Bhadrapur ( ne, भद्रपुर) is a town and

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

Jhapa District Jhapa ( ne, झापा जिल्ला; ) is a district of Province No. 1 in eastern Nepal named after a Rajbanshi word "Jhapa" meaning "to cover" (verb). The latest official data, the 2021 Nepal Census, puts the total population of the ...

in the

Province No. 1 Province No. 1 (proposed names: Kirat Autonomous State, Kirat, Limbuwan, Khambuwan Rashtriya Morcha, Nepal, Khambuwan, Mount Everest, Sagarmatha, Virata, Birat and Koshi River, Koshi) is the easternmost of the seven Provinces of Nepal, province ...

of southeastern

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

. It lies on the banks of the

Mechi River The Mechi River is a trans-boundary river flowing through Nepal and India. It is a tributary of the Mahananda River. Course The Mechi originates in the Mahabharat Range in Nepal. It flows through Nepal, forms the boundary between India and Nepal ...

, and shares borders with

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on the south and

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on the north. There is a border crossing with a customs office for goods.

Galgalia Galgalia is a village in Kishanganj District, Bihar state, India. Transport Galagalia railway station is situated on the Katihar-Siliguri Line of Indian Railways. There is a customs post on the border with Nepal's Jhapa District, Mechi Zone l ...

village in

Kishanganj district Kishanganj district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state, India, and Kishanganj town is the administrative headquarters of this district. Kishanganj district is a part of Purnia division (Seemanchal). History Kishanganj distric ...

borders with Bhadrapur Bhadrapur is one of Nepal's oldest municipalities. At the time of the

2011 Nepal census Nepal conducted a widespread national census in 2011 by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. Working with the 58 municipalities and the 3915 Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the municipalities an ...

, it had a population of 18,164.

Bhadrapur Airport Bhadrapur Airport , also known as Chandragadhi Airport, is a domestic airport located in Bhadrapur, primarily serving Jhapa and Ilam districts in Province No. 1, Nepal. The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal considers it an important hub for p ...

has flights to

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. This airport is the best way to reach Kathmandu from the eastern part of Nepal and

(i.e., West Bengal, Sikkim). Bhadrapur is one of the most multi-cultural cities in Nepal. In this city live people from all the districts from Nepal and who migrated from India, Bhutan, and Bangladesh. Different ethnic and religious backgrounds, such as Rajbanshi,

Dhimal The Dhimal or Dhemal(in Nepali:धिमाल) are an Kirati ethnic group residing in the eastern Terai of Nepal. They are a Sino-Tibetan-speaking ethnic group of the eastern Terai. They mainly reside in Morang and Jhapa districts of Nepal a ...

, Meche,

Brahmin Brahmin (; sa, ब्राह्मण, brāhmaṇa) is a varna as well as a caste within Hindu society. The Brahmins are designated as the priestly class as they serve as priests (purohit, pandit, or pujari) and religious teachers (guru ...

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, Limbu,

Sherpa Sherpa may refer to: Ethnography * Sherpa people, an ethnic group in north eastern Nepal * Sherpa language Organizations and companies * Sherpa (association), a French network of jurists dedicated to promoting corporate social responsibility * ...

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, Madbadi,

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, Muslim, etc., are living in Bhadrapur by maintaining a cordial relation, peace, and harmony among the people. Bhadrapur is the "tea city" of

. It is a starting point for tourist attractions. A few hours' ride north takes one close to the Himalayas. There are good roads up to a height of around . Bhadrapur has important governmental and other important infrastructures, including a zonal hospital, airport, Mechi Multiple campuses, different schools, Mahendra park, stadium police and military headquarters, and hosts the Central District Offices. However, due to the construction of the

Mahendra Highway Mahendra Highway (), 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 the longest highway in Nepal a ...

or ''East-West Highway'' (north of Bhadrapur), economic activities have shifted north to the junction of the highway Birtamod. This has left Bhadrapur with a receding population and crippled its once-booming economic activity. In the last decade, Bhadrapur has slowly transformed itself into a tea hub with new plantations and tea factories being established every year. The much-awaited Mechi Bridge joining Bhadrapur to India (

) is constructed now and acts as a lifeline to the revitalization of Bhadrapur as well as the far eastern part of Nepal. There is a checkpoint at the border.

History

Bhadrapur was a very prosperous city during the early 1900s. It was renowned for its rice cultivation due to its rich fertile soil. This period saw rice mills being established. The prosperous rice business led Bhadrapur to its most prosperous period. Now, Bhadrapur has transformed into a major city of tea factories as the old rice mills are no longer operating.

Industries

Bhadrapur is home to Momento Apparels, which was one of Nepal's largest exporters of ready-made garments. The factory has been forced out of operation since 2012. In its heyday, the factory had a workforce of 2,000, and supplied ready-made garments to the US (including retail outlets such as

Walmart Walmart Inc. (; formerly Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.) is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets (also called supercenters), discount department stores, and grocery stores from the United States, headquarter ...

and

JCPenney Penney OpCo LLC, doing business as JCPenney and often abbreviated JCP, is a midscale American department store chain operating 667 stores across 49 U.S. states and Puerto Rico. Departments inside JCPenney stores include Mens, Womens, Boys, Gir ...

) and several European countries.

Education

College, +2 Level, and Schools

* National Marigold English School * Chandra Bhanu Jyoti Higher Secondary School *

Mechi Multiple Campus Mechi Multiple Campus ( ne, मेची बहुमुखी क्याम्पस) is a constituent campus of Tribhuvan University in Bhadrapur municipality of Jhapa district. Founded in 1964, it is the only constituent campus of T ...

* Mechi Multiple College Science * Bright Star English Boarding School * Siddhartha Shishu Sadan * Bhadrapur Higher Secondary School (est. 2002 B.S.) * Birendra Higher Secondary School * Araniko Higher Secondary School * Emerald Academy Higher Secondary School * Bibhuti vidya mandir higher secondary school * Bidur English Secondary School * Puhatu Janajyoti High School * Bhanusmriti High School * S.S. Niketan English High School * Pragyan Academy * Gyan Sarovar Niketan High School * Shree Sharada Lower Secondary School (Balika School) * Shree Prithvi Lower Secondary School (Namuna School) * Maheshpur Lower Secondary School * Jiwanjyoti Lower Secondary School * Pashupatinath Lower Secondary School * Kalwalguri Lower Secondary School * Saraswati Lower Secondary School * Janakalyan Lower Secondary School * Krishna Primary School * Bhagawati Primary School * Bhrikuti Primary School * Bhanu Primary School * Pashupati Primary School * Gautambuddha Primary School * Pashupati Primary School (past Maheshpur VDC) * Mechi Primary School * Aadarsh Primary School * Dolma Memorial * Greenfield English School * Galaxy International School * Gurukul Kids School * Montessori Kinderworld * Modern English high school (estd -2052) * Himali Higher Secondary School * Aarambha Shikshyalaya * HolyLand English School * Moran Memorial School (estd-2056 )

Communication and entertainment

To promote local culture Bhadrapur has one FM radio station: Nagarik F.M 107.5 MHz. It is a

community radio Community radio is a radio service offering a third model of radio broadcasting in addition to commercial and public broadcasting. Community stations serve geographic communities and communities of interest. They broadcast content that is popular ...

station. Krishna Raj Complex has a cinema hall which is situated at Bhadrapur Bazar. Abala Chitra Mandir, which was the first cinema hall in Bhadrapur was reconstructed in the Krishna Raj Complex. Jawahar Talkies is a cinema between the Bhadrapur Municipality office and Mechi River.

Transport

Bus services from Bhadrapur Kathmandu janakpur, Dhankutta, Dharan Biratnagar Birjung Damak Gauriganj gauradaha jhapa Illam kakaritta lahan Gaighat Baniyani Banepa Narayanghat Manakamana gate and local buses.

is served by

Nepal Airlines Nepal Airlines Corporation ( ne, नेपाल वायुसेवा निगम, Nepāl Vāyusevā Nigam, Nepal Air Service Corporation), formerly known as Royal Nepal Airlines ( ne, शाही नेपाल वायुसेवा, ...

Saurya Airlines Saurya Airlines Pvt. Ltd ( ne, सौर्य एयरलाईन्स) is an airline based in Kathmandu, Nepal. As of August 2017, the airline serves five destinations across three provinces of Nepal from its hub at Tribhuvan International A ...

Shree Airlines Shree Airlines Pvt. Ltd. ( ne, श्री एयरलाइन्स) is an airline based in Kathmandu, Nepal, operating domestic services within Nepal, including chartered helicopter flights. The airline also conducts charter and non-charter ...

Yeti Airlines Yeti Airlines Pvt. Ltd. ( ne, यती एअरलाइन्स) is an airline based in Kathmandu, Nepal. The airline was established in May 1998 and received its Air Operators Certificate on 17 August 1998. Since 2019, Yeti Airlines is ...

and

Buddha Air Buddha Air Pvt. Ltd ( ne, बुद्ध एयर) is an airline based in Jawalakhel, Lalitpur, Nepal, near Patan. It operates domestic as well as international services within Nepal and India, serving mainly large towns and cities in Nep ...

with daily flights.

flies 3 times a week, the others have daily flights. The first flight to

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is at 06:30am and the last flight is 9:00 pm.

Hospitals

* Mechi Zonal Hospital GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL 023-520172 * Om Sai Pathibhara hospital private limited. 023-456581/456981

Image Gallery

File:Bridge Reinforcement.jpg, Bridge foundation reinforcements File:Bridge being dewatered.jpg, Caisson being drained File:Mechi Bridge in Construciton, 2011.JPG, Mechi Bridge under construction, 2011 File:Bhadrapur Airport.jpg, Bhadrapur Airport File:Busy BDP Airport.jpg, Busy airport File:Bhadrapur Bazaar,.jpg, Bhadrapur Bazaar File:Bajra Tea Garden, Bhadrapur.jpg, Bajra Tea Garden, Bhadrapur File:Bhadrapur Bus Park.jpg, Bhadrapur Bus Park File:Kameshwar Complex.jpg, Kameshwar Complex in the heart of Bhadrapur Bazaar File:Buddha mandir.jpg, Buddha Mandir

References

{{Authority control Municipalities in Jhapa District Municipalities in Province No. 1 Nepal municipalities established in 1953 Populated places in Jhapa District Transit and customs posts along the India–Nepal border