्बिनी प्रदेश, Lumbinī pradēśa) is a province in western Nepal. It borders Gandaki Province and Karnali Province to the north, Sudurpashchim Province to the west, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar o ...

, is one of the 77 districts of Nepal. The district, located in midwestern Nepal with Nepalganj as its district headquarters, covers an area of and had a population of 385,840 in 2001 and 491,313 in 2011. There are three main cities in the Banke District: Nepalganj, Kohalpur and

Khajura Bajaar Khajura Rural Municipality also known as Khajura Bajaar is a municipality in Banke District in the Bheri Zone in mid-western Nepal. The municipality was established on 10 March 2017 by merging the existing six Village Development Committees i.e. ...

Geography and Climate

Banke is bordered on the west by ''

Bardiya district Bardiya District ( ne, बर्दिया जिल्ला), one of the seventy-seven Districts of Nepal, is part of Lumbini Province of Nepal. The district, with Gulariya as its headquarters, covers an area of and according to the 2001 ce ...

''. ''

Rapti zone Rapti Zone ( ne, राप्ती अञ्चल ) was one of the fourteen zones, located in the Mid-Western Development Region of Nepal. It was named after the West Rapti River which drains Rolpa, Pyuthan and part of Dang districts. The re ...

's'' ''Salyan'' and ''

Dang Deukhuri District Dang District ( ne, दाङ जिल्ला, ) is the district of Lumbini Province located in the Inner Terai of midwestern Nepal. Deukhuri valley of the district is the capital of the province and is the second largest valley of Asia su ...

s'' border to the north and east. To the south lies ''

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...

'',

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

, a country in Asia; specifically ''Shravasti'' and ''

Bahraich district Bahraich district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and Bahraich town is the district headquarters. Bahraich District is a part of Devipatan Division. History According to some other historians in the middle age this pl ...

s'' of ''

Awadh Awadh (), known in British historical texts as Avadh or Oudh, is a region in the modern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, which was before independence known as the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. It is synonymous with the Kośāla region of ...

''. East of Nepalganj the international border follows the southern edge of the ''

Dudhwa Range The Dundwa Range (Hindi and dundwā shrinkhalā) is a subrange of the Sivalik Hills in western Nepal and northern Uttar Pradesh, India. It separates the Outer Terai of Balarampur and Shravasti districts in Uttar Pradesh from Deukhuri Valley ...

'' of the ''Siwaliks''. Most of the district is drained by the ''Rapti'', except the district's western edge is drained by the ''Babai''. Rapti and Babai cross into Uttar Pradesh, a state in India, Nepal's neighboring country and eventually join the ''Karnali'', whose name has changed to ''Ghaghara''.

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Banke District had a population of 491,313. Of these, 39.5% spoke Nepali, 23.7%

Awadhi Awadhi (; ), also known as Audhi (), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in northern India and Nepal. It is primarily spoken in the Awadh region of present-day Uttar Pradesh, India. The name ''Awadh'' is connected to Ayodhya, the ancient city ...

, 18.5%

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
'' Tharu, 1.0% Maithili, 0.9% Magar and 0.8%

Hindi Hindi ( Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been ...

as their first language.2011 Nepal Census, Social Characteristics Tables
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Sub- Metropolitan City, Municipality and Rural Municipalities

There are one Sub-metropolitan city, one Municipality and six Rural Municipalities in Banke District. * Nepalgunj Sub-Metropolitan City * Kohalpur Municipality *

Rapti-Sonari Rural Municipality Rapti-Sonari Rural Municipality (Nepali :राप्तिसोनारी गाउँपालिका) is a Gaunpalika in Banke District in Lumbini Province Lumbini Province ( ne, लुम्बिनी प्रदेश, Lumbinī pra ...

* Narainapur Rural Municipality * Duduwa Rural Municipality * Janaki Rural Municipality * Khajura Rural Municipality * Baijanath Rural Municipality

Former VDCs and Municipalities

* Bageswari * Bashudevpur * Baijapur * Belahari * Belbhar * Betahani * Bhawaniyapur * Binauna * Chisapani * Ganapur * Gangapur * Hirminiya * Holiya * Indrapur * Jaispur * Kalaphanta * Kamdi * Kanchanapur * Kathkuiya * Khajura Khurda * Khaskarkado * Khaskusma * Kohalpur * Laksmanpur * Mahadevpuri * Manikapur * Matahiya * Narainapur * Naubasta * Nepalganj * Parsapur * Phatepur * Piparhawa * Puraina * Puraini * Radhapur * Rajhena * Raniyapur * Saigaun *

Samserganj Samserganj is a village development committee in Banke District in Lumbini Province of south-western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Stat ...

Sitapur Sitapur is a city and a municipal board in Sitapur district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located 90 kilometres north of state capital, Lucknow. The traditional origin for the name is said to be by the King Vikramāditya from Lord ...

* Sonapur * Titahiriya * Udarapur * Udayapur

References

* Districts of Nepal established during Rana regime or before {{Province5NP-geo-stub

Geography and Climate

Demographics

Sub- Metropolitan City, Municipality and Rural Municipalities

Former VDCs and Municipalities

See also

References