Dumarwana is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
in
Jeetpursimara Sub-metropolitan City in
Bara District
Bara District ( ne, बारा जिल्ला ) is one of the seventy–seven districts of Nepal, located in the western part of the Madhesh Province. The district is third richest district in Nepal after Kathmandu and Morang with 3.3% sh ...
in the
Narayani Zone
Narayani ( ne, नारायणी अञ्चल) was one of the fourteen zones of Nepal until the restructuring of zones to Provinces, located in the central south of the country. The headquarter of Narayani zone was Hetauda. Narayani Zone i ...
of south-eastern
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 ...
. The formerly
Village Development Committee was merged to form new municipality since 18 May 2014. 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 21,470 persons living in 4,416 individual households. There were 10,228 males and 11,242 females at the time of census.
Dumarwana has been the center of agriculture. It has lands of Birgunj Sugar Factory. Utilisation and protection of the lands has been facing challenges due to the illegal encroachment of the lands. Plan has been made to establish special economic zone to encourage economic development.
Dumarwana has its own college, high schools and cooperatives.
Notable people
*
Najir Husen, Nepalese actor
References
External links
UN map of the municipalities of Bara District
Populated places in Bara District
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