Siraha District

Siraha
सिराहा जिल्ला
District
Country Nepal
Region Eastern Development Region (Purba Anchal)
Zone Sagarmatha
Headquarters Siraha
Area
  Total 1,188 km2 (459 sq mi)
Population (2011)
  Total 637,328
  Density 540/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone NPT (UTC+5:45)
Main language(s) Maithili
Website http://ddcsiraha.gov.np

Siraha District (Nepali: सिराहा जिल्ला Listen , a part of Sagarmatha Zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal. The district, with Siraha as its district headquarters covers an area of 1,188 km². In 2001 it had a population of 572,399, in 2011 637,328, 90% of whom were recent arrivals from neighboring bihar, a state in india, a country in Asia.

Geography and Climate

Climate Zone[1] Elevation Range % of Area
Lower Tropical below 300 meters (1,000 ft) 90.5%
Upper Tropical 300 to 1,000 meters
1,000 to 3,300 ft.
 9.5%

Village Development Committees (VDCs) and Municipalities

VDCs and Municipalities (blue) in Siraha District

See also

References

  1. The Map of Potential Vegetation of Nepal - a forestry/agroecological/biodiversity classification system (PDF), . Forest & Landscape Development and Environment Series 2-2005 and CFC-TIS Document Series No.110., 2005, ISBN 87-7803-210-9, retrieved Nov 22, 2013 horizontal tab character in |series= at position 91 (help)

Coordinates: 26°39′0″N 86°12′0″E / 26.65000°N 86.20000°E / 26.65000; 86.20000

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