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Mahottari District

District in Madhesh Province, Nepal

Summary

District in Madhesh Province, Nepal

Field	Value
type	District
name	Mahottari District
native_name	महोत्तरी जिल्ला
native_name_lang
image_skyline	Jaleshwar Mahadev Temple at Jaleshwar , Janakpur.jpg
imagesize	300
image_caption	Jaleshwar Mahadev Temple, a major Shiva temple in Mahottari
image_map	Mahottari District locator.png
mapsize	300
map_caption	Mahottari District (dark yellow), in Madhesh Province
mapsize1	300
map_caption1	Mahottari District with local level body
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Mithila
subdivision_type2	Province
subdivision_name2	Madhesh Province
parts_type	Municipality
parts_style	coll
established_title	Established
seat_type	Admin HQ.
seat	Jaleshwar
leader_title	Head
leader_title1	Deputy-Head
leader_title2	Parliamentary constituencies
leader_title3	Provincial constituencies
government_type	Coordination committee
governing_body	DCC, Mahottari
area_total_km2	1002
population_total	705,838
population_as_of	2021
population_density_km2	auto
blank_name_sec1	Main Language(s)
blank_info_sec1	Maithili (88.0%), Nepali (5.6%), other (6.4%)
blank_name_sec2	Major highways
timezone1	NPT
utc_offset1	+05:45
postal_code_type	Postal Codes
area_code_type	Telephone Code
area_code	044
website

Mahottari District (, ), a part of Madhesh Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Jaleshwar as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,002 km2 and had a population of 553,481 in 2001, 627,580 in 2011 and 705,838 in 2021 census. Its headquarters is located in Jaleshwar, a neighbouring town of the historical city of Janakpur. The name Jaleshwar means 'God in Water'. One can find a famous temple of Lord Shiva in Water there. Jaleshwar lies at a few kilometres distance from the Nepal-India border and has a majority Maithili population.

Geography and climate

Climate Zone	Elevation Range	% of Area
title = The Map of Potential Vegetation of Nepal - a forestry/agroecological/biodiversity classification system	series = Forest & Landscape Development and Environment Series 2-2005 and CFC-TIS Document Series No.110.	year = 2005
Lower Tropical	below 300 meters (1,000 ft)	85.0%
Upper Tropical	300 to 1,000 meters
1,000 to 3,300 ft.	15.0%

Demographics

|graph-pos = bottom |graph-width = |graph-height = |1981 |361,054 |1991 |440,146 |2001 |553,481 |2011 |627,580 |2021 |715,040

At the time of the 2021 Nepal census, Mahottari District had a population of 706,994. 10.65% of the population is under 5 years of age. It has a literacy rate of 59.77% and a sex ratio of 1025 females per 1000 males. 523,133 (73.99%) lived in municipalities.

The Madheshis are the largest group. Yadavs are the largest caste. Muslims are the second largest community.

Religion: 84.2% were Hindu, 13.3% Muslim, 2.0% Buddhist, 0.1% Christian and 0.2% others.

Maithili is the largest language. Nepali is the second-largest language. Urdu and Tharu are spoken by a small minority.

Notable people

List ordered alphabetically

Bhadrakali Mishra- Nepali Congress leader of Minister of Nepal at various times
Giriraj Mani Pokharel-CPN (Maoist Centre) leader and former Minister for Education
Hari Shankar Mishra- Current governor of Madhesh Province, former Nepali Congress leader and Member of House of Representatives
Mahantha Thakur- Chairman of Democratic Socialist Party and former Minister for various ministries as NC leader
Mahendra Kumar Raya- Nepali Congress leader and former Minister of state for Industry, Commerce and Supplies under Bimalendra Nidhi
Maheshwar Prasad Singh- democracy icon and Nepali Congress leader
Ram Narayan Mishra- Nepali Congress leader and minister in first democratically elected government of BP Koirala
Sharat Singh Bhandari- former NC leader and senior leader of DSP, N. Also former Minister for Defence
Shivajee Yadav-Deputy chairman of People's Progressive Party and former member of constituent assembly

Administration

The district consists of ten urban municipalities and five rural municipalities. These are as follows:

Aurahi Municipality
Balawa Municipality
Bardibas Municipality
Bhangaha Municipality
Gaushala Municipality
Jaleshwor Municipality
Loharpatti Municipality
ManaraShiswa Municipality
Matihani Municipality
Ramgopalpur Municipality
Ekdara Rural Municipality
Mahottari Rural Municipality
Pipara Rural Municipality
Samsi Rural Municipality
Sonama Rural Municipality

Former Village Development Committees (VDCs) and Municipalities

VDCs and Municipalities in Mahottari District

The 2011 National Population and Housing Census by the government of Nepal identifies 77 municipalities and village development committees (VDC) within the Mahottari District.

Anakar
Aurahi
Bagada
Banchauri
Badiya
Bairgiya Laksminiya
Balawa
Banauli Donauli
Banauta
Bardibas Municipality
Basabitti
Bathnaha
Belgachhi
Bhangaha
Bharatpur
Bhatauliya
Bijayalpura
Bhramarpura
Damhi Marai
Dhamaura
Dharmapur
Dhirapur
Ekadarabela
Ekarahiya
Etaharwakatti
Gaidha Bhetpur
Gauribas
Gaushala Municipality
Gonarpura
Halkhori
Hariharpur Harinmari
Hathilet
Hatisarwa
Jaleshwar Municipality
Khairbanni
Khaya Mara
Khopi
Khuttapipradhi
Kisan Nagar
Kolhusa Bagaiya
Laksminiya
Loharpatti
Mahadaiyatapanpur
Mahottari
Maisthan
Majhaura Vishnupur
Manara
Matihani
Meghanath Gorhanna
Nainhi
Nigaul
Padaul
Parsa Pateli
Parsadewadh
Pashupatinagar
Phulahatta Parikauli
Phulakaha
Pigauna
Pipra
Pokharibhinda Samgrampur
Raghunathpur
Ramgopalpur
Ramnagar
Ratauli
Ratauli 9 Rahmanpur
Sahasaula
Sahorawa
Samdha
Sarpallo
Shamsi
Sripur
Simardahi
Singyahi
Sisawakataiya
Sonama
sonamai bhoil
Sonaum
Suga Bhawani
Sundarpur
Mangalnath, Magarthana

References

[http://cbs.gov.np/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/VDC_Municipality.pdf Household and population by districts, Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) Nepal] {{webarchive. link. (2013-09-27)
"NEPAL: Administrative Division".
"Provincial/District/Local reports: Madhesh Province". [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Nepal).
"Table 1: Caste/Ethnicity and sex". [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Nepal).
"Table 5: Religion and sex". [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Nepal).
"Table 5: Mother tongue and sex". [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Nepal).
"स्थानिय तह".
National Planning Commission Secretariat. (November 2012). "National Population and Housing Census 2011". Government of Nepal.

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