Hardiya, Sagarmatha

Hardiya
हर्दिया
Village development committee
Hardiya

Location in Nepal

Coordinates: 26°46′N 86°32′E / 26.76°N 86.54°E / 26.76; 86.54Coordinates: 26°46′N 86°32′E / 26.76°N 86.54°E / 26.76; 86.54
Country    Nepal
Zone Sagarmatha Zone
District Saptari District
Population (1991)
 • Total 3,791
Time zone Nepal Time (UTC+5:45)

Hardiya is a village development committee in Saptari District in the Sagarmatha Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3791 people living in 713 individual households.[1]

Hardiya, according to Nepal's statistics falls in Ward Number 6 and has people of different casts including mukhiya, saha, yadav, chaudhari etc.

Inhabitants

  1. Mukhiya (Malah)
  2. Chaudhari (Tharu)
  3. Sah (Teli)
  4. Yadav (Guwar)
  5. Chamar (RAM)
  6. Mandal (Khatbe)

Languages spoken

Most of the people in Hardiya speaks Maithili. However, there are other languages that are well practices among people including Hindi, Nepali, English and Bhojpuri.

Festivals

People follow most of the festivals celebrated in Nepal.

Cultural heritages

Hardiya preserves some of the important heritages of Nepal. Most of these heritages are protected by local communities. Some of the important one are listed below:

  1. kamlasthan
  2. rajajisthan
  3. dinabhadristhan

People from Hardiya

Name Email/Website Profession Education
D.N. Mukhiya www.dnmukhiya.com.np English Textbook Writer/ Trainer Masters in Education [TU]
Suresh Kumar Mukhiya www.skmukhiya.com.np Web Application Developer Masters in Information System [NTNU]

References

  1. ↑ "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Retrieved 22 November 2008.


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