Hoklabari ( ne, होक्लावारी) was a village development committee in

Morang District Morang District ( ne, मोरङ जिल्ला ) is located in Province No. 1 in eastern Nepal. It is an Outer Terai district. It borders with Bihar, India to the South, Jhapa to the East, Dhankuta and Panchthar to the North, and Sunsa ...

in the Koshi Zone of south-eastern

Nepal Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...

. In 2017 it was absorbed by the newly created

Kanepokhari Rural Municipality Kanepokhari Rural Municipality ( ne, कानेपोखरी गाउँपालिका) is a ''Gaunpalika'' (rural municipality) located in the center of Morang District, Province No. 1, Nepal. Location The Bayarban, Keroun and Hokla ...

Location

Hoklabari was in Nepal, Eastern Region, Kosī Zone, Morang. Its elevation is about above sea level. The

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is Cwa : Monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate.

Population

Majority ethnic groups are Chettri and

Brahmin Brahmin (; sa, ब्राह्मण, brāhmaṇa) is a varna as well as a caste within Hindu society. The Brahmins are designated as the priestly class as they serve as priests (purohit, pandit, or pujari) and religious teachers (gur ...

s alongside

Santal The Santal or Santhal are an Austroasiatic speaking Munda ethnic group in South Asia. Santals are the largest tribe in the Jharkhand and West Bengal state of India in terms of population and are also found in the states of Odisha, Bihar and A ...

and others. This village is famous for production of mustard and is also a major cultivator of rice and wheat. 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 4,520 people living in 806 individual households. The table below shows the populations in 2011 of the wards of Kanepokhari Rural Municipality. Hoklabari became Ward 1 when Kanepokhari was constituted in March 2017.

References

Kanepokhari Rural Municipality {{Morang-geo-stub