Bara District

Bara बारा
District
Pipara Simara, in Bara District, Nepal
Location of Bara
Country	Nepal
Region	Central Development Region (Madhyamanchal Bikas Kshetra)
Zone	Narayani
Headquarters	Kalaiya
Area
• Total	1,190 km^2 (460 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	687,708[1]
Time zone	NPT (UTC+5:45)
Main language(s)	Bhojpuri (72%) Nepali (9.7%) Others (18.3%)

Bara District (Nepali: बारा जिल्ला  Listen ) lies in Province No. 2. It is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal. The district, with Kalaiya as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,190 km² and has a population (2011) of 687,708.^[1] Bakaiya, Jamuniya, Pasaha, Dudhaura and Bangari are the main rivers of Bara. The main languages spoken in Bara are Bhojpuri, Bajjika, Hindi-Urdu, Maithili, Nepali and Marwari.

History

Simraungarh is major part of Bara district. It is historical place in Nepal. Simraungarh is famous for agriculture product in Nepal. The people grow wheat, corn, green vegetables (cauliflower, tomato, banana (raw), beetroot, bitter gourd, bottle gourd, brinjal, cabbage, carrot, cauliflower, chilli (green), chilli (dry red), Arbi coriander leaves, cucumber, potato and so on).

Bara district is famous for the Gadhimai Temple, particularly as every five years it celebrates the Gadhimai Mela. This festival has historically been celebrated every 5 years by sacrificing animals. In the future animal sacrifice will no longer occur, as temple authorities have decided to convert the festival into a "momentous celebration of life."^[2][3]

Geography and Climate

Climate Zone[4]	Elevation Range	% of Area
Lower Tropical	below 300 meters (1,000 ft)	86.6%
Upper Tropical	300 to 1,000 meters 1,000 to 3,300 ft.	13.4%

Village Development Committees and Municipalities

VDC/s and Municipalities (blue) in Bara District

Amarpatti Amlekhganj Amritganj Avab Gadhimai Municipality Babuain Bachhanpurwa Badaki Fulbariya Bagadi Bahuari Balirampur Baghwan Banjariya Barainiya Barawa Bariyarpur Basantpur Batara Beldari Benauli

Bhagwanpur Bhaluwai Arwaliya Bhatauda Bhaudaha Bhuluhi Marwaliya Bishnupur Bishnupurwa Bishrampur Biswambharpur Brahmapuri Buniyad Chhatawa Dahiyar Dewapur Dharma Nagar Dohari Gadhahal Ganj Bhawanipur Golaganj

Haraiya Hardiya Hariharpur Inarwamal Inarwasira Itiyahi Jhitakaiya Kabahigoth Kabahijabdi Kachorwa Kakadi Kalaiya Kalaiya Karahiya Khopawa Khutwajabdi Kolhabi Kudawa Laksmipur Kotwali Lipanimal

Madhurijabdi Mahendra Adarsha Maheshpur Maini Majhariya Manaharwa Matiarwa Motisar Naktuwa Narahi Nijgadh Municipality Pakadiya Chikani Paparpati Ek Paparpati Jabdi Parsurampur Paterwa Patharhati Pathara Phattepur Pheta Piparpati Dui

Piparpati Parchrauwa Pipra Basantapur Piprabirta Pipradhi Goth Prasauni Prasauna Prastoka Purainiya Raghunathpur Rampur Tokani Rampurwa Rauwahi Sapahi Srinagar Bairiya Sihorwa Sinhasani Sisahaniya Tedhakatti Telkuwa Terariya Uchidiha Umarjan Bharatichok

References

1. "National Population and Housing Census 2011(National Report)" (PDF). Central Bureau of Statistics. Government of Nepal. November 2012. Retrieved November 2012.
2. Ram Chandra, Shah. "Gadhimai Temple Trust Chairman, Mr Ram Chandra Shah, on the decision to stop holding animal sacrifices during the Gadhimai festival:" (PDF). Humane Society International. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
3. Meredith, Charlotte (29 July 2015). "Thousands of Animals Have Been Saved in Nepal as Mass Slaughter Is Cancelled". Vice News. Vice Media, Inc. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
4. The Map of Potential Vegetation of Nepal - a forestry/agroecological/biodiversity classification system (PDF), . Forest & Landscape Development and Environment Series 2-2005 and CFC-TIS Document Series No.110., 2005, ISBN 87-7903-210-9, retrieved Nov 22, 2013

External links

• Districts of Nepal at statoids.com

See also

Coordinates: 27°2′N 85°0′E / 27.033°N 85.000°E