Bhojpur (District)

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भोजपुर जिल्ला
Bhojpur district
Location of the Bhojpur district (red) in Nepal
Location of the Bhojpur district (red) in Nepal
Basic data
Country Nepal
province Province No. 1
Seat Bhojpur
surface 1507 km²
Residents 182,459 (2011 census)
density 121 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 NP-P1
Website www.ddcbhojpur.gov.np
Cities and Gaunpalikas in the district
Cities and Gaunpalikas in the district

Coordinates: 27 ° 10 '  N , 87 ° 7'  E

The district of Bhojpur ( Nepali भोजपुर जिल्ला ) is one of 77 districts in Nepal and has belonged to Province No. 1 since the constitution of 2015 .

Its main town is the city of the same name, Bhojpur .

geography

The 1507 km² district is located in the east of Nepal in the foothills of the Himalayas . Its district neighbors are Khotang in the west and Udayapur in the south . In the east, Bhojpur borders on the district of Dhankuta and in the north on the districts of Sankhuwasabha and Solukhumbu .

population

According to the census, the district had 203,018 inhabitants in 2001 and the population density was 134.7 people / km². The largest ethnic groups in the district are the Rai , the Chetri and the Tamang as well as the Brahmins and the Newar .

traffic

The district has an airfield in the district capital Bhojpur called Bhojpur Airport. Its IATA airport code is BHB and its ICAO code is VNBJ.

Administrative division

Cities ( municipalities ) in Bhojpur District:

Gaunpalikas (rural communities):

The village of Balankha in the Bhojpur district

Web links

Commons : Bhojpur District  - Collection of pictures, 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)
  2. ↑ Schedule-4 States, and Districts to be included in the concerned States. - Nepal Law Commission. Retrieved December 13, 2018 .
  3. ^ A b Districts of Nepal. In: Statoids. Retrieved December 19, 2011 .
  4. ↑ Bhojpur Airport ( Memento from April 8, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )