Chitwan District (, , ) is one of 77

districts of Nepal Districts in Nepal are second level of administrative divisions after provinces. Districts are subdivided in municipalities and rural municipalities. There are seven provinces and 77 districts in Nepal. After the state's reconstruction of admi ...

, and takes up the southwestern corner of

Bagmati Province Bagmati Province ( ne, बाग्मती प्रदेश, ''Bagmati Pradesh'') is one of the seven provinces of Nepal established by the constitution of Nepal. The province is Nepal's second-most populous province and fifth largest provinc ...

. Bharatpur, largest city of Nepal after Kathmandu, is its administrative centre. It covers . In 2011 it had a population of 579,984 (279,087 male and 300,897 female) people. In 2021 it had a population of 722,168 (354,071 male and 368,097 female) people. Bharatpur is the commercial and service centre of South Central Nepal and a major destination for higher education, health care and transportation in the region. Chitwan lies in the

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

region of Nepal. It is in the

drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, t ...

of the

Gandaki River The Gandaki River, also known as the Narayani and the Gandak, is one of the major rivers in Nepal and a left bank tributary of the Ganges in India. Its total catchment area amounts to , most of it in Nepal. In the Nepal Himalayas, it is notabl ...

and is roughly triangular, taking that river as its meandering northwestern border, and a modest watershed border, with

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, as the basis of its southern limit. Local government: Bharatpur Metropolitan,Rapti Municipality,Ratnanagar Municipality, Kalika Municipality, Madi Municipality, Ikshyakamana Gaupalika

History

The district takes its name from the

Chitwan Valley The Chitwan Valley ( ne, चितवन उपत्यका) is an Inner Terai valley in the south of Nepal, encompassing the districts of Makwanpur, Chitwan and Nawalpur. The valley is part of the Terai-Duar savanna and grasslands ecoregion of ...

, one of Nepal's

Inner Terai Interior may refer to: Arts and media * ''Interior'' (Degas) (also known as ''The Rape''), painting by Edgar Degas * ''Interior'' (play), 1895 play by Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck * ''The Interior'' (novel), by Lisa See * Interior de ...

valleys between the

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and

Siwalik The Sivalik Hills, also known as the Shivalik Hills and Churia Hills, are a mountain range of the outer Himalayas that stretches over about from the Indus River eastwards close to the Brahmaputra River, spanning the northern parts of the Indi ...

ranges, both considered foothills of the

Himalayas The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the planet's highest peaks, including the very highest, Mount Everest. Over 100 ...

. Chitwan is one of the few remaining undisturbed vestiges of the

region, which formerly extended over the foothills of Nepal. It was originally a dense forest with wild animals like leopards and Bengal tigers. It was ruled by Chitrsen Baba and

rishi ''Rishi'' () is a term for an accomplished and enlightened person. They find mentions in various Vedic texts. Rishis are believed to have composed hymns of the Vedas. The Post-Vedic tradition of Hinduism regards the rishis as "great yogis" or ...

s meditated in the forest. .

Etymology

There are several theories on the origin of the name Chitwan: * The name ''Chitwan'' is a composite of the

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late ...

words चित्त,

transliterated Transliteration is a type of conversion of a text from one script to another that involves swapping letters (thus '' trans-'' + '' liter-'') in predictable ways, such as Greek → , Cyrillic → , Greek → the digraph , Armenian → or ...

"citta" meaning ''heart'', and वन, transliterated "vana" meaning ''jungle'' or ''forest''. Thus, the meaning of Chitwan is ''Heart of the Jungle''. * Chitwan was a dense forest ruled by the Tharu God-King Chitrasen Baba, thought to an incarnation of

Vishnu Vishnu ( ; , ), also known as Narayana and Hari, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the supreme being within Vaishnavism, one of the major traditions within contemporary Hinduism. Vishnu is known as "The Preserver" within t ...

. Today, the Tharu worship his idol during ''HariBodhini Ekadashi'' in Chitrasari en route to the village of

Sauraha Sauraha is a village of Ratnanagar Municipality in Chitwan District and Chitwan Valley, in Bagmati Province of southern Nepal. Geography The village is the eastern gateway to the nearby and large Chitwan National Park, that protects part of the ...

. ''Ban'' (वन) is the local word for a forest, according to this theory, the area was called Chitra Ban (Chitrasen's forest) which then became ''Chitwan''. * The Chitwan forests were populated by leopards and Bengal tigers and, since the Tharu term for a leopard is ''Chitri'', the area became Chitwan. * Chitra is also the Tharu word for religious drawings and, hence, "Chitra ban" became Chitwan.

Religious Sites

Valmiki Ashram Valmiki Ashram ( ne, वाल्मीकि आश्रम) is a Hindu Balmiki temple situated in Chitwan district of Nepal, inside Chitwan National Park. It is close to the Triveni Dham where Tamasa, Sona and Sapta Gandaki rivers meet. Deiti ...

* Shivaghat * Devghat * Bikram-Baba Temple * Krishna Mandir Temple

Agriculture and industry

The people inhabiting the Chitwan District are predominantly

peasant farmer A peasant is a pre-industrial farmworker, agricultural laborer or a farmer with limited land-ownership, especially one living in the Middle Ages under feudalism and tenant farmer, paying rent, tax, fees, or services to a landlord. In Europe, ...

s cultivating mainly food and

cash crops A cash crop or profit crop is an agricultural crop which is grown to sell for profit. It is typically purchased by parties separate from a farm. The term is used to differentiate marketed crops from staple crop (or "subsistence crop") in subsist ...

such as rice, maize, wheat,

beans A bean is the seed of several plants in the family Fabaceae, which are used as vegetables for human or animal food. They can be cooked in many different ways, including boiling, frying, and baking, and are used in many traditional dishes th ...

lentils The lentil (''Lens culinaris'' or ''Lens esculenta'') is an edible legume. It is an annual plant known for its lens-shaped seeds. It is about tall, and the seeds grow in pods, usually with two seeds in each. As a food crop, the largest produ ...

mustard Mustard may refer to: Food and plants * Mustard (condiment), a paste or sauce made from mustard seeds used as a condiment * Mustard plant, one of several plants, having seeds that are used for the condiment ** Mustard seed, seeds of the mustard p ...

and Vegetables. The district is the major maize-producing area in Nepal, with an area under maize cultivation of in the year 2003–04. Maize is cultivated on irrigated /seasonal

irrigated Irrigation (also referred to as watering) is the practice of applying controlled amounts of water to land to help grow crops, landscape plants, and lawns. Irrigation has been a key aspect of agriculture for over 5,000 years and has been devel ...

land in winter and spring, and on rain fed land in summer. Because it is easily accessible by good roads, maize produced in the district can be easily distributed to other parts of the country. Poultry is also a significant industry in Chitwan. Chitwan is famous in Nepal for mustard growing and production of

mustard oil Mustard oil can mean either the pressed oil used for cooking, or a pungent essential oil also known as volatile oil of mustard. The essential oil results from grinding mustard seed, mixing the grounds with water, and extracting the resulting vol ...

. This popularity of the mustard in Chitwan is attributed to the predominant soil type

silt Silt is granular material of a size between sand and clay and composed mostly of broken grains of quartz. Silt may occur as a soil (often mixed with sand or clay) or as sediment mixed in suspension with water. Silt usually has a floury feel when ...

, resulting from the flooding of the

Narayani River Narayani may refer to: * Narayani (deity), another name for Lakshmi * Narayani, an epithet of Yogamaya * Narayani River, or Gandaki River, in Nepal * Narayani Temple, in Narayani village, near Khalikote, Odisha, India * Narayani Zone, a former admi ...

and its tributaries. The land of Chitwan is also spotted with

clay Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolin, Al2 Si2 O5( OH)4). Clays develop plasticity when wet, due to a molecular film of water surrounding the clay par ...

, which is very good for growing rice, wheat and vegetables such as cabbage, cauliflower, radish, potatoes, broccoli, cucumbers, pumpkins, sweet potatoes and carrot. Chitwan is also famous for

floriculture Floriculture, or flower farming, is a branch of horticulture concerned with the cultivation of flowering and ornamental plants for gardens and for floristry, comprising the floral industry. The development of new varieties by plant breeding is ...

mushroom cultivation Fungiculture is the microbiological culture, cultivation of fungi such as mushrooms. Cultivating fungi can yield foods (which include mostly Edible mushroom, mushrooms), medicinal mushrooms, medicine, MycoWorks#Technology, construction material ...

and

bee keeping Beekeeping (or apiculture) is the maintenance of bee colonies, commonly in man-made beehives. Honey bees in the genus '' Apis'' are the most-commonly-kept species but other honey-producing bees such as ''Melipona'' stingless bees are also kept. ...

. Chitwan has adopting the South Korean

New Community Movement The Saemaul Undong, also known as the New Community Movement, New Village Movement, Saemaul Movement or Saema'eul Movement, was a political initiative launched on April22, 1970 by South Korean president Park Chung-hee to modernize the rural Sout ...

model of development. One of the biggest rice mills in Nepal, Agam Food Industry, is situated in Bharatpur and is a big source of local employment.

Cuisine

Chitwan is known for ''Taas'' ( ne, तास), a spicy fried goat meat dish served with ''bhuja'' or cheura. Momos, Bhuteko Bhat (fried rice), and

sukuti Sukuti ( Nepali: सुकुटी) is a dried meat product of Nepalese origin, also consumed in the Himalayan regions of India and Tibet. It is usually made from buffalo, lamb, or goat meat. It is a staple dish of the Limbu and Gurung peop ...

are other popular dishes.

Dal bhat Dal bhat ( ne, दालभात, ur, دال بھات, bn, ডাল ভাত, gu, દાળ ભાત, mr, डाळ भात, as, দাইল ভাত ''dail bhat'' / ডালি ভাত ''dali bhat'') is a traditional meal from th ...

(steamed rice and lentils), is the staple food of the area, though meat and dairy products are also consumed. Other popular cuisines include Newari and Tharu and Thakali. For centuries, traditional fermented foods and beverages have constituted about 20% of the local diet. Depending on altitudinal variation, finger millet, wheat, buckwheat, barley, vegetable, rice, potato, and soybeans etc. are grown.

Gallery

File:Chitwan 2.jpg, Beeshazar Lake near

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File:Rhinos leofleck.jpg, Chitwan National Park,

elephant Elephants are the largest existing land animals. Three living species are currently recognised: the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant, and the Asian elephant. They are the only surviving members of the family Elephantidae an ...

safari after an

Indian rhinoceros } The Indian rhinoceros (''Rhinoceros unicornis''), also called the Indian rhino, greater one-horned rhinoceros or great Indian rhinoceros, is a rhinoceros species native to the Indian subcontinent. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red Li ...

File:Narayani bridge in Gaindakot.jpg, Narayani bridge in

Narayangarh, Chitwan Bharatpur (, ne, भरतपुर, ) is a city in southern central Nepal. It is the third most populous city of Nepal after Kathmandu and Pokhara with 369,377 inhabitants in 2021. It is also the second largest metropolitan city in Nepa ...

, Nepal File:Hattipolo.jpg, Elephant polo World cup 2012 in Meghauli, Nepal File:Messe-01.JPG, ''Chitwan Mahotsav 2063'' (Chitwan Mahotsav 2007 A.D.) in

File:Narayani.jpg, Narayani River

Geography

The Rapti River flows east to the southwest in the south of Bharatpur and forms the northern border of the Chitwan National Park. The

flows north to south to the west of Bharatpur. It is the deepest and one of the biggest rivers in Nepal. The Narayani Bridge over the river connects Chitwan District with

Nawalparasi District Nawalparasi District ( ne, नवलपरासी जिल्ला, ), part of which belongs to Gandaki Province and part to Lumbini Province, was one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal before being divided into Nawalparasi (West of Ba ...

of Nepal. Chitwan is particularly rich in

flora Flora is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring (indigenous) native plants. Sometimes bacteria and fungi are also referred to as flora, as in the terms '' gut flora'' or '' skin flora''. E ...

and

fauna Fauna is all of the animal life present in a particular region or time. The corresponding term for plants is ''flora'', and for fungi, it is '' funga''. Flora, fauna, funga and other forms of life are collectively referred to as '' biota''. Zoo ...

. Nepal's first national park, the

together with the adjacent

Parsa National Park Parsa National Park is a protected area in the Inner Terai lowlands of south-central Nepal. It covers an area of in the Parsa, Makwanpur and Bara districts and ranges in altitude from to in the Siwalik Hills. It was established as a wildlif ...

support a diversity of species that is much higher than elsewhere on the

Indian subcontinent The Indian subcontinent is a list of the physiographic regions of the world, physiographical region in United Nations geoscheme for Asia#Southern Asia, Southern Asia. It is situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian O ...

. Rare species include

Bengal tiger The Bengal tiger is a population of the ''Panthera tigris tigris'' subspecies. It ranks among the biggest wild cats alive today. It is considered to belong to the world's charismatic megafauna. The tiger is estimated to have been present in ...

gharial The gharial (''Gavialis gangeticus''), also known as gavial or fish-eating crocodile, is a crocodilian in the family Gavialidae and among the longest of all living crocodilians. Mature females are long, and males . Adult males have a distinct b ...

rhino A rhinoceros (; ; ), commonly abbreviated to rhino, is a member of any of the five extant species (or numerous extinct species) of odd-toed ungulates in the family Rhinocerotidae. (It can also refer to a member of any of the extinct species o ...

leopard The leopard (''Panthera pardus'') is one of the five extant species in the genus '' Panthera'', a member of the cat family, Felidae. It occurs in a wide range in sub-Saharan Africa, in some parts of Western and Central Asia, Southern Russia, a ...

mugger crocodile The mugger crocodile (''Crocodylus palustris'') is a medium-sized broad- snouted crocodile, also known as mugger and marsh crocodile. It is native to freshwater habitats from southern Iran to the Indian subcontinent, where it inhabits marshes, ...

Indian rock python The Indian python (''Python molurus'') is a large python species native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It is also known by the common names black-tailed python, Indian rock python, and Asian r ...

and several species of

deer Deer or true deer are hoofed ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae. The two main groups of deer are the Cervinae, including the muntjac, the elk (wapiti), the red deer, and the fallow deer; and the Capreolinae, including the reindeer ...

. The protected areas are guarded by a battalion of the

Nepal Army The Nepali Army ( ne, नेपाली सेना, translit=Nēpālī Sēnā), technically the Gorkhali Army ( ne, गोरखाली सेना, translit=Gōrakhālī Sēnā, label=none; see ''Gorkhas''), is the land service branch ...

and patrolled by

anti-poaching Anti-poaching is the organised act to counter the poaching of wildlife. However, it is generally used to describe an overall effort against the illegal wildlife trade. The act of anti-poaching is normally carried out by national parks on public l ...

units. Bishazari Tal ("20 Thousand") Lake is near Chitwan National Park, about south of Bharatpur. The lake is an important bird-watching center. Krishna Mandir is One of the nice temples of the Hindu religion of Nepal. This is the temple of the god Krishna. There is no statue of the god in this temple. Its interior is made of mirrors all over the wall. The historical event of the god Krishna is shown on the wall. There is one place inside where there is a statue of the god Krishna and his wife.

Transportation and communication

Bharatpur Airport Bharatpur Airport ( ne, भरतपुर विमानस्थल) s a domestic airport located in Bharatpur serving Chitwan District, a district in Bagmati Province in Nepal. The airport is one of two airports in the vicinity of Bharatp ...

is the only airport in the region and has flights to and from

Kathmandu , pushpin_map = Nepal Bagmati Province#Nepal#Asia , coordinates = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = , subdivision_type1 = Province , subdivision_name1 = Bagmati Prov ...

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 ...

, the main east–west highway in Nepal, runs through the region and,

Prithvi Highway The Prithvi Highway () is a highway connecting Naubise of Tribhuvan Highway, 26 km from Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, and Prithivi Chowk, Pokhara, a tourist city in the western part of Nepal. History The construction of the highway star ...

a north–south highway from the border with India to

Kathmandu , pushpin_map = Nepal Bagmati Province#Nepal#Asia , coordinates = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = , subdivision_type1 = Province , subdivision_name1 = Bagmati Prov ...

runs through the district. Narayangarh is the main transit point for vehicles travelling via the east–west

and also for people travelling from Kathmandu, Gorkha, and Pokhara through

Mugling Mugling (; sometimes known as Muglin) is a town in Chitwan, Bagmati Province, Nepal. Mugling is located at an interchange of two majors highways: Prithvi and Madan Ashrit Highway (also known as Mugling-Narayanghat Highway). Before the 1970s, Mu ...

. There are numerous local FM radio stations broadcasting from Bharatpur: Synergy FM, Hamro FM, Radio Triveni, Radio Madi, Radio Chitwan, Radio Kotagiri, Chitwan Online FM, Kalika Music FM, Kalika FM. and Narayani FM. Television channels include Beso Channel, Aviyan Channel, Unique Television and Avass Television. There are multiple private Internet service providers. Fibre connectivity and 4G internet is available in the larger cities.

Landmark buildings

* Upardanghari fort, in the old headquarters of Chitwan district, is believed to have been built by Satrubhanjan Shah, the son of Prince Bahadur Shah to defend the newly founded Kingdom in the 17th century. * Kasara Durbar is an old palace built by the

Rana Regime Rana dynasty ( ne, राणा वंश, IAST=Rāṇā vaṃśa , ) is a Chhetri dynasty that imposed totalitarianism in the Kingdom of Nepal from 1846 until 1951, reducing the Shah monarch to a figurehead and making Prime Minister and other ...

inside

. Currently, it serves as the park office and museum. *

Diyalo Bangala Diyalo Bangala ( ne, दियालो बंगला) is a former palace used by the Nepalese royal family. It is located in Bharatpur, Nepal, near the Madan Ashrit Highway. Diyalo Bangala was built in the 1960s by King Mahendra Mahendra ...

Palace (Aptari Bharatpur) was the spring season palace used by the

Shah Dynasty The Shah dynasty ( ne, शाह वंश), also known as the Shahs of Gorkha or the Royal House of Gorkha, was the ruling Chaubise Thakuri dynasty ; and the founder of Gorkha Kingdom from 1559 to 1768 and later the unified Kingdom of Nepal ...

of Nepal. This palace was built by late king Mahendra Bir Bikram Shahdev to rest in during winter season. It is located on the banks of Narayani River in Bharatpur Municipality ward no. 2. * DAO Building Bharatpur: This old building was built in the period of shifting the headquarters from Upardangghari. Now is used as an office of the chief district officer. * Bharatpur Covered hall: Hall in guesthouse of Bharatpur for indoor games.

Geography and climate

Major places

Ayodhyapuri Ayodhyapuri ( ne, अयोध्यापुरी) is a former village development committee and now a part of Madi Municipality in Chitwan District, Bagmati Province of southern Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population ...

* Dibyanagar * Bharatpur * Narayangarh Bazaar *

Tandi Tandi is a city in the Ratnanagar Municipality of the Chitwan District in Nepal. It lies on the eastern side of Chitwan district, and is at the entrance point of Sauraha Chitwan National Park, a Major Tourist destination in Nepal.It is the seco ...

bazaar *

Parsa Bazaar Parsa Bazar पर्साबजार is a town situated in 18 km east of Bharatpur, in Chitwan District, Nepal. It is central part of the country and directly connected with Mahendra Highway in Khairahani Municipality. It has populatio ...

* Parsadhap Bazaar * Birendranagar Bazaar * Muglin Bazaar * Rampur Bazaar * Gitanagar bazaar * Bhandara Bazaar * Chanauli Bazaar * Mangalpur Bazaar *

Manakamana Manakamana Temple ( ne, मनकामना मन्दिर, IAST: ''Manakāmanā Mandira'', ) is a Hindu temple dedicated to goddess Bhagwati, an incarnation of Parvati and it is situated in the village of Manakamana in Gorkha District, ...

* Shivanagar bazaar * Basantapur Bazaar, Madi * Patihani bazaar * Parbatipur Bazaar *

Saradanagar Saradanagar( ne, शारदानगर) is a town in Bharatpur Metropolitan City in Chitwan District in the Bagmati Province of Nepal. The formerly Village Development Committee was merged to form new municipality, Chitrawan Municipality on ...

bazaar * Jagatpur Bazaar * Meghauli-Telauli Bazaar * Lothar Bazaar *

Kasara Kasara is a census town in Thane district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The town is on the busy Mumbai–Nashik route, which is one of the four major routes that lead into Mumbai. Kasara is served by a railway station on the Mumbai Suburb ...

Dasdhunga ''Dasdhunga'' ( ne, दासढुङ्गा) is Nepali film based on true events of the mysterious death of leader of CPN-UML Madan Bhandari in Dashdhunga, Trishuli, Nepal. The only witness of the event and the driver of the vehicle was later s ...

*Krishna Mandir *Jhuwani *Gawai * Bairiya * Kumroj

Demographics

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 ...

, Chitwan District had a population of 579,984. Of these, 70.1% spoke Nepali, 10.2% Tharu, 4.9%

Tamang The Tamang (; Devanagari: तामाङ; ''tāmāṅ'') are an Tibeto-Burmese ethnic group of Nepal. In Nepal Tamang/Moormi people constitute 5.6% of the Nepalese population at over 1.3 million in 2001, increasing to 1,539,830 as of the 2011 c ...

, 3.7% Chepang, 2.8%

Gurung Gurung (exonym; ) or Tamu (endonym; Gurung: ) are an ethnic group indigenous to the hills and mountains of Gandaki Province of Nepal. Gurung people predominantly live around the Annapurna region in Manang, Mustang, Dolpo, Kaski, Lamjung, Gorkha, ...

, 1.7%

Bhojpuri Bhojpuri (;Bhojpuri entry, Oxford Dictionaries
, Oxford U ...

, 1.6% Magar, 1.6% Newari, 1.1% Darai, 0.6% Maithili and 0.5%

Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...

as their

first language A first language, native tongue, native language, mother tongue or L1 is the first language or dialect that a person has been exposed to from birth or within the critical period. In some countries, the term ''native language'' or ''mother tongu ...

. Of the population, 27.3% in the district spoke Nepali as their

second language A person's second language, or L2, is a language that is not the native language (first language or L1) of the speaker, but is learned later. A second language may be a neighbouring language, another language of the speaker's home country, or a fo ...

Administration

The district consists of seven

municipalities 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 ...

, out of which one is a metropolitan city, five are urban municipalities and one is a

rural municipality A rural municipality is a classification of municipality, a type of local government, found in several countries. These include: * Rural municipality (Canada), Rural municipalities in Canada, a Lists of municipalities in Canada, type of municipa ...

. * Bharatpur Metropolitan City *

Kalika Municipality Kalika is a municipality in Chitwan District Chitwan District (, , ) is one of 77 districts of Nepal, and takes up the southwestern corner of Bagmati Province. Bharatpur, largest city of Nepal after Kathmandu, is its administrative centre. ...

* Khairahani Municipality * Madi Municipality *

Ratnanagar Ratnanagar is a municipality in Chitwan District of Bagmati Province in Nepal. It is the second biggest municipality after Bharatpur Metropolitan City that was formed in 1997 through the merger of the former Village Development Committees Old- ...

municipality *

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 developm ...

* Ichchhakamana Rural Municipality

Former municipalities and gaunpalikas

Prior to the restructuring of the district, Chitwan had following Rural Municipality and municipalities. *

Bagauda Daud Dan Bawo, also known as Bagauda or Yakano, was the first King of Kano, reigning from 999 to 1063. He established a Dynasty which would go on to rule the state for over 800 years. According to the Kano Chronicle, all subsequent Kings and Sul ...

* Bharatpur Metropolitan * Chandi Bhanjyang * Dahakhani * Gardi *

* Kabilas * Kathar * Kaule * Khairhani municipality * Korak * Kumroj *

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* Madi Municipality * Madi Kalyanpur * Mangalpur * Narayanpur * Piple *

municipality *

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Health care

Chitwan district is known for its hospitals and has many top rated medical institutions, mostly in and around Bharatpur Municipality. Bharatpur is colloquially known as medical city of Nepal. The district is especially known for the B. P. Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital at Krishnapur and two of the reputed medical colleges of the nation;College of Medical Sciences, Bharatpur and

Chitwan Medical College Chitwan Medical College Teaching Hospital, in Bharatpur, Nepal is affiliated to Tribhuvan University Tribhuvan University (TU; ne, त्रिभुवन विश्वविद्यालय) is a public university located in Kirtipur ...

. Chitwan ranks only behind the capital

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, in terms of hospital facilities in Nepal. Medical facilities in the district also include

Bharatpur Hospital Bharatpur Hospital ( ne, भरतपुर अस्पताल) is a governmental hospital situated in Bharatpur Metropolitan City in Chitwan District of Nepal Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal ...

, a part of the Bharatpur medical college; Chitwan Eye Hospital; Sairam Dental Hospital and Research Center; Maula Kalika Hospital; and Narayani Community Hospital.

Educational institutions

Most of the Educational institutions in this region provides quality education to the students from

Chitwan Chitwan District (, , ) is one of 77 districts of Nepal, and takes up the southwestern corner of Bagmati Province. Bharatpur, largest city of Nepal after Kathmandu, is its administrative centre. It covers . In 2011 it had a population of 579 ...

and neighboring districts too . These schools and colleges focuses on the development of skills and knowledge of their students. Below there are the name of some of those Schools: * Prembasti Secondary School, Bharatpur 7 prembasti * Shree Sharadpur Higher School Rampur AG campus

* Little Stars Secondary English Boarding School. Bharatpur 7, Krishnapur.
SOS Hermann Gmeiner School Bharatpur
Bharatpur-8, Chitwan *Holy Vision Public School, Yagyapuri, Bharatpur-4 * Grandee English Boarding School, Bharatpur-19 * Shanti Vidya Mandir English School, Bharatpur-11, Chitwan * Sirjana English Secondary School, Located behind Central Bus Terminal (Paras Buspark) * Boston International College, Hakim chowk, Bharatpur-10 (affiliated to Pokhara University) * School of Health Science * Chitwan Higher Secondary School, Bharatpur-10 * Sun Rise English school, Bharatpur 10. * Pragati Shiksha Sadan, East Rampur, Chitwan. * Jana Jagriti Higher Secondary School,

Pithuwa Pithuwa is one of the developed suburb area of Ratnanagar Municipality in Chitwan District in the Narayani Zone of southern Nepal. The area consists of Ward No. 13, 14 & 15. According to 2011 Nepal census survey it had a population of 12,579 (5 ...

– 3,

Sagarmatha Secondary Boarding School Mount Everest (; Tibetan: ''Chomolungma'' ; ) is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal border runs across its summit point. Its elevation (snow heig ...

* Aroma Higher Secondary School * Birendra Multiple Campus is the oldest campus of the city, located in Bharatpur heights. * Lead Academy for Science and Management Technology *

Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science Tribhuvan University's Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science (IAAS) is the oldest institute in Nepal which provides higher education in agriculture and animal science. Overview IAAS was founded in Kathmandu in 1957 as a school of agricul ...

, also known as the Rampur Agriculture Campus, is the agriculture institution under

Tribhuvan University Tribhuvan University (TU; ne, त्रिभुवन विश्वविद्यालय) is a public university located in Kirtipur, Kathmandu. Established in 1959, TU is the oldest university in Nepal. In terms of enrollment, it is t ...

, and is the main institution in the fields of agriculture and veterinary science in Nepal. Occupying a huge area, this campus has been declared a university, the Agriculture and Forestry University. *

Balkumari College Balkumari College ( ne, बालकुमारी कलेज) is an educational institution of higher learning, located in Narayangarh, Chitwan Bharatpur (, ne, भरतपुर, ) is a city in southern central Nepal. It is the third ...

is located near the Narayangadh Bharatpur Height and affiliated to Tribhuvan University. * Saptagandaki Multiple Campus is the largest public campus in the city, located in Dipendranagar ward no. 10, Bharatpur. * Jan Aadrash multiple campus Birendranagar is the public campus in Birendranagar ward no. 2. * Saheed Smriti Multiple campus, Shantichowk is the biggest campus of eastern Chitwan. * Birendra higher secondary school * College of Medical Sciences, Bharatpur is a 700-bed teaching hospital situated in Dipendranagar, Bharatpur. * International college is a college of higher education and runs the HSEB and TU affiliated BBS and MBS programs in management streams. * Apex Educational Academy is a higher secondary school in Bharapur. * Valmiki Shiksha Sadan Higher Secondary School provides higher secondary education. * Shree Medical and Technical College located in Bharatpur is affiliated to the Purbanchal University and CTEVT. * Chitwan Health Foundation and Research Center was established in Bharatpur as the nursing School of Chitwan Hospital and Health Foundation * Maiya Devi Girls College, located in Dipendranagar, Bharatpur. * Chitwan Medical College and Research Centre, located in Dipendranagar, Bharatpur. * Prerana Higher Secondary School * SOS Hermann Gmeiner Higher Secondary School * Chitwan Science College and Orchid Science College * Indreni ICT college, affiliated to Tribhuvan University, located at Muktinagar, Bharatpur. * Chitwan Hotel Training Center in Bharatpur * Shree Prembasti Higher Secondary School, Bharatpur-7, Chitwan. * Apex academy in Kshetrapur, Presidency college in Dipendranagar, Shanti Academy college in Bharatpur, Xavier college in Bel chowk, Sahid Smriti Multiple Campus, New Capital College, Crystal College in Ratnanagar * Sun Rise English School * Kamal Devi English School * Sainik Awashiya Mahavidhyalaya Chitwan operated by Nepal army welfare fund provided education in high school level. * Buddha Shanti Higher Secondary School, Rapti Municipality 03. * Little Flower English school, Belchowk * Kalika English Boarding School * Central English Boarding School * Balikumari College * Small heaven School * Nepal Police School Bharatpur-14 * Aadikabi Bhanubhakta Secondary School, Narayangarh, bharatpur - 1 * Kankali Secondary School, Khairahani - 1 * Daisy English Higher Secondary Boarding School, Khairahani - 4, Parsa * Paragon Secondary School, Ratnanagar-10, Chitwan * Someshwor higher secondary school Madi-01 Baruwa * Madi secondary school , Madi-3 Basantapur * Gawai Secondary School, Khairahani 13, Gawai

Notable people

* Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Prachanda):

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2008–09 and 2016–17; chairman of UCPN * Nilkantha Upreti: Former Chief Election Commissioner of Nepal * Surendra Pandey: Former

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of Nepal * Ram Bahadur Thapa (Badal): Former Home Minister of Nepal *

Shristi Shrestha Shristi Shrestha ( ne, श्रीस्टी श्रेष्ठ, ), is a Nepalese model, actress and the winner of the Miss Nepal World 2012 pageant. She works in Nepali cinema. Career Miss Nepal Shrestha represented her hometown of ...

Miss Nepal 2012 Hidden Treasures Miss Nepal 2012, the 18th Miss Nepal beauty pageant, was held on May 6, 2012 at the Hotel Del Annapurna in Kathmandu. Miss Nepal 2011 Malina Joshi crowned Shristi Shrestha as Miss Nepal World 2012, who represented Nepal at Mi ...

Shiva Regmi Shiva Regmi ( ne, शिव रेग्मी) (1965 – 9 December 2013) was a Nepali film director, producer and screenwriter. His debut film as a director was ''Aafanta,'' which was released in 1999, and his last film was ''So Simple'', wh ...

: Nepalese Film director * Bodhraj Acharya: Nepalese scientist * Kamal Bahadur Adhikari: Nepalese weightlifter * Dr. Santosh Kalwar: Nepalese poet, writer, and computer researcher (first English language novelist of Chitwan) * Swopnil Sharma: Lead singer of The Shadows Nepal Band *

Sandeep Lamichhane Sandeep Lamichhane ( ne, सन्दीप लामिछाने, ; born 2 August 2000) is a Nepalese cricketer who captained the Nepalese national team, A right-arm leg spin bowler, Lamichhane has played for Twenty20 franchise sides acro ...

: Cricketer *

Asmi Shrestha Asmi Shrestha (born 30 June 1993) is a Nepalese model and the 2016 Miss Nepal titleholder. She won the Miss Nepal 2016 beauty contest and represented Nepal at Miss World 2016. Prior to participating in the Miss Nepal competition, Shrestha won th ...

Miss Nepal 2016 Hidden Treasures Fanta Miss Nepal 2016, the 21st annual Miss Nepal beauty pageant, was held on 8 April 2016 at Hotel Annapurna in Kathmandu. Miss Nepal 2015 Evana Manandhar crowned her successor Asmi Shrestha as Miss Nepal World 2016 to represe ...

Nirmal Purja Nirmal Purja (known as Nims or Nimsdai) ( ne, निर्मल पुर्जा; born 25 July 1983) is a Nepal-born naturalised British mountaineer and a holder of multiple mountaineering world records. Prior to taking on a career in mount ...

: Nepalese Mountaineer * Lalmani Chaudhary : 2008

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from Chitwan 1 (constituency)

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