Shivasatakshi 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 ...

in the southeastern part of

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

Mechi Zone Mechi ( ne, मेची अञ्चल ) was one of the fourteen zones of Nepal until the restructuring of zones to provinces, comprising four districts; namely Ilam, Jhapa, Panchthar and Taplejung. Its headquarters are at Ilam. It comes und ...

of 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 ...

. The new municipality was formed by merging four existing VDCs— Shivaganj,

Satasidham Satasidham is a village development committee in Jhapa District in the Province No. 1 of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 20,809 people living in 3842 individual households. It was later merged wit ...

, Dharampur, and Panchgachhi—on 2 Dec 2014. The office of the municipality is that of the former Satasidham village development committee (VDC).

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 ...

, Shivaganj and

had population of 13,518 and 26,171 people living in 9,102 individual households. After the VDCs of Shivaganj,

, Panchgachhi and Dharampur were merged, it had a total population of 74,366 people .

Occupation

Agriculture is the main source of income of majority of people residing in Shivasatakshi.

Geography

Shivasatakshi municipality lies in the Terai region. It is bordered by Kankai municipality in the east, Kamal VDC in the west,

Ilam district Ilam district ( ne, इलाम जिल्ला) is one of 14 districts of Province No. 1 of eastern Nepal. It is a Hill district and covers . The 2011 census counted 290,254 population. The municipality of Ilam is the district headquar ...

in the north, and

Gauriganj Gauriganj is a city, tehsil and administrative headquarters of Amethi district in Faizabad division, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is situated about 126 km from Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh. It is located in Eastern Uttar Pradesh. B ...

in the south. There is plain land and evergreen forest. It lies in the middle part of

. Due to its plain and fertile land it has high capability for agricultural production. Heavy rainfall occurs in this area during the summer season.

Healthcare

Healthcare in Shivasatakshi is not very well-developed. The absence of modern hospitals often necessitates the residents to travel to

Damak Damak ( Nepali: दमक), a city in eastern Nepal is one of the oldest municipalities in Jhapa District in Province No. 1 of Nepal. It is situated between the Ratuwa River in the east and the Maawa River in the west. It has Sivalik Hills in i ...

, or

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 ...

in case of a serious health issue.

Education

Alike healthcare, the education services in Shivasatakshi are limited to undergrad level only. There are only handful of high-schools and very few colleges that teach upto Bachelors' level. As a result students have to go to either Damak or Birtamode for higher education.

Gallery

File:Farmland Ready For Paddy Cultivation.jpg, Farmland for paddy production File:Jamnapari goat.jpg, Animal husbandry File:Chickens in poultry farm.jpg, Poultry farming in Shivasatakshi municipality File:Shree Bhagawati Secondary School.jpg, Shree Bhagawati Secondary School Bangdanda, Shivasatakshi

References

External links

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Jhapa District
{{Province No. 1 Populated places in Jhapa District Municipalities in Province No. 1 Nepal municipalities established in 2014 Municipalities in Jhapa District