Shivasatakshi is a

municipality 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' ...

in the southeastern part of

Jhapa District Jhapa District (; ) is a district of Koshi Province in eastern Nepal named after a Rajbanshi Surjapuri language word "Jhapa", meaning "to cover" (verb). The 2021 Nepal Census, puts the total population of the district at 994,090. The total ar ...

in the

Koshi Province Koshi Province () is an autonomous Provinces of Nepal, province of Nepal adopted by the Constitution of Nepal on 20 September 2015. It covers an area of , about 17.5% of the country's total area. With the industrial city of Biratnagar as its cap ...

of eastern

Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...

. The new municipality was formed by merging four existing VDCs—

Shivaganj Shivganj was a village development committee in Jhapa District in the Province No. 1 of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 13,619 people living in 2,490 individual households. It was later merged wit ...

Satasidham Satasidham is a village development committee in Jhapa District in the Province No. 1 of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 20,809 people living in 3842 individual households. It was later merged wit ...

, Dharampur, and

Panchgachhi Panchganchi was a village development committee in Jhapa District in the Province No. 1 of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 16600 people living in 2207 individual households. It was later merged wit ...

—on 2 Dec 2014. The office of the municipality is that of the former Satasidham

village development committee Village development committee may refer to: * Village development committee (India) * Village development committee (Nepal) A village development committee (; ''gāum̐ vikās samiti'') in Nepal was the lower administrative part of its Mini ...

(VDC).

Population

At the time of the

2011 Nepal Census Nepal conducted a widespread national census in 2011 by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. Working in cooperation with the 58 municipalities and the 3,915 Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the m ...

and

had population of 13,518 and 26,171 people living in 9,102 individual households. After the VDCs of

and Dharampur were merged, it had a total population of 74,366 people .

Occupation

Agriculture is the main source of income of majority of people residing in Shivasatakshi.

Geography

Shivasatakshi municipality lies in the Terai region. It is bordered by Kankai municipality in the east, Kamal VDC in the west,

Ilam district Ilam district () is one of Districts of Province No. 1, 14 districts of Koshi Province of eastern Nepal. It is a Geography of Nepal#The Hill Region, Hill districts of Nepal, district and covers . The 2011 Nepal census, 2011 census counted 290,25 ...

in the north, and

Gauriganj Gauriganj is a city, municipal corporation, tehsil and administrative headquarters of Amethi district in Ayodhya division, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is situated about 126 km from the state capital Lucknow. Before July 2010, it was part of ...

in the south. There is plain land and evergreen forest. It lies in the middle part of

. Due to its plain and fertile land it has high capability for agricultural production. Heavy rainfall occurs in this area during the summer season.

Healthcare

Healthcare in Shivasatakshi is not very well-developed. The absence of modern hospitals often necessitates the residents to travel to

Damak Damak ( Nepali: दमक) is one of the oldest municipalities in Jhapa District of Koshi Province in eastern Nepal. It is situated between the Ratuwa River in the east and the Maawa River in the west. It has Sivalik Hills in its north and ends ...

, or

Birtamod Birtamod ( Nepali: बिर्तामोड नगरपालिका) is a municipality in Jhapa District of Nepal. It is the commercial, educational and transport hub of Jhapa District. Sarnamati Bazar, Dhulabari Bazar, Dhaijan Bazar, Cha ...

in case of a serious health issue.

Education

Alike healthcare, the education services in Shivasatakshi are limited to undergrad level only. There are only handful of high-schools and very few colleges that teach upto Bachelors' level. As a result students have to go to either Damak or Birtamode for higher education.

Gallery

File:Farmland Ready For Paddy Cultivation.jpg, Farmland for paddy production File:Jamnapari goat.jpg, Animal husbandry File:Chickens in poultry farm.jpg, Poultry farming in Shivasatakshi municipality File:Shree Bhagawati Secondary School.jpg, Shree Bhagawati Secondary School Bangdanda, Shivasatakshi

References

External links

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Jhapa District
{{Municipalities of Koshi Province Populated places in Jhapa District Municipalities in Koshi Province Nepal municipalities established in 2014 Municipalities in Jhapa District