Nagarain

Nagarain नगराईन
Village development committee
Location in Dhanusa District
Coordinates: 26°38′30″N 85°56′58″E / 26.64167°N 85.94944°ECoordinates: 26°38′30″N 85°56′58″E / 26.64167°N 85.94944°E
Country	Nepal
Development Region	Central
Zone	Janakpur Zone
District	Dhanusa District
Literacy rate	56.35%
Area
• Total	7.80 km^2 (3.01 sq mi)
Elevation	64 m (210 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	6,197
• Density	790/km^2 (2,100/sq mi)
• Ethnicities	Brahmin-Terai, Kayastha, Yadav, Dhanuk, Musahar
• Religion	Hinduism
Languages
• Local	Maithili
• Official	Nepali
Time zone	Nepal Time (UTC+5:45)
Postal Code	45611 [1]

Nagarain is a village development committee in Dhanusa District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern Nepal. As of 2011 Nepal census, it has a population of 6,197 living in 1,025 individual households.^[2]

Education

Nagarain VDC is facilitated by Shree Rajeshwor Nidhi Higher Secondary School, which is run by government. It attracts students from Nagarain as well as the neighbouring villages. Recently, the infrastructure of this school was upgraded and a new classroom block was constructed with the aid from Government of India.^[3] Therefore, this building is named "Nepal-Bharat Maitri Bhawan". There are few private schools (run by individuals) which provide education in English medium.

Shree Rajeshwor Nidhi Higher Secondary School, Nagarain, Dhanusa, Nepal

Notable people from Nagarain

• Mahendra Narayan Nidhi Nepali Congress Politician ^[4]
• Bimalendra Nidhi Nepali Congress Politician - Minister of Physical Infrastructure & Transport ^[5]
• Durgananda Jha Martyr ^[6]

Adjacent boundaries

References

1. "Postal Codes of Nepal". Postal Services Department, Nepal Government. Retrieved August 2015.
2. "National Population and Housing Census 2011" (PDF). Village Development Committee/Municipality. National Planning Commission Secretariat, Central Bureau of Statistics, Government of Nepal. Retrieved March 2014.
3. "India–Nepal Relations". Retrieved August 2015.
4. "Mahendra Narayan Nidhi". Retrieved August 2015.
5. "Ministry of Physical Infrastructure & Transport". Retrieved August 2015.
6. Gellner, David N.; Pfaff-Czarnecka, Joanna; Whelpton, John (2012). Nationalism and Ethnicity in a Hindu Kingdom: The Politics and Culture of Contemporary Nepal. Routledge. p. 520. ISBN 978-9057020896. Retrieved August 2015.

External links

• Map of Dhanusha district with updated sub-metropolitan city and municipalities - LGCDP, Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development, Government of Nepal
• गाविसहरुको बस्ती विवरण, District Development Committee, Dhanusha