Letang, "लेटाङ " is a

Municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

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 Suns ...

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 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 ...

. It was formed by merging the existing Village Development Committees of Letang, Jante, Warrangi and Bhogateni. This municipality is situated in

Hilly Region Nepal measures about along its Himalayan axis by across. It has an area of . Nepal is landlocked by China's Tibet Autonomous Region to the north and India on other three sides. West Bengal's narrow ''Siliguri Corridor'' separate Nepal and ...

as well as

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. Letang is full of natural beauty. Previously it was called Letang Bhogateni but now it's known as Letang. Cr. Mr Sumit Thakuri. Letang 2 Fadani Morang. Class 10 bright student.

Location

Letang is in the north of Morang District. It has 9 wards, and an area of . Letang is situated at the bank of Chisang River. It is located 46 km North east of

Biratnagar Biratnagar () is a metropolitan city in Nepal, which serves as the capital of Province No. 1. With a population of 242,548 as per the 2011 census, it is the largest city in the province and also the headquarters of Morang district. As per the p ...

394 km east of

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, at the northern edge of the

Terai The Terai or Tarai is a lowland region in northern India and southern Nepal that lies south of the outer foothills of the Himalayas, the Sivalik Hills, and north of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. This lowland belt is characterised by tall grasslands, scr ...

plain below the Hills. It is a municipality and the urban core of a rapidly growing urban agglomerate in

. It has neighbouring municipalities like Koshi Haraicha,

Belbari Belbari, ( ne, बेलबारी) officially known as Belbari municipality, is one of the major suburb of Morang district, Province No. 1. It lies in the eastern Terai region of Nepal. It was officially upgraded to become a municipality in ...

, Pathari-Sanischare etc.. Letang Municipality is one of the developed municipality of Morang district with various utilities including drinking water, electricity, communication etc. There is also uneven population distribution in this VDC. Many national politicians, players and film actors such as

Babu Bogati Babu Bogati ( ne, बाबु बोगटी) is a pop singer and actor from Nepal. He has also played in several television shows. He started off his career as a singer. He featured his first song called ''Maya Ko Aauti Chino''. After that he ...

, Praween Khatiwada, Ram Bhujel are also from this village. A popular nepali music composer Pralhad Bogatee from Kathmandu is also staying here for years. Far more, yearly Rajarani Festival (Mohatshob) is also celebrated by various organizations for its popularity and fame. The villages including Phadani, Budhabare, Kheruwa, Khaireni, Kirtiman, Kamalpur, Lokhra, Kuinkunda, Biran etc. lies here. Among them Letang Bazaar is most developed and Rajarani has religious and tourism importance being old village in Letang.

Population

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 ...

Letang had a population of 18,552 people living in 4,359 individual households. According to 2011 Census, Letang Municipality had a population of 32,034545 5 in 7,339 households. There were 14,350 males and 17,703 females.

Religion and ethnicity

Temples including Rajarani

temple A temple (from the Latin ) is a building reserved for spiritual rituals and activities such as prayer and sacrifice. Religions which erect temples include Christianity (whose temples are typically called churches), Hinduism (whose temples ...

(one of the oldest temple of this area), Laxmi Narayan Mandir, Laxmi Panchayan Mandir etc. lies here. The main ethnic groups here are Limbu,

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 (guru ...

Chhetri Chhetri (Kshetri, Kshettri, Kshetry or Chhettri), ( ne, क्षेत्री ; IAST: ''Kṣetrī'') historically called Kshettriya or Kshetriya or Khas are Nepali speakers of Khas community, some of whom trace their origin to migration fro ...

, Magar, Rai,

Tamang The Tamang (; Devanagari: तामाङ; ''tāmāṅ'') are an Tibeto-Burmese ethnic group of Nepal. In Nepal Tamang/Moormi people constitute 5.6% of the Nepalese population at over 1.3 million in 2001, increasing to 1,539,830 as of the 2011 c ...

etc.

Economy

More than 70% of the people in this municipality are engaged in agriculture.

Education

District-famous schools and campus including Letang Campus, Shanti Bhagawati School Shree Shiksha Vikash M. V. (Kheruwa), Laxmi School, Galaxy Academy, Green Valley School, Minaruwa School, Letang Secondary Boarding School, Bal Niketan School, Pathibhara Boarding School lies here. There is the eastern regional training academy of Nepal Army and also the eastern regional training centre of Agricultural Development Bank, though the bank does not exist nearby.

References

Letang Municipality Municipalities in Province No. 1 Municipalities in Morang District {{Morang-geo-stub Edited by dupan niraula