Demographics
At the time of the 1991 Nepal census, Mechinagar had a population of 21,366 people living in 4147 individual households.Transport
Kakarbhitta is the eastern terminus of Nepal's east-west Mahendra Highway at the country's eastern border with Darjeeling District, Darjeeling List of districts of India, District, West Bengal States and union territories of India, state, India. The Panitanki neighborhood of Batasi is on the other side. There is a Geography of Nepal#Border crossing, border checkpoint for customs and third country nationals. Indian and Nepalese nationals cross without restriction. Traffic between Nepal, India and Bangladesh goes through Kakarbhitta. Kakarbhitta is 21 kilometers from Bhadrapur Airport, Bhadrapur airport (Nepal), 105 kilometers from Biratnagar Airport, Biratnagar airport (Nepal) and 21.5 kilometers from Bagdogra airport (India).References
Populated places in Jhapa District Transit and customs posts along the India–Nepal border Points for exit and entry of nationals from third countries along the India–Nepal border {{Jhapa-geo-stub