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Rapti Valley
Rapti may refer to: *Rapti, Dang, a rural municipality in Dang district, Province no.5, Nepal * Rapti Municipality, a municipality in Narayani zone of Nepal * Rapti Zone, in Nepal, a first order administrative district west of Kathmandu * West Rapti River, a river rising in Rapti Zone * East Rapti River, a small river draining the Chitwan valley in Nepal {{place name disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rapti, Dang
Rapti Rural Municipality (Nepali : राप्ती गाउँपालिका) is a Gaunpalika in Dang District in 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 ... of Nepal. On 12 March 2017, the government of Nepal implemented a new local administrative structure, with the implementation of the new local administrative structure, VDCs have been replaced with municipal and Village Councils. Rapti is one of these 753 local units. References Populated places in Dang District, Nepal Rural municipalities of Nepal established in 2017 {{DangNP-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rapti Municipality
Rapti Municipality ( ne, राप्ति नगरपालिका) is a municipality which lies in Eastern part of Chitwan district in Bagmati Province of Nepal. It was formed as municipality in 2015 by merging five existing village development committees, Birendranagar VDC, Bhandara VDC, Piple VDC, Lothar VDC and Korak VDC. Total area of this municipality is 99.40 (Sq Km) and population of this municipality according to 2068 BS census is 46510. Prabha Baral and Iman Singh Lama are the first Mayor and Deputy mayor respectively elected by the Local election held in 2017. There are a total of 13 ward in the municipality. Demographics At the time of the 2011 Nepal census Rapti Municipality had a population of 59,937. Of these, 61.0% spoke Nepali, 15.4% Chepang, 12.8% Tamang, 6.1% Tharu, 0.9% Gurung, 0.9% Newar, 0.8% Darai, 0.7% Bhojpuri, 0.7% Magar, 0.2% Maithili, 0.1% Danuwar, 0.1% Kham, 0.1% Hindi, 0.1% Rai, and 0.1% other languages as their first language. In terms o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 remainder of Dang and part of Salyan district are drained by the Babai. The remainder of Salyan and all of Rukum districts are drained by the Bheri. The headquarters of Rapti were Tulsipur and the largest city was Tribhuvannagar (Ghorahi). Other main cities and towns of Rapti zone were Pyuthan Khalanga, Bijuwar, Liwang, Lamahi, Musikot, Rukumkot (Shova), and Chaurjahari. Administrative subdivisions Rapti was divided into five districts; since 2015 the three eastern districts (and the eastern part of Rukum District) have been redesignated as part of Lumbini Province, while Salyan District and the western part of Rukum District have been redesignated as part of Karnali Province. Geography Dang District begins at the border wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Rapti River
West Rapti, also known as the Kuwano drains Rapti Zone in Mid-Western Region, Nepal, then Awadh and Purvanchal regions of Uttar Pradesh state, India before joining the Ghaghara—a major left bank tributary of the Ganges known as the Karnali inside Nepal. The West Rapti is notable for ''janajati'' ethnic groups – Kham Magar among its highland sources and then Tharu in Inner Terai Deukhuri Valley, for its irrigation and hydroelectric potential, and for recurrent floods that led to its nickname "Gorakhpur's Sorrow". History As ancient Airavati river Aciravati, Achirvati or Airavati is the ancient name for a river has been identified with the modern Rapti, flowing through what is now Nepal and the northern portion of Uttar Pradesh. The Chinese pilgrim Xuanzang knew it as A-chi-lo. Jain texts mention it as Eravai. The ancient city of Sravasti, once capital of Kosala Kingdom, stood on the western bank of the Achirvati. The river was a tributary of the Sarayu. It was o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
