Madhesh Province
Madhesh Province ( Nepali/ mai, मधेश प्रदेश) is a province of Nepal that was formed after the adoption of the Constitution of Nepal. It is Nepal's most populous province, and smallest province by area. It borders Province N ...
, is one of the seventy-seven
districts of Nepal
Districts in Nepal are second level of administrative divisions after provinces. Districts are subdivided in municipalities and rural municipalities. There are seven provinces and 77 districts in Nepal.
After the state's reconstruction of admi ...
. The district, with
Jaleshwar
Jaleshwar ( ne, जलेश्वर) is a municipality in Janakpur Zone, Nepal, and the headquarters of Mahottari District of Madhesh Province in Nepal. It is located in the Terai, on the border with India at Bhitthamore, Bihar, and has a Cu ...
as its district headquarters, covers an area of and had a population of 553,481 in 2001, 627,580 in 2011 and 705,838 in 2021 census.Household and population by districts, Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) Nepal Its headquarters is located in Jaleshwar, a neighbouring town of the historical city 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 name Jaleshwar means the 'God in Water'. One can find a famous temple of Lord
Shiva
Shiva (; sa, शिव, lit=The Auspicious One, Śiva ), also known as Mahadeva (; ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐ, or Hara, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions within Hindu ...
in Water there. Jaleshwar lies at a few kilometres distance from the Nepal-India border and has a majority Maithili population.
Geography and climate
Demographics
At the time of the
2021 Nepal census
The 2021 Nepal Census was the twelfth nationwide census of Nepal conducted by the Central Bureau of Statistics. The census was originally scheduled from 8 June to 22 June 2021, but was postponed to November 2021 due to surge in COVID-19 cases. ...
, Mahottari District had a population of 705,838. Of these, 80.7% spoke Maithili, 7.3%
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 ...
Magahi
The Magahi language (), also known as Magadhi (), is a language spoken in Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal states of eastern India, and in the Terai of Nepal. Magadhi Prakrit was the ancestor of Magahi, from which the latter's name derives. ...
as their
first language
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.
35.1% of the population in the district spoke
Hindi
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...
second language
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.
Notable people
''List ordered alphabetically''
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Bhadrakali Mishra
Bhadrakali Mishra ( ne, भद्रकाली मिश्र; 6 February 1920 – 1 June 2006) was a Nepali politician. In his political career lasting more than 50 years, several of which were in exile, he held numerous ministerial portfol ...
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Nepali Congress
The Nepali Congress ( ne, नेपाली कांग्रेस ; abbr. NC) is the largest social democratic political party in Nepal. As per the results of recent local election, ''Nepali Congress'' stands as the single largest party o ...
leader of Minister of Nepal at various times
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Giriraj Mani Pokharel
Giriraj Mani Pokharel is a Nepalese politician and the former Minister of Education, Science and Technology. He is also a member of the Standing Committee of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist).
Political Life
On April 12, 2007, J ...
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CPN (Maoist Centre)
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Hari Shankar Mishra
Hari Shankar Mishra is a current Governor of Madhesh Province. He was appointed Governor, as per the Article 163 (2) of the Constitution of Nepal by the President Bidya Devi Bhandari on the recommendation of the Council of Ministers of the Gove ...
- Current governor of
Madhesh Province
Madhesh Province ( Nepali/ mai, मधेश प्रदेश) is a province of Nepal that was formed after the adoption of the Constitution of Nepal. It is Nepal's most populous province, and smallest province by area. It borders Province N ...
, former
Nepali Congress
The Nepali Congress ( ne, नेपाली कांग्रेस ; abbr. NC) is the largest social democratic political party in Nepal. As per the results of recent local election, ''Nepali Congress'' stands as the single largest party o ...
leader and Member of
House of Representatives
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Mahantha Thakur
Mahantha Thakur ( ne, महन्थ ठाकुर), is a Nepalese politician and president of Loktantrik Samajbadi Party Nepal, as well as the former treasurer of Nepali Congress Party. He has served Minister in various ministries including ...
Nepali Congress
The Nepali Congress ( ne, नेपाली कांग्रेस ; abbr. NC) is the largest social democratic political party in Nepal. As per the results of recent local election, ''Nepali Congress'' stands as the single largest party o ...
Nepali Congress
The Nepali Congress ( ne, नेपाली कांग्रेस ; abbr. NC) is the largest social democratic political party in Nepal. As per the results of recent local election, ''Nepali Congress'' stands as the single largest party o ...
leader
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Ram Narayan Mishra
Ram Narayan Mishra was the Minister for Industry and Commerce in the BP Koirala cabinet of 1959. He took his office of the Ministry on 27 May 1959. He was also a democratic fighter of Nepal and a founder member of Nepali Congress. He was the foun ...
- Nepali Congress leader and minister in first democratically elected government of BP Koirala
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Sharat Singh Bhandari
Sharat Singh Bhandari ( ne, शरतसिंह भण्डारी) is a Nepalese politician and was Minister of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation of Government of Nepal since 4 June 2021 but was removed from the post by Supreme Court ...
- former NC leader and senior leader of DSP, N. Also former
Minister for Defence
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Shivajee Yadav
Shivajee Yadav ( ne, शिवजी यादव) is a Nepalese politician and a member of People's Progressive Party. He is the current senior vice president of the party.
In the 2013 Constituent Assembly election he was elected to the cons ...
municipalities
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 ...
Ekdara Rural Municipality
Ekdara (Nepali: एकडारा ) is a rural municipality in Mahottari District in Province No. 2 of Nepal
Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घी ...
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Mahottari Rural Municipality
Mahottari (Nepali: महोत्तरी ) is a rural municipality in Mahottari District in Madhes Province of Nepal. It was formed in 2016 occupying current 6 sections (wards) from previous 6 former VDCs. It occupies an area of 28.08 sq. km ...
Sonama Rural Municipality
Sonama (Nepali: सोनमा) is a Gaunpalika, rural municipality in Mahottari District in Madhesh Province, Madhesh province of Nepal. It was formed in 2016 occupying current 8 sections (wards) from previous 8 former Village development committ ...
Former Village Development Committees (VDCs) and Municipalities
Damhi Marai
Damhi Marai ( Damhi is the separate village from the Marai village and both are under same village development committee ) is a village development committee in Mahottari District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 19 ...
Loharpatti
Loharpatti (Nepali: लोहरपट्टी) is a municipality in Mahottari District in Province No. 2 of Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकत ...
Pipra
''Pipra'' is a genus of birds in the manakin family Pipridae.
Taxonomy and species list
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Ramnagar Ramnagar may refer to the following places:
Bangladesh
* Ramnagar, Bangladesh, a village in Chittagong Division
* Ramnagar Union, Jessore Sadar
India Jammu and Kashmir
* Ramnagar, Udhampur, a town in Jammu and Kashmir
** Ramnagar Fort Udha ...
Singyahi
Singyahi is a village development committee in Mahottari District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census
The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau o ...
Sonama
Sonama is a Rural municipality (Nepal), rural municipality in Mahottari District in Madhesh Province of southeastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 7016 people living in 1315 individual households. Now according ...
Suga Bhawani
Suga Bhawani is a Village development committee (Nepal), village development committee in Mahottari District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4527 people living in 726 indivi ...