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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