Sarlahi District


Sarlahi, a part of Province No. 2, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. According to new laws, combination of more than 2 or 4 villages makes a municipality, which covers an area of and had a population of 635,701 in 2001 and 769,729 in 2011.
It is bordered to the west by the Bagmati River, to the east by Mahottari District, to the north by the Sivalik Hills, and to the south by Bihar State of India.

Etymology

Generally, the people of Sarlahi believe that the Sarlahi name comes from the name of Sarlahi Devi temple. The Sarlahi Devi temple is situated in Hempur village in the Sarlahi district. There is a believe that if someone goes to the temple at night with a light then that person will die. That is why people still do not go at night to that temple with light. Still there is no residence around this temple.

Famous for

The district is famous for a couple of things.
One of them is tomato production and supply. Lalbandi is the place of this district which is famous for supplying tomato demand of whole country. Scientific tomato farming was practiced in Sarlahi district at Bagwani Kendra Nawalpur, Netragunj.Lalbandi is the most famous for growing tomato in the country, it is also known as the Tomato capital of Nepal. Farhadwa is the village which is famous for fish production and export. The production of sugarcane is also seems to be significant in the district. The Indushankr Chini Udhog Ltd. is a notable factory in the district.
The Annapurna Sugars and General Industries Pvt Ltd is probably one of the largest Sugar mills in the country located in Dhankaul VDC of Sarlahi. The plant commenced trial operations on January 17, 2014 with a successful crushing of over 16 lakh quintals of cane. The mill will substantially help in meeting sugar requirements of Nepal local market by producing around 300,000 quintals of White sugar. The mill is equipped with modern machineries to produce high quality sugar. Mill is helping support livelihood of thousands of people including farmers, employees and labors.
Not only that, the historical Nunthar Pahad which is very famous among different religious groups because of its typical geographical location. It is located in a strategic place bordering four districts Makawanpur, Sarlahi, Rautahat and Sindhuli. The Nadiman lake, important Puranic place, is located nearby Malangawa which is believed to be the Yaksha pool, the mystic lake owned by the Yaksha himself. The Pattharkot temple is also the best known religious place here. The Sitlamai temple, The Bajrangbali temple, The Durga temple, The Gadhimai temple and laxmipur pokhari in Balara Municipality. The Sagaranatha temple in Iswarpur, the Gopalkuti mahadev temple in Karmaiya among many others are equally significant places in Sarlahi. The famous Soltibazaar is also located here which is growing as a commercial hub of the district.

Geography and climate

Climate ZoneElevation Range% of Area
Lower Tropicalbelow 300 meters 88.3%
Upper Tropical300 to 1,000 meters
1,000 to 3,300 ft.		11.7%

Geographical division

According to geographical texture Sarlahi district is divided into three parts.
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Chure mountain

In north side of this district from east to west there is the mountain range known as the Sivalik Hills. They have an average height of, reaching in places. This range separates the terai from the inner terai and harbours the fossilised remains of many mammals no longer typical of Eurasia.

Bhanwar region

This region is between what is north of the Sivalik hills and the southern Terai region, in the local language, it is also called as char koshe jhadi and thethi. The height of this region is from 150 m to 300 m. Mahendra Highway is touching this area so nowadays people settlement is increasing, in this region water source level is always at very low, even the following water is disappears because of sandiness. It is very difficult to obtain water by digging. So in this region irrigation system is problematic one.

[Terai] region

This region is start from middle of district to south and goes to India's bihar. From ancient time this region has large public density and good place for farming, so this region is called Treasurer of grain.

Rivers

There are four major rivers in this district that flow into India: The Bagmati, The Hardi, The Lakhandei and the Jhim. However, there are around a dozen other small rivulets that originate from the Chure hills and flow down the plain. They are actually the tributaries of the three major river system of the district. These small rivulets are the Hariwan khola, the Dhungre khola, the Soti khola, the Sotraha khola, the Chapini khola, the Pathlaiya khola, the Kalinjor khola, the Phooljor khola and the Banke Khola. The Banke Khola is the eastern demarcation of the district separating it from Mahottari district whereas the Bagmati river flows between Sarlahi and Rautahat districts.
It is the largest river, flowing in the western side of district separating Rautahat district from Sarlahi.
This river is the largest river inside the district, it is about 25 kilometer long. It originates from the Chure Mountain range, the lowest foothills of the Great Himalayan ranges. It flows into India by touching simara VDC of this district.
Originated from north east side of Chure mountains of this districts into Phuljor river and Kalinjor river joins at the Vairawpur village of Jabdi VDC, then it becomes Jhim river. it is long and by flowing into districts passes into India, and in India this river is known as
Adhwara river. Adhwara river was the east border of Makwanpur region.
Banke river. Banke river was the east border of Sarlhi district.
There are also many rivers in this district including the Adhwara River of the east which empties into the Jhim River, Manushmara river, and in middle of the district Dhangra and Bhumi rivers.
This river is the largest river inside the district, it is about 25 kilometer long. It originates from the Soram range, the lowest foothills of the Great Himalayan ranges. It flows into India by touching Bhatauliya VDC of this district.

Demography

According to 2011 census Total population of district is 769,729, among them male population is 389,756 and female population is 379,973. Total Hindus population is 658,611, which is about 85% of total population, while total Muslim population is 60,679, which is about 8% of total population and total population of Buddhism is 44,011, which is about 5.71% of total population while total Christian population is 1,752 which is about 0.22% of total population.
49.0% speak Bajjika, 21.2% Maithili, 11.8% Nepali, 6.3% Urdu, 4.8% Tamang, 2.1% Tharu, 1.4% Magar, 0.9% Bhojpuri and 0.5% Danuwar as their first language.
36.3% of the population in the district speak Hindi, 20.8% Nepali, 4.5% Bajjika, 3.8% Maithili and 0.7% Bhojpuri as their second language.

Media

From Sarlahi district publishing Newspaper and FM radio station are as follows.
News Paper
Paricharcha,
Madhesh Post Daily,
Suchna Saugat Weekly,
Sarlahi Awaz Weekly,
Sarlahi Times Weekly
NameFrequency RangeLocationStatus→←≥
Samudayak Radio Sarlahi105.7 MHzHariyonBroadcast
Swarnim FM96.3 MHzMalangwaBroadcast
Radio Madhesh89.3 MHzMalangwaBroadcast
Radio Ekta92.4 MHzLalbandiBroadcast
Radio Dhukdhuki95.6 MHzLalbandiBroadcast
Radio Mukteshower100.4 MHzBarahatwaBroadcast
Radio Barahathawa101.1 MHzBarahathawaBroadcast

Facebook page
Meme Sarlahi

Sarlahi Constituencies

There are total 6 Electoral Constituencies in Sarlahi named kshetra no:-1 to 4.

Administration

The district consists of twenty municipalities, out of which eleven are urban municipalities and nine are rural municipalities. These are as follows: