Haldibari is a village development committee (VDC) in

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 d ...

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 ...

. Haldibari, from Haldi, means besar/turmeric. At the time of the

1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. Working with Nepal's Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the main towns and villages of each ...

it had a population of 6,407 people living in 1,167 individual households. Haldibari is 4 km from

Chandragadhi Bhadrapur ( ne, भद्रपुर) is a town and municipality in Jhapa District in the Province No. 1 of southeastern Nepal. It lies on the banks of the Mechi River, and shares borders with Bihar state, India on the south and West Bengal ...

and 7 km from

Birtamod Birtamod (Nepali: बिर्तामोड नगरपालिका) is a municipality in Jhapa District of Nepal. It is the commercial, educational and transport hub of Jhapa District. Sarnamati Bazar, Dhulabari Bazar, Dhaijan Bazar, Char ...

and 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 ...

and approximately 5 km from the border with India. The center of Haldibari is Haldibari Chowk. There are one post office and one police station located near Haldibari Chowk. There are two major factories: Haldibari Tea and Rakura Tea Factory. Most parts of Haldibari are covered with tea gardens. Different castes of people like Rajbanshi, Satar live here, in addition to Brahmin, Chettri, Kumai, Damai, Newar, Sarki, Rai, Limbu, and so on. Once a week on Saturday, a fair is held at Haldibari bazaar near Haldibari Chowk. Most people in this VDC are farmers. They produce garlic, paddy, maize, etc., according to the seasons. Bitter nut is a fruit found in this VDC. The Nepali and

Rajbanshi language Rangpuri is an eastern Indo-Aryan language of the Bengali-Assamese branch, spoken in northern West Bengal, western Goalpara of Assam in India and Rangpur Division in Bangladesh. Many are bilingual in Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Beng ...

s are widely spoken. Roads provide the main transportation in this VDC; most parts of this VDC are reached by road. One of the important sahakari sastha is Ekata Bahu Uhdhesya Sahakari Sastha, which gives loans to the farmers.

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Populated places in Jhapa District {{Jhapa-geo-stub

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