Hardiya is a
village development committee in
Saptari District
Saptari ( ne, सप्तरी जिल्ला}), a part of Madhesh Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. Its district headquarter is Rajbiraj. Saptari is an Outer Terai district. This district covers an area of and has ...
in the
Sagarmatha Zone
Sagarmāthā Zone ( ne, सगरमाथा अञ्चल) or Sagarmatha Anclal ( ne, सगरमाथा अञ्चल) was one of the fourteen zones of Nepal until the restructuring of zones into provinces. The headquarters of Sagarmat ...
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 ...
. 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 5,286 people living in 1,139 individual households.
Hardiya, according to Nepal's statistics falls in Ward Number 6 and has people of different casts including ''mukhiya, saha, yadav, chaudhari'' etc.
Inhabitants
# Mukhiya (Malah)
# Chaudhari (Tharu)
#Sah (Teli)
#Yadav (Guwar)
#Chamar (RAM)
#Mandal (Khatbe)
Languages spoken
Most of the people in Hardiya speaks
Maithili. However, there are other languages that are well practices among people including Hindi, Nepali, English and Bhojpuri.
Festivals
People follow most of the festivals celebrated in Nepal. Some of the important festivals are Dashan, Tihar, Chhat, Shivaratri, etc.
Cultural heritages
Hardiya preserves some of the important heritages of Nepal. Most of these heritages are protected by local communities. Some of the important one are listed below:
#kamlasthan
#rajajisthan
#dinabhadristhan
References
Populated places in Saptari District
VDCs in Saptari District
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