Hariwan Municipality is one of the new municipalities declared by the

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on May 18, 2014. It is located in

Sarlahi District Sarlahi ( ne, सर्लाही ; Maithili: सर्लाही), a part of Madhesh Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. According to new laws, a combination of more than two or four villages makes a municipality, which ...

Janakpur zone Janakpur ( ne, जनकपुर अञ्चल ) was one of the fourteen zones of Nepal, reaching from the Indian border in the south to the Tibetan border in the north and Sagarmatha Zone in the east and Bagmati and Naryani Zones in the we ...

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 is formed by the joining of four contemporary Village development committees (VDCs) namely

Atrouli Atrauli is a town and market center in Hariyon Municipality in Sarlahi District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern Nepal. The formerly village development committee was transformed into municipality merging the existing village development ...

, Sasapur, Ghurkauli and Harion VDCs covering an area of 88.1 km². It has been divided into 11 wards with an administration center in Harion Bazar. According to Nepal Population Census 2011, the municipality has a total population of 42,783.

Geography

Harion Municipality is broadly divided int
Chure region
Bhabar region and

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. The municipality is situated in subtropical monsoon climatic region so, subtropical vegetation preveals in the region. Sal Forest is dominant forest. Other trees found in the municipality are khayer, Sissou, Karma, Kumni, Harro, Barro, Sindure, Tantari, Sanisal, Simal, Bhurkul, Dabdabe, etc. The faunal species found in the region are tiger, leopard, bear, elephant, wild buffalo, wild boar, deer, chital, etc. Peacock, Hornbill, kalij, Luiche, etc. are the birds found in the region. Deforestation, population increment are major cause for destruction of habitat of wildlife. Lakhandehi River flows through this municipality.

Climate

Harion region has

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monsoon type of climate. With the reference to Climatic station of

Janakpur Janakpurdham or Janakpur ( ne, जनकपुर, ) is a sub-metropolitan city in Dhanusha District, Province No. 2, Madhesh Province, Nepal. The city is a hub for religious and cultural tourism. A headquarter of Dhanusha District, Dhanusha dist ...

, the average maximum temperature of the municipality is 31 C with record of 42 C the highest temperature while the average minimum temperature of 20 C with record of 4 C. About 80% of rainfall occurs in monsoon season (July–September) with average rainfall of 1699.6 mm.

Population

With reference to population and housing census 2011, about 42,783 people are residing in Harion Municipality in total household number of 8369. Among them 21,962 are female and 20,821 are male population. Among all wards, Harion ward No. 11 has the highest population with the number of 7231 and household number of 1276 and ward No. 7 has the lowest population with the number of 2524 and household number of 465.

Education

The

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of the municipality is 59.77% with male literacy rate of 67.91% and female literacy 52.13%. The municipality has become an educational centre of Sarlahi district. The Schools and college in the city are : * Chaturbhujeshwar Janata Multiple Campus, Sukhepokhari. * Chaturbhujeshwar Janata Higher Secondary School, Sukhepokhari. * Mahadev Janata HSS, Harion. * Sunrise HSS Boarding School, Harion. * Mankamana Higher Secondary School, Harion. * Gyan Jyoti Awasiya Vidhyalaya Harion. * Dawning future Secondary School. * Firefly Academy, Harion - 4, Tinghare. * D.A.V Sushil Kedia Vishwa Bharati Secondary Boarding School. * Shisu Pragya Sadan. * Sarlahhi Ambition Academy. * Orchid International Boarding School, Harion. * Shree Ram Autar Janta Secondary School,

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* Shree Janta Lower secondary School, ramhasthanAtrauli

Drinking water

Most households use

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for drinking water with percent of 68.50 while 16.92% people use drinking water from uncovered

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/ kuwa. Only 6.88 percentage of people use tap/ piped water. Some people use drinking water from river/stream as well. Sprout water, covered well/kuwa, etc. are the other source of drinking water.

Use of energy

People of Harion Municipality mainly depend upon traditional fuel type for cooking. According to census 2011 AD, about 80.31% of people in Harion Municipality use

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as cooking fuel. About 10.04% of people depend on

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for cooking.

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use is in third position for using cooking fuel which hold 6.52% household. Other cooking fuel are

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, electricity, santhi/Guitha and the others. People of Harion mainly depend on electricity,

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biogas Biogas is a mixture of gases, primarily consisting of methane, carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulphide, produced from raw materials such as agricultural waste, manure, municipal waste, plant material, sewage, green waste and food waste. It is a ...

solar energy Solar energy is radiant light and heat from the Sun that is harnessed using a range of technologies such as solar power to generate electricity, solar thermal energy (including solar water heating), and solar architecture. It is an essenti ...

for lighting purpose. About 86.06% of them use

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for lighting while 12% of them use kerosene lamps for lighting purpose. Use of alternative energy such as biogas and solar is less than one percentage.

Sanitation

Almost half of total household has a

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while another half percentage of people are involved in

open defecation Open defecation is the human practice of defecating outdoors ("in the open") rather than into a toilet. People may choose fields, bushes, forests, ditches, streets, canals, or other open spaces for defecation. They do so either because they do ...

. According to population and housing census 2011, about 31.74% of household has

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and 17.92% of ordinary toilet. About 49.24% of household do not have toilet in the house. In 2019, current situation whole municipality is declared as open defecation free.

Industries

Hariwan is one of the main business centers of the District
InduShankar Chini Udhog
(

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) Ltd. and Brijlal Chamal Udhog (

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) Ltd are two major industries that are situated in municipality. Country's leading sugar producing industry, was established in 1984 at Harion,

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of Nepal. The plant produces high quality sugar and its

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with a production capacity of 36,650 MT. Harion Industries and Commerce Organisation is also active in the municipality.

Media

There is one FM radio stations in Hariwan Municipality i.e. Radio Sarlahi 105.6 MHz. Radio Sarlahi is a

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station.

Services

Harion has a permanent

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which houses shops for

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, hardware,

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s, DVD rentals, travel agencies,

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, hospital, cooperative finance companies, a couple of major banks and their ATMs. Harion has one of the most famous eye hospital. One can also use internet facilities in the market area. There is a biweekly market that is set up every Wednesday and Saturday. This are the days when most people from the surrounding areas come for the weekly shopping of groceries. With each passing day the number of shops in the market are growing along with the quality and variety of products that they offer. The forest services are provided by Harion Range post Office which works under Ilaka Forest Office, Murtiya. Health Cooperative and Communication Cooperative are two special type of cooperatives working in the VDC.

Temples

There are a couple of popular

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s around the region: 1. Ganesh Temple, Harion - 4, Ganesh Chauk. 2. Rajdevi Temple at Harion - 4, Tinghare. 3. Durga Temple at Nocha 4. Chaturbhujeshwar Mahadev Temple at Sukhepokhari 5. Krishna Temple at Harion Chok 6. Mahadev Temple at Purano Bazzar 7. Shree Ram Janaki Temple in Luitel Tol.. Youth Club * Star Youth Club Hariwan-11, Sarlahi * Khalifa Youth club Hariwan-11,Sarlahi

Transport

The most important National Highway in Nepal passes through Harion, the EastWest Highway. Due to this most long route buses plying to major hubs in the country like

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Birgunj Birgunj ( ne, वीरगञ्ज) is a metropolitan city in Parsa District in Madhesh Province of southern Nepal. It lies south of the capital Kathmandu, attached in the north to Raxaul in the border of the Indian state of Bihar. As an entr ...

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pass through Harion and so one can easily catch a bus to all the major parts of the country from Harion. For local transportation, tempos and

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are popularly used. Nearest airport is the

Simara Airport Simara Airport ( ne, सिमरा विमानस्थल) is a domestic airport located in Jitpur Simara serving Bara District, a district in Madhesh Province in Nepal. It also serves Birgunj, Nepal's fifth biggest city. History T ...

which is approximately 60 km. One can get flights to major destination in

from this airport.

References

External links

UN map of the municipalities of Sarlahi District
*http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sources/census/wphc/Nepal/Nepal-Census-2011-Vol1.pdf *https://web.archive.org/web/20150213064822/http://cbs.gov.np/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/VDC_Municipality.pdf {{Sarlahi District Populated places in Sarlahi District Nepal municipalities established in 2014 Municipalities in Madhesh Province