Jhorahat

Jhorahat
झोराहाट
Village development committee
Jhorahat

Location in Nepal

Coordinates: 26°31′N 87°20′E / 26.52°N 87.34°ECoordinates: 26°31′N 87°20′E / 26.52°N 87.34°E
Country    Nepal
Zone Kosi Zone
District Morang District
Population (2001)
 • Total 4,844
Time zone Nepal Time (UTC+5:45)
Postal code 56615
Area code(s) 021

Jhorahat is a village development committee in Morang District in the Kosi Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 2001 Nepal census it had a population of 4844 people with 2457 male population and 2387 female population.[1]

Toponymy

The village of Jhorahat is named after "Jhora" which means forest and "hat" means Bazaar. The name was kept maybe because the place was habitated by cutting down hugh forest that was present there hundreds of years ago.

Economy

Farming is the main source of income for people in Jhorahat, and it is an agricultural trade centre, being situated along a secondary road between Biratnagar and the east-west highway. Being only about 5 km from the outskirts of Biratnagar, some residents of the area work as laborers in factories in Biratnagar or some in higher ranks in various firms and government offices. There are some brick kilns in the countryside east of Jhorahat. Jhorahat chowk is the largest economic centre in this part of Morang, and a large haat or Bazaar is organised every Monday and Friday. This complements a number of much smaller haats held in surrounding villages.

Education

Jhorahat is served by the 'Janak Memorial Secondary Boarding School, founded in 1991. Recently,Saradha Secondary Boarding School'Bold text has been established to serve the village.And For The Higher Education,Shree Sharaswoti Higher Secondary School (Government) is Providing Education Facilities.

Ethnicity

Jhorahat is situated in an ethnically diverse part of Morang. The Brahmin and Kshyatriya population mostly reside in the Jhorahat central area, while other communities such as the Tharu, Musahar, Batar, Bhojpuri,Brahmin, Kshyatriya,Newar,Kami, Damain live in scattered hamlets such as Khuniyakatta, Tetariya, Batrain, and Birta. Pidarboni in the north is a large village home predominantly to the Tharu community.

Politics

A Nepali Congress stronghold after the democratic revolution of 1990,Jhorahat has now seen varying political consensus.Madhesi parties like madhesi jana adhikar forum,Nepal communist party(Maoist) are uprising after the constituent assembly election of 2008.Jhorahat falls under Area number 6 of Morang district according to election commission.

References

  1. ↑ "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 22 March 2011.


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