Bardiya (district)
तनहू जिल्ला Bardiya district
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Location of the Bardiya district (red) in Nepal |
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Country | Nepal |
province | Province No. 5 |
Seat | Gulariya |
surface | 2025 km² |
Residents | 426,576 (2011 census) |
density | 211 inhabitants per km² |
ISO 3166-2 | NP-P5 |
VDCs and cities (blue) in Bardiya |
Coordinates: 28 ° 24 ' N , 81 ° 23' E
The district of Bardiya ( Nepali तनहू जिल्ला) is one of 77 districts in Nepal .
It is located in the Bheri administrative zone on the border with India . Most of Bardiyas is occupied by the Terai plain . The Bardiya National Park occupies the northern half of the district with 968 km². The majority of the population is Tharu .
Residents
The district in 2001 has 382,649 residents; In 2011 it was 426,576.
history
Bardiya was part of the Kingdom of Gorkha when it was ceded to Great Britain ( India ) in the Treaty of Sugauli in 1815 . Under the government of Jang Bahadur Rana , it was returned to Nepal with Banke , Kailali and Kanchanpur in 1860 .
Administrative division
Cities in Bardiya District:
Village Development Committees (VDCs) in Bardiya District:
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Central Bureau of Statistics, Census 2011: National Report (pp. 51–52, Population Total and Area in Sq. Km ). ( Memento from May 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 7.8 MB)