Saptari (), is Located in the easternmost part of

Madhesh Province Madhesh Province () is a Provinces of Nepal, province of Nepal in the Terai region with an area of covering about 6.5% of the country's total area. It has a population of 6,126,288 as per the 2021 Nepal census, making it Nepal's most densely po ...

, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. Its district headquarter is

Rajbiraj Rajbiraj () is a mid-sized municipality located in the south-eastern part of Madhesh Province of Nepal. The city is also called the "Pink City of Nepal" because the township was designed in 1938 based on influence from the "Indian Pink City" Ja ...

. Saptari is an Outer Terai district. This district covers an area of and has a population (2022) of 706,255Household and population by districts, Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) Nepal
which makes it the 14th most populated district of Nepal. Saptari is renowned for its agricultural output, and is bordered on the east by the massive

Sapta Koshi The Kosi or Koshi is a transboundary river which flows through China, Nepal and India. It drains the northern slopes of the Himalayas in Tibet and the southern slopes in Nepal. From a major confluence of tributaries north of the Chatra Gorge onw ...

river, on the west by the Balan River separating Siraha district, on the north by Udayapur and on the south by Supaul and Madhubani districts of Bharat Vihar. Saptari district is located in 68m above sea level at an altitude of 457 meters, it extends to 26.22 minutes north latitude and 86.45 minutes east longitude. The east-west length of the district covers 63% of the plains of the Terai and 37% of the chure region and the north-south width is an average of 23 km. There are nine

municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in Saptari:

Dakneshwori Dakneshwori Municipality ( Nepali: डाक्नेश्वरी नगरपालिका) is located in Saptari District in Madhesh Province of Nepal. It was formed in 2016 occupying current 10 sections (wards) merging previous Kabilasha, ...

Bodebarsain Bodebarsain () is a municipality of Saptari District, Madhesh Province. It lies in the eastern Terai region of Nepal. It was officially upgraded to become a municipality in 2016, which otherwise was a Village development committee (Nepal), Villag ...

Hanumannagar Kankalini Hanumannagar Kankalini is a municipality of Saptari District in Sagarmatha Zone of eastern Nepal. The municipality was established on 19 September 2015 by merging the existing Hanuman Nagar, Joginiya-1, Joginiya-2, Gobargada and Inarwa v ...

, Kanchanrup,

Saptakoshi Saptakoshi may refer to: * Koshi River The Kosi or Koshi is a transboundary river which flows through China, Nepal and India. It drains the northern slopes of the Himalayas in Tibet and the southern slopes in Nepal. From a major confluence of tr ...

surunga Surunga is a trade center of Jhapa District. It is located in Kankai Municipality in Jhapa District in the Koshi Province of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 16,747 people living in 2996 i ...

, Shambhunath and Khadak. Other small towns include Mahuli,

Kathauna Kathauna Bazar is a city in Shambhunath Municipality Ward No. 6, in the Saptari district of Nepal. It is 20 km east of Lahan Municipality, and is the central city of Shambhunath Municipality. Shambhunath municipality's head office is loc ...

Fattepur,

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and

Itahari Bishnupur Itahari Bishnupur is a village development committee in Saptari District in the Sagarmatha Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census Nepal conducted a widespread national census in 2011 by the Nepal Central Bureau of ...

with the area government "Machha Palan Kendra" fish farming centre. The famous

Chhinnamasta Chhinnamasta (, :"She whose head is severed"), often spelled Chinnamasta, and also called Chhinnamastika, Chhinnamasta Kali, Prachanda Chandika and Jogani Maa (in western states of India), is a Hindu goddess ( Devi). She is one of the Maha ...

temple is one of the Shakti Peeths and

Kankalini Temple Kankalini Temple (Nepali language:कंकालिनी मन्दिर) is a temple and Shakti Peethas in Eastern Nepal in Bhardaha VDC, Saptari, 19 km east of district headquarter Rajbiraj and near the Indian border at Birpur. It d ...

are also located in Saptari District. Saptari has highest growth in Maithili literature. Tribhuvan Chowk

Temples

Chinnamasta Bhagawati

Chinnamasta Bhagawati (छिन्नमस्ता भगवती) is a temple of Eastern Nepal. It is situated in Chinnamasta VDC, Saptari, from Rajbiraj and also near to Indian Border. It is a main attraction for Indian pilgrims. People are likely to come here in Bada Dashain. Some thousands of goats are sacrificed here during dashain.

Shambhunath

Shambhunath (शम्भुनाथ) is another one of the famous temples of Eastern Nepal. It is situated in Shambhunath, from Rajbiraj and also near Mahendra Highway. This temple is a main attraction for Indian pilgrims. People are likely to come here in Siruwa Mela during month of Baisakh (the first month of Bikram Sambat).

Kankalini Temple

Kankalini Temple (कंकालिनी) is another temple situated in this district; it is located in Bhardah-1 of Hanumannagar Kankalini Municipality. This temple is main attraction for Indian pilgrims. Kankalini Temple has great religious importance. Like most of the other Shakti Peethas in Nepal, this temple, too, has a legend attached to it. According to the legend, the people settled in Bhardaha village had started to use the land for farming, however, while digging, some farmers had found a stone statue carved beautifully with the image of Goddess Durga and in that very place, this temple is said to have been built. It is believed that when a devotee worships with great devotion and true heart in the temple, their wish comes true. So, thousands of peoples from many part of the country come to this temple to worship the avatar of Goddess Durga, known famously as goddess Kankalini.

Geography and climate

Education

*Mahendra Bindeshwari Multiple Campus- TU Affiliated Public Campus located in Rajbiraj offering LLB, BBS, BA, MBS, M.Ed. *National People College- TU Affiliated Private College established in 2013 AD Offers Masters and Bachelors level of Programs in Management and Humanities Faculties. It is the 1st Private College of Saptari District Offering the Subjects of Study like MA-SOCIOLOGY, MBS, BA-RD and SOCIOLOGY. The college is Ultramodern and is Located in Kanchanrup Munacipality. HSEB affiliated +2 colleges are: *Happyland HSS and college *Laligurans EBHSS or Paradise Campus *Caliber International College *Mission College *Kshitiz Edu. Foundation *Chinnamasta College *Annapurna Multiple College, Kanchanpur Beriyar, Saptari - just the east of UTL Tower *Rajbiraj Model Campus

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 a surge in COVID-19 case ...

, Saptari District had a population of 706,255. 9.47% of the population is under 5 years of age. It has a literacy rate of 67.69% and a sex ratio of 1010 females per 1000 males. 441,203 (62.47%) lived in municipalities. Madheshis are the largest group, of which a third are Dalits.

Tharus The Tharu people are an ethnic group living in the Terai in southern Nepal and northern India. They speak Tharu languages. They are recognized as an official ethnicity by the Government of Nepal. In the Indian Terai, they live foremost in Uttara ...

are the second-largest group, and here make up the largest fraction of the population of any district in Madhesh. Muslims are nearly 10% of the population. A very small proportion are Hill Janjatis or Khas people. Maithili is the largest language. Tharu is the second-largest language. Urdu and Nepali are spoken by a small minority. Religion: 88.47% of the population was Hindu, 9.60% Muslim and 1.72% Buddhist.

Administration

The district consists of eighteen

, out of which nine are urban municipalities and nine are

rural municipalities A rural municipality is a classification of municipality, a type of local government, found in several countries. These include: * Rural municipalities in Canada, a type of municipal status in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, a ...

. These are as follows: *

Bodebarsain Municipality Bodebarsain () is a municipality of Saptari District, Madhesh Province. It lies in the eastern Terai region of Nepal. It was officially upgraded to become a municipality in 2016, which otherwise was a Village Development Committee prior to that ...

* Dakneshwori Municipality * Hanumannagar Kankalini Municipality * Kanchanrup Municipality *

Khadak Municipality Khadak Municipality (Nepali: खडक नगरपालिका) is located in Saptari District in the Province 2 of Nepal. It was formed in 2016 occupying current 11 sections (wards) merging previous Siswa Belhi, Banarjhula, Pansera, Kho ...

* Sambhunath Municipality *

Saptakoshi Municipality Saptakoshi Municipality (Nepali: सप्तकोशी नगरपालिका) is located in Saptari Saptari (), is Located in the easternmost part of Madhesh Province, is one of the List of districts of Nepal, seventy-seven districts ...

Surunga Municipality Surunga Municipality (Nepali: सुरुङ्‍गा नगरपालिका) is located in Saptari Saptari (), is Located in the easternmost part of Madhesh Province, is one of the List of districts of Nepal, seventy-seven districts ...

* Rajbiraj Municipality * Agnisaira Krishnasavaran Rural Municipality * Balan-Bihul Rural Municipality * Rajgadh Rural Municipality * Bishnupur Rural Municipality * Chhinnamasta Rural Municipality * Mahadeva Rural Municipality * Rupani Rural Municipality * Tilathi Koiladi Rural Municipality * Tirhut Rural Municipality

Former Village Development Committees (VDCs) and Municipalities

* Arnaha * Aurahi, now

Municipality ward No. 6 * Babhangama katti * Badgama, Vagni maleth * Bainiya * Bairawa, now Kanchanrup Municipality ward no. 1 * Bakdhauwa * Banarjhula * Banaula, now

Municipality ward No. 10 * Banauli * Baramjhiya, now Kanchan Rup Mun. * Barhmapur * Barsain * Basbiti * Bathnaha * Belhi now Khadk Mun ward No 2 * Belhi Chapena * Bhagawatpur * Bhardaha, now Hanumannagar Kankalini Mun. * Bhutahi, now

Municipality ward No. 4 * Birpur Barahi * Bishariya-Bhelhi *

* Boriya * Brahamapur, now

Municipality ward No. 7 *

* Dakneshwori Municipality * Dauda * Daulatpur, Now surunga Mun Wada No 3 * Deuri * Deurimaruwa * Dhanagadi * Babhangam katti * Dharampur, now Kanchan Rup Mun. * Dhodhanpur, now Kanchan Rup Mun. * Didhawa * Diman * Gamhariya Parwaha * Gobargada, now Hanumannagar Kankalini Mun. * Goithi * Hanumannagar, now Municipality * Hanumannagar Kankalini Municipality * Hardiya Now surunga Mun Wada No 2 * Hariharpur * Haripur Now surunga Mun wada No 7 * Inarwa, now Hanumannagar Kankalini Mun. * Inarwa Phulbariya *

* Jagatpur, now Kanchan Rup Mun. * Jamuni Madhapura * Jandaul * Jhutaki * Joginiya-1, now Hanumannagar Kankalini Mun. * Joginiya-2, now Hanumannagar Kankalini Mun. * Kabilasha, now

Municipality ward No. 1 * Kachan * Kanchan Rup Municipality * Kalyanpur Khadk Mun 6, 7, 8 * Kamalpur, now Saptaskoshi Mun. * Kanchanpur * Kataiya, Now Rupani Gaunpalika *

* Khadgapur, included in Bodebarsain Mun. * Khojpur Now Khadk Mun 5 * Ko. Madhepura * Kochabakhari * Koiladi *

Kushaha Kushaha is a village development committee in Saptari District in the Sagarmatha Zone of south-eastern Nepal. The 2011 Nepal census Nepal conducted a widespread national census in 2011 by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. Working in coo ...

* Lalapati * Launiya * Lohajara * Madhawapur, now Hanumannagar Kankalini Mun. *

Madhupati Madhupati is a village development committee in Saptari District in the Sagarmatha Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census Nepal conducted a widespread national census in 2011 by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statist ...

now surunga mun Wada no 4 *

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* Maina Kaderi * Maina Sahasrabahu *

Malekpur Malekpur is a Village development committee (Nepal), village development committee in Saptari District in the Sagarmatha Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 6,601 people living in 1,258 indiv ...

* Maleth * Malhanama * Malhaniya, now Hanumannagar Kankalini Mun. *

Manraja Manraja is a village development committee (VDC) in the Saptari District, province No. 2, of south-eastern Nepal. It has a total area of and sits at an elevation of . It is known for its landmark Shree Raja Ji Than Temple. Manraja is located ...

, included in Bodebarsain Mun. * Mauwaha * Mohanpur * Nargho * Negada * Odraha * Pakari * Pansera * Jandaul * Parasbani * Paterwa *

, now

Municipality ward No. 5 * Patthargada, now

Municipality ward No. 9 * Phakira * Pharseth * Phattepur, now Saptakoshi Mun. * Phulkahi *(Parwaha) *

Pipra (Purba) Pipra (Purba) is a village and market center in Kanchan Roop Municipality in Saptari District in the Sagarmatha Zone of south-eastern Nepal. It was merged in the municipality along with other 8 Villages since 18 May 2013. At the time of the 1991 ...

, now Kanchan Rup Mun. * Pipra (West) surunga mun wada No 1 * Portaha, now Hanumannagar Kankalini Mun. *

Municipality * Rajgadh Rural Municipality * Ramnagar * Rampur Jamuwa * Rampur Malhaniya, now Hanumannagar Kankalini Mun. *

Rautahat Rautahat is a VDC located in Saptari district of Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal Census it had a population of 3612 people living in 660 individual households. Jung Bahadur Rana Jung Bahadur Rana, , was born Bir Narsingh Kunwar (1817-18 ...

* Rayapur *

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, now Kanchan Rup Mun. * Shambhunath Municipality * Sankarpura *

* Sarashwar *

Simraha Sigiyaun Simraha Sigiyaun is a village development committee in Saptari District in the Sagarmatha 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 ...

* Siswa Beihi now khadak Mun Wada No 1,2 *

Sitapur Sitapur is a city and a municipal board in Sitapur district in the States and territories of India, state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located 90 kilometres north of state capital, Lucknow. The traditional origin for the name is said to be by ...

* Tarahi, now

Municipality ward No. 3 * Terahota * Theliya, now Kancha * Tilathi * Trikola * Kankatta now Bishnupur Rular Municipality Wada no.4 *

Hatti Hatti may refer to *Hatti (; Assyrian ) in Bronze Age Anatolia: **the area of Hattusa, roughly delimited by the Halys bend **the Hattians of the 3rd and 2nd millennia BC **the Hittites of ''ca'' 1400–1200 BC **the areas to the west of the Euphra ...

Now Chhinnamasta Rular Municipality Wada no. 7

Notable persons

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, cricketer who was the first bowler to take all ten wickets in an innings in an ICC recognized international tournament match. * Teju Lal Chaudhary,

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politician and member of

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, first Vice President of Nepal and ex Supreme Court Judge *

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: Famous Bollywood and Nepali singer from Bhardaha, Saptari * C. K. Raut, politician, computer scientist and founder of

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* Gajendra Narayan Singh, founder of

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, politician *

Satish Kumar Singh Satish Kumar Singh is a Nepalese politician who is serving as the 3rd and current Chief Minister of Madhesh Province since 7 June 2024. He is very first Chief Minister from the Janamat Party after the creation of Madhesh Provincial Assembly in ...

, politician, the current Chief Minister of Madhesh Pradesh

References

* {{Coord, 26, 35, N, 86, 45, E, region:NP_type:adm2nd, display=title Districts of Nepal established during Rana regime or before Districts of Madhesh Province