Bardiya (district)

तनहू जिल्ला Bardiya district
Location of the Bardiya district (red) in Nepal
Basic data
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:

• Babai
• Bansagadhi
• Gulariya
• Rajapur
• Sanoshri-Tara Valley

Village Development Committees (VDCs) in Bardiya District:

• Baniyabhar
• Dhadhawar
• Dhodhari
• Gola
• Jamuni
• Kalika
• Khairapur
• Khairi Chandanpur
• Magaragadi
• Mahamadpur
• Manau
• Manpur Mainapokhar
• Mathurahardwar
• Padanaha
• Pasupatinagar
• Patabhar
• Sivapur
• Sorhawa
• Suryapatawa
• Thakudwara

Web links

Commons : Bardiya District  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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)