Udayapur District

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Udayapur District
उदयपुर जिल्ला
District
A scene of Mahabharat hills in Udayapur
A scene of Mahabharat hills in Udayapur
Udayapur district in Province No. 1
Udayapur district in Province No. 1
Limchung
-bung
Rautamai
Udayapur
-gadhi
Triyuga
Belaka
Chaudandi
-gadhi
Katari
Tapli
Political division of Udayapur
Coordinates: 26°55′N 86°40′E / 26.917°N 86.667°E / 26.917; 86.667
Municipality
List
  • Udayapurgadhi
Government
 • Type
Major highways
Sagarmatha
Websiteddcudayapur.gov.np

Udayapur District (

Triyuga as its district headquarters, covers an area of 2,063 km2 (797 sq mi) and in 2001 had a population of 287,689, in 2011 of 317,532,[3] in 2021 of 342,773[4]

Rivers and hills form

Siwalik foothills to the south separate it from the outer Tarai of Siraha and Saptari. The Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve lies to the east in Udayapur, Sunsari and Saptari
Districts.

According to the former administrative divisions of Nepal, Udayapur falls in Eastern Development Region in Sagarmatha Zone.

History

Before the unification of modern

Gorkha army
evaded and captured the Sen Kingdom Chaudandi.

Before 1972,

Gaighat in 1972.[5]

Geography and Climate

Udayapur district is surrounded by

Koshi river.[citation needed
]

Forest cover takes up 67% of the total land area of the district. 28% of the land is cultivated. Small and large river and ponds remain the main source of water in the district. Ponds like Rauta Pokhari, Suke Pokhari, Tapli Pokhari, Jogidaha Chure Forest Pond and Jhilke Pokhari are key water resources in the district. The district does not possess larger lakes. Triyuga is the largest river in this district. Other two major rivers are Tawa Khola from Western side and Vaidyanath River from mid-side unite with Tawa River. Other rivers in the district are Kakaru Khola, Yari Khola, Rakula, Baruwa Khola, Andheri, Bahadura Khola and Rasuwa Khola. Sunkosi, Saptakosie, Kamala rivers lie on the district border.

This inner Terai district (low mid-hills) covers elevations between 360 metres to 2,310 metres above sea level. Different

physiographic
zones in the district as mentioned below.

Mahabharat hills

Sun Kosi
River on northern side and links to
Churiya
hills. About 60% of the district is covered by middle hills with steep slope and rugged mountain topography. From nearly 1,100 m to 2,310 m, this land consists of high hills like Lekhani, Majhkharka, Rautapokhari.

Churiya hills

The

Churiya hills
stretch across elevations between 550 m to 1100 m. reaching from the upper Mahabharata to Terai land in the south leaving some plain inner Tarai land in between. It occupies about 9% of land of the district and consists of small valleys of inner Terai including Nepaltar, Murkuchi and Mainatar as well as plains like Bahuntar, Bhuttar, and Hardeni. These valleys are situated on Panchawati, Rauta, Bayaldanda and Tawashri VDC respectively.

Inner Terai region

This region occupies around 31% of the district at elevations between 360m to 550 m above sea level. This region is mainly situated on the border of Triyuga and Tawa River. Where inner Tarai exists the Churiya range lies to the south of this region. This region is highly affected by the problem of river cutting or floods. Major places of district like

Beltar
lie in this region.

Climate Zone[7] Elevation Range % of Area
Lower Tropical below 300 meters (1,000 ft) 33.7%
Upper Tropical 300 to 1,000 meters
1,000 to 3,300 ft. 		45.9%
Subtropical 1,000 to 2,000 meters
3,300 to 6,600 ft. 		17.8%
Temperate 2,000 to 3,000 meters
6,400 to 9,800 ft. 		 0.5%

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Udayapur District had a population of 317,532.

Language in Udaypur (2011)[8]
Religion Percent
Nepali
 
 51.7%
Magar
 
 11.7%
Tharu
 
 7.4%
Chamling
 
 6.4%
Tamang
 
 5.8%
Maithili
 
 4%
Bantawa
 
 3.7%
Rai
 
 2.7%
Danuwar
 
 1.8%
Others
 
 4.8%

As their first language, 51.7% spoke Nepali, 11.7% Magar, 7.4% Tharu, 6.4% Chamling, 5.8% Tamang, 3.9% Maithili, 3.7% Bantawa, 2.7% Rai, 1.8% Danuwar, 1.1% Newar, 0.5% Puma, 0.4% Majhi, 0.4% Sunuwar, 0.3% Thulung, 0.3% Urdu, 0.3% Wambule, 0.2% Bahing, 0.2% Bhojpuri, 0.1% Dumi, 0.1% Limbu, 0.1% Sampang, 0.1% Sherpa and 0.2% other languages.[9]

Ethnicity/caste: 21.5% were Chhetri, 17.3% Rai, 13.9% Magar, 7.6% Tharu, 6.9% Tamang, 6.0% Hill Brahmin, 5.2% Kami, 3.4% Newar, 2.9% Danuwar, 2.8% Damai/Dholi, 2.6% Sarki, 1.2% Musahar, 1.0% Majhi, 0.9% Gharti/Bhujel, 0.9% Sunuwar, 0.7% Musalman, 0.7% Thakuri, 0.6% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.4% Kathabaniyan, 0.4% Teli, 0.3% Chamling, 0.3% Halwai, 0.2% Hajam/Thakur, 0.2% Kalwar, 0.2% Sherpa, 0.2% Sudhi, 0.2% Yadav, 0.1% Bantawa, 0.1% Bote, 0.1% Dhimal, 0.1% Dom, 0.1% Gurung, 0.1% Limbu, 0.1% Sonar, 0.1% other Terai, 0.1% Thami and 0.3% others.[10]

Religion in Udayapur District (2011)
Religion Percent
Hinduism
 
 72.75%
Buddhism
 
 12.12%
Kirat
 
 9.89%
Christianity
 
 2.39%
Islam
 
 0.68%
Others
 
 2.17%

[11]

Religion: 72.6% were Hindu, 12.1% Buddhist, 9.9% Kirati, 2.4% Christian, 2.1% Prakriti, 0.7% Muslim and 0.2% others.[12]

Literacy: 68.6% could read and write, 2.6% could only read and 28.8% could neither read nor write.[13]

Administration

Udayapur District is administered by

Udayapur District Assembly
. The head of Udayapur DCC is Mr. Khadag Bahadur Pariyar (Darnal) and Mrs. Ganga Rai is deputy head of Udayapur DCC.

CDO
and current CDO of Udayapur DAO is Bishnu Kumar Karkee.

Udayapur District Court is a

Judicial court
to see the cases of people on district level.

Division

Udayapur District is divided into total 8 local level bodies, 4 local level body categorized into

Rural municipality and 4 into Municipality
:

# Local body Nepali Population (2021) Area (KM2) Mayor Deputy Mayor Wards Web
1
Triyuga
 त्रियुगा 104,375 547.43 Basanta Kumar Basnet Maheswori Rai 16 [1]
2
Katari
 कटारी 60,168 424.89 Gyanendra Shresth Bheem Kumari Rawat 14 [2]
3
Chaudandigadhi
 चौदण्डीगढी 53,537 283.78 Khagendra Rai Rita Kumari Chaudhari 10 [3]
4
Belaka
 वेलका 51,458 344.73 Durga Kumar Thapa Rajkumari Chaudhari 9 [4]
5
Udayapurgadhi
 उदयपुरगढी 28,929 209.51 Manbahadur Kepchaki Magar Sanu Raut 8 [5]
6
Rautamai
 रौतामाई 20,418 204.08 Gajendra Kumar Khadka Kumari Jyu Thakuri 8 [6]
7
Tapli
 ताप्ली 13,377 119.11 Uddab Singh Thapa Kamalmaya Rai 5 [7]
8
Limchungbung
 लिम्चुङबुङ 9,781 106.8 Major Kumar Rai Ramila Rai 5 [8]
Udayapur उदयपुर 342,773 2300.33 Khadag Bahadur Pariyar Ganga Rai 75 [9]

Former Administrative Divisions

Formerly, Udayapur had three municipality and many VDCs. VDCs were the local administrative units for villages.

Fulfilling the requirement of the new constitution of Nepal 2015, on 10 March 2017 all VDCs were nullified and formed new units after grouping VDCs.

Map of the VDCs and Municipalities (blue) in Udayapur District
New adm. units Former VDCs
Katari municipality
 Former Katari Municipality,
Lekhani, Mayankhu, Hardeni, Limpatar, Shorung Chabise and Sirise
Chaudandigadhi municipality
Beltar Basaha Municipality, Chaudandi , Sithdipur, Hadiya and Sundarpur
Triyuga municipality
 former Triyuga municipality, Jogidaha, Saune, Khanbu and Jalpachilaune
Belaka municipality
Rampur Thoksila, Mainamaini and Katunjebawala
Udayapurgadhi gaunpalika
 Panchawati, Bhalayadanda, Tawasri, Dumre and Barre
Tapli gaunpalika
 Rupatar, Thanagaun, Iname, Okhale and Lekhgaun
Rautamai gaunpalika

Pokhari, Rauta and Aaptar

Limchungbung
Baraha, Balamta and Jante

Constituencies

Udayapur District is divided into 2

Provincial constituencies
:

Name of cons. Incorporated areas Type of cons. MP/MLA Party
Udayapur 1
Belaka
 Parliamentary constituency Narayan Khadka Nepali Congress
Udayapur 2
Limchungbung
 Parliamentary cons. Suresh Kumar Rai Nepal Communist Party
Udayapur 1(A)
Belaka
 Provincial cons. Bimal Karki Nepal Communist Party
Udayapur 1(B)
Triyuga
 Provincial cons. Himal Karki Nepali Congress
Udayapur 2(A)
Limchungbung
 Provincial cons. Narayan Bahadur Magar Independent
Udayapur 2(B)
Tapli
 Provincial cons. Kala Ghale Nepal Communist Party

Transportation

Road and Highway map of Udayapur District, Nepal

Gaighat, the headquarter (center) of Udaydpur District is connected with NH-16 (Sagarmatha Highway), which connects Udayapur with NH-01 (East-west Highway) at Kadmaha. Kadmaha is 28 km (17 mi) at distance from Gaighat. The NH-16 also connects Gaighat to Khotang which is 127 km (79 mi) at distance from Gaighat but the road is not paved.[14]

NH-09 (

Koshi river. The NH-09 also connects Sindhuli via Udayapurgadhi and Katari.[15]

There are some other National Highways that connects Gaighat to the othe nearer destinations. The other Highways are: NH-14 (Basaha to Kunauli Border), NH-20 (Mirchaiya to Okhaldhunga and Diktel via Katari) and NH-12.

Interesting Places

See also

  • Administration in Province No. 1
  • Zones of Nepal
  • Districts of Nepal

References
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  8. ^ "NepalMap profile: Udayapur".
  9. ^ NepalMap Language
  10. ^ NepalMap Caste
  11. ^ "NepalMap profile: Terhathum". NepalMap. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  12. ^ NepalMap Religion
  13. ^ NepalMap Literacy
  14. ^ "Nepal Road Distance Map". www.logcluster.org. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  15. My República
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  16. ^ a b "Udayapur district (Gaighat)". www.honepal.com. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  17. ^ "A Visit To Chaudandi Gadhi [PHOTO]". www.aakarpost.com. 3 April 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2018.

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