Sarlahi ( ; Maithili: सर्लाही), a part of

Madhesh Province Madhesh Province () is a Provinces of Nepal, province of Nepal in the Terai region with an area of covering about 6.5% of the country's total area. It has a population of 6,126,288 as per the 2021 Nepal census, making it Nepal's most densely po ...

, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. According to new laws, a combination of more than two or four villages makes a municipality, which covers an area of and had a population of 635,701 in 2001,769,729 in 2011 and 862,470 in 2021 . It is bordered to the west by

Rautahat district Rautahat District (), a part of Madhesh Province, is one of the List of districts of Nepal, seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district headquarter is Gaur, Nepal, Gaur, including municipalities like Katahariya, Garuda, Nepal, Garuda, Chandrapur ...

, to the east by

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, to the Writer: Abhiyan Paudel

Temples and other historic sites

*The famous temple, Chameli Mai lies in Salempur of Sarlahi District where number of devotees from Country and a part of India come to seek blessing . *The historical Nunthar Pahad is located in a strategic place bordering four districts: Makawanpur, Sarlahi, Rautahat and Sindhuli. *The Mukteshwar Nath temple in Murtiya village is a

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site. *The Nadiman lake, an important Puranic place, is located nearby Malangawa which is believed to be the ''

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'' pool (''kunda''), the mystic lake owned by the ''yaksha'' himself. The Pattharkot temple is also the best known religious place there. *The Sitlamai temple, Bajrangbali temple, Durga temple, Gadhimai temple and Laxmipur Pokhari in Balara Municipality. *The Sagaranatha temple in Iswarpur, the Gopalkuti Mahadev temple in Karmaiya, among many others, are equally significant places in Sarlahi. *The most emerging city and the main trading site of the Sarlahi district is Lalbandi and is also known as the education hub of the district. It is located in Lalbandi municipality which is the largest municipality of the district too.

Geography and climate

Geographical division

According to geographical texture, Sarlahi district is divided into three parts. * Chure Hills of North * Bhabar region of middle * Terai region of south

Chure mountain

On the north side of the district from east to west is the mountain range known as the

Sivalik Hills The Sivalik Hills, also known as Churia Hills, are a mountain range of the outer Himalayas. The literal translation of "Sivalik" is 'tresses of Shiva'. The hills are known for their numerous fossils, and are also home to the Soanian Middle Pale ...

. They have an average height of , reaching in places. This range separates the

Terai The Terai or Tarai is a lowland region in parts of southern Nepal and northern India that lies to the south of the outer foothills of the Himalayas, the Sivalik Hills and north of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. This lowland belt is characterised by ...

from the inner Terai and harbours the fossilised remains of many mammals no longer typical of Eurasia. Hills of Terai

Bhabar region

This region is between Chure range and the Outer Terai region. In the local language, it is also known as C''har koshe Jhadi''. The height of the region is from . The

Mahendra Highway Mahendra Highway or NH01 (previously: H01) (), also called East-West Highway (), runs across the Terai geographical region of Nepal, from Mechinagar in the east to Bhim Datta in the west, cutting across the entire width of the country. It is th ...

touches this area, so settlement is increasing. In the region, the water source level is always very low; even the following water disappears because of sandiness. It is very difficult to obtain water by digging. Irrigation is problematic in the area.

Terai region

The Terai region, plains, forms the southernmost part of Nepal and goes to India's

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. Since ancient times, the region has had large public density and is a good place for farming, so it is called Treasurer of grain.

Rivers

There are four major rivers in this district that flow into India: the

Bagmati The Bagmati River flows through the Kathmandu valley of Nepal, separating the cities of Kathmandu and Patan, before flowing through Madesh Province of southern Nepal and joining the Kamla River in the Indian state of Bihar. It is considered ...

& Manushmara river "(sisaut)" the Hardi (Banke), the

Lakhandei The Lakhandei River is a river in southern Nepal and in the state of Bihar in India. It is a main tributary of the Bagmati River. In Nepal, the river basin lies in the Sarlahi District, and the river originates in the Sivalik Hills. The river ...

and the Jhim. However, there are around a dozen other small rivulets that originate from the Chure hills and flow down the plain. They are actually the tributaries of the three major river systems of the district. These small rivulets are the Hariwan khola, the Dhungre khola, the Soti khola, the Sotraha khola, the Chapini khola, the Pathlaiya khola, he Kalinjor khola, the Phooljor khola and the Banke Khola. The Banke Khola is the eastern demarcation of the district separating it from Mahottari district, whereas the

river flows between Sarlahi and Rautahat districts. *Bagmati river system: it is the largest river, flowing in the western side of district separating

Rautahat Rautahat is a VDC located in Saptari district of Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal Census it had a population of 3612 people living in 660 individual households. Jung Bahadur Rana Jung Bahadur Rana, , was born Bir Narsingh Kunwar (1817-18 ...

district from Sarlahi. * Lakhandei river system: this river is the largest river inside the district; it is about 25 kilometers long. It originates from the Chure Mountain range, the lowest foothills of the Great Himalayan ranges. It flows into India by touching Simara village development committee (VDC) of this district. * Jhim river system: originating from the northeast side of the Chure mountains of this district into the Phuljor and Kalinjor rivers, it joins at the Vairawpur village of Jabdi VDC, then it becomes Jhim river. It is long and by flowing into districts passes into India, and in India this river is known as Adhwara river. Adhwara river was the east border of

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region. Banke (Hardi Nadi) river. Banke river was the east border of Sarlhi district. There are also many rivers in this district including the Adhwara River of the east which empties into the Jhim River, Manushmara river (which is formed by mixing Harion, Sotara and Pathlaiya rivers), and in middle of the district Dhangra and Bhumi rivers. * Bhatauliya river system: this river is the medium river inside the district; it is about 10 kilometers long. It originates from the Soram range. It flows into India by touching Bhatauliya VDC of this district.

Demographics

At the time of the

2021 Nepal census The 2021 Nepal Census was the twelfth nationwide census of Nepal conducted by the Central Bureau of Statistics. The census was originally scheduled from 8 June to 22 June 2021, but was postponed to November 2021 due to a surge in COVID-19 case ...

, Sarlahi District had a population of 862,470. 10.09% of the population is under 5 years of age. It has a literacy rate of 60.31% and a sex ratio of 982 females per 1000 males. 595,893 (69.09%) lived in municipalities. Ethnicity/caste: Madheshis are the largest group. Yadavs and Muslims are the largest two communities. Khas and Hill Janjati communities make up a large fraction of the population. Religion: 85.6% were

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, 7.9%

Muslim Muslims () are people who adhere to Islam, a Monotheism, monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God ...

, 5.7%

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, 0.3%

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, 0.2%

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and 0.3% others.

Bajjika Bajjika is an Indo-Aryan language variety spoken in parts of Bihar, India and in Nepal. It is also classified as a dialect of Maithili language and is known as Western Maithili. Territory and speakers Bajjika language is spoken in the north-w ...

is the largest language. Maithili is the second-largest language. Nepali is spoken by 11% of the population.

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and Tharu are spoken by a small minority.

Media

From Sarlahi district, newspapers and FM radio stations are as follows: Newspapers: ''Loktantra Dainik'', ''Paricharcha'', ''Madhesh Post Daily'', ''Suchna Saugat Weekly'', ''Sarlahi Awaz Weekly'', and ''Sarlahi Times Weekly.''

Sarlahi constituencies

There are a total of four electoral consttituncies for House of Representatives and eight for Provincial assembly which are as below. * Sarlahi 1 * Sarlahi 2 * Sarlahi 3 * Sarlahi 4

Administration

The district consists of twenty

municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

, out of which eleven are urban municipalities and nine are

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. These are as follows: * Bagmati Municipality * Balara Municipality *

Barahathwa Municipality Barahathwa is a municipality of the Sarlahi District in the Janakpur Zone of central Nepal. The municipality was established on 19 September 2015 by merging the existing Barahathwa, Murtiya, Hajariya, sundarpur chuhadwa Village development commi ...

* Godaita Municipality * Harion Municipality * Haripur Municipality * Haripurwa Municipality * Ishworpur Municipality * Kabilasi Municipality * Lalbandi Municipality * Malangwa Municipality * Basbariya Rural Municipality * Bishnu Rural Municipality * Brahampuri Rural Municipality * Chakraghatta Rural Municipality * Chandranagar Rural Municipality * Dhankaul Rural Municipality * Kaudena Rural Municipality * Parsa Rural Municipality * Ramnagar Rural Municipality

Former Village Development Committees (VDCs)

* Achalgadh * Arnaha *

Atrauli Atrauli is a town and a municipal board in Aligarh district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Situated on the bank of the river Ganges, Atrauli is around from Aligarh and from Khair. Etymology The town is named after the sage Atri Muni w ...

* Aurahi * Babarganj *

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* Bahadurpur * Balara * Bara Udhoran * Barahathawa * Basantapur * Batraul *

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* Belhi * Bhelhi * Belwajabdi * Bhadsar * Bhagawatipur * Bhaktipur * Bhawanipur * Brahmapuri * Chandranagar * Chhotaul * Chhatauna * Dhankaul Pachhawari * Dhanakaul Purba * Dhangadha * Dhungrekhola * Dhurkauli * Dumariya * Gadahiya * Gamhariya *

Godaita Godaita (Nepali: गोडैटा) is a municipality in Sarlahi District, a part of Province No. 2 in Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the H ...

Gaurishankar Gaurishankar (also Gauri Sankar or Gauri Shankar; ; Sherpa language, Sherpa: Jomo Tseringma), a mountain in the Nepal Himalayas, is the second highest peak of the Rolwaling Himal, behind Melungtse (7,181 m). The name comes from the Hindu go ...

* Hajariya * Harakthawa * Haripur * Haripurwa *

Hariwan Hariwan or Harion () is a town and municipality in Nepal, located in Sarlahi District. The municipality is surrounded by Lalbandi municipality in the East and Bagmati municipality in the West, Hariharpurgadhi municipality of Sindhuli District, ...

* Hathiaul *

Hempur Hempur is a village development committee in Sarlahi District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern 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 St ...

Ishworpur Ishworpur is a Municipality in Sarlahi District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern Nepal. The municipality was established on 18 May 2014 by merging the existing Bela, Bhaktipur, Gaurishankar and Ishwarpur VDCs. At the time of the 1991 Nep ...

* Jabdi * Jamuniya * Janaki Nagar * Jingadawa * Kabilasi * Kalinjor * Karmaihiya * Khairwa * Khoriya *

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* Kisanpur * Kaudena * Lalbandi * Laukath * Laxmipur Kodraha * Laxmipur Su. * Madhubangoth * Madhubani * Mahinathpur * Malangwa Municipality * Manpur * Mirjapur * Mohanpur * Motipur * Murtiya * Musauli * Narayan Khola * Narayanpur * Netraganj * Naukailawa * Parsa * Parwanipur * Pattharkot * Pharahadawa * Phulparasi * Pidari * Pidariya * Pipariya * Rajghat * Ramnagar Bahuarwa * Ranban *

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* Rohuwa * Sakraul * Salempur * Sangrampur * Shankarpur * Sasapur * Shreeur * Sekhauna * Simara * Sisautiya * Sisaut * Sohadawa *

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* Sundarpur * Sundarpur Choharwa * Tribhuwannagar

Notable people

* Sambhu Lal Shrestha,

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leader and former

Minister for Agriculture An agriculture ministry (also called an agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister f ...

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* Jangi Lal Ray,

leader and former member of

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* Amresh Kumar Singh,

leader and member of

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* Rajendra Mahato, Sadbhawana party politician and former minister who left district for election purpose after unsuccessful attempts in general elections * Mahendra Raya Yadav, member of

and

* Pramod Sah, member of

* Birendra Prasad Singh,

leader, member of Provincial Assembly and Minister in

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. *

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, a well known Nepali actor and Producer. He has worked in numbers of Nepali Movies like Pijada, Dhadkan, Hami Tin Bhai, Bhairab and so on. *

Gulsan Jha Gulsan Jha (; born 17 February 2006) is a Nepalese cricketer, who plays as a bowler for Nepal national team. He became the third youngest ODI player when he made his ODI debut against the United States at just 15 years and 212 days of age. Aged ...

, A national cricketer who has played so many games for Nepal and is currently playing for Nepal.

References

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