Bharatpur, Nepal

Bharatpur Metropolitan City
भरतपुर महानगरपालिका
Metropolitan City

Bharatpur city view from Maula Kalika temple Gaindakot
Bharatpur Metropolitan City

Location in Nepal

Coordinates: 27°41′N 84°26′E / 27.683°N 84.433°E / 27.683; 84.433
Country    Nepal
Zone Narayani Zone
District Chitwan District
Area
 • Total 433 km2 (167 sq mi)
Elevation 208 m (682 ft)
Population (2015)census
 • Total 280,502
 • Density 650/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zone NST (UTC+5:45)
Postal code 44200, 44207(Narayangarh)
Area code(s) 056
Climate Cwa
Website www.bharatpurmun.gov.np

Bharatpur (Nepali: भरतपुर) is a city in the central-southern part of Nepal. Located in Chitwan District, Bharatpur is the district headquarter of the Chitwan District, as well as a separate Metropolitan authority, and is the fifth largest city of Nepal, After Kathmandu, Pokhara and Lalitpur is also a one of the four Metro city of Nepal with the population of 2,80,502 (census 2015). Bharatpur is one of the fast growing cities of Nepal. It lies on the left bank of Narayani River and serves as a commercial centre of Chitwan district and central region of Nepal. It is located at the centre of Mahendra Highway and Kathmandu - Birganj (North-South) road corridor. The proximity of this city from Kathmandu (146 km), Pokhara (126 km), Butwal (114 km), Ghorahi (275 km), Birgunj (128 km), Hetauda (78 km) and Prithivinarayan (Gorkha) (67 km) has augmented the importance of its advantageous geographical location. In addition to good road access, Bharatpur has regular daily air services to Kathmandu and Pokhara.

Most of the shopping area lies in the city of Narayangadh, while government offices, big hospitals and colleges are situated in other parts of the city, including Nepal's premier cancer hospital, B.P Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital. The economy of Bharatpur was traditionally based on agriculture. The agricultural land is gradually converted into the residential and industrial areas. Main industries of Bharatpur are small scale processing industries. A large number of poultry industries have developed in the municipality. It is believed that it covers more than 60% of the total poultry demand of the country. Moreover, this metropolitan city has a substantial volume of poultry products for export trade. Other products of the city are honey, mushroom, floriculture, and service industry (education and health). Chitwan is regarded as food surplus district, which is processed in Bharatpur and sold to major cities of the country including Kathmandu and Pokhara. Besides, multinational companies like Coca-Cola, San Miguel Beer are also situated within the city. A large number of business and trading houses are based in the city. The major companies across the country have opened their branches in the city. Its central position along with the crossroads of Bharatpur has enabled it to increase its wholesale and retail trading function.

Bharatpur has been declared Sub-metropolitan city on December 2, 2014 by Government with the inclusion of various local village development committee like Gitanagar, Fulbari, Sibanagar, Mangalpur and Patihani. The new population of new area according to population census 2011 is now 203867 .

It has been declared metropolitan city on December 2016 incorporating some VDCs.[1]

Transportation and communications

Bharatpur Airport is in the central part of the city connecting to Kathmandu. Four domestic airlines and one government airline make 7 to 11 flights a day. Mahendra Highway connects the city to various parts of the country and another highway connects Bharatpur with Kathmandu to the north east[2] and with Birgunj (Birganj) on the border of India to the south. Bus, Micro bus and other land transportation are available to go out of the city, for internal transportation city bus, city micro bus, taxi, rickshaw and car/jeep hiring is available."Malpot Chok",Hakim Chok and Chaubiskothi, Shahid (martyrs ) Chok, Pul (Bridge) Chok, Bel Chok and Lila Chok are major centres at intersections of major roads.

Communication: Many local FM radio stations broadcast from Bharatpur. They are "Kalika FM", "Synergy FM", "Hamro FM", "Radio Triveni", "Radio Chitwan", "Radio Kotagiri", "Kalika music FM", "Chitwan Online FM" and "Narayani FM". The city also has several Television channels; "BESO Channel", "CRYSTAL TV" and "AAVAS". Land line telephone services and mobile telephone services are available to the majority of areas. There are multiple private Internet service providers available within the municipality.

Banks: Bharatpur has become a city of Banks and Hospitals. There are more than 40 Banks and Financial Institutions in Narayangadh (centre of Bharatpur).

Attractions

Bishazari Tal

Bishazari Tal (20 Thousand Lakes) is in the southern corner of Bharatpur. The lake is very attractive for bird lovers and serves as an important bird watching centre. The lake area houses lots of crocodiles and thus is equally attractive for reptile lovers. The lake lies near Chitwan National Park. Bishazari Tal lies just 5 km south of the city centre (Chaubiskothi) of Bharatpur. Pandeyghumti is the nearest chok (square) to get to the lake easily. It is in the distance of 1 km from the chok.

Chitwan National Park

Nearby Chitwan National Park is home to one horn rhinos, elephants, royal Bengal tigers, crocodiles, deers and many other wild animals. It is the third largest tourist destination in Nepal after Kathmandu and Pokhara.Hotels of Bharatpur, Nepal and around Bharatpur . It has also been listed in the world heritage list since 2041 B.S.

Hotels

There are many large and medium-sized hotels and lodges near and inside Chitwan National Park. Some of them are Chitwan Village Resort (www.chitwanvillageresort.com), Royal Century, Naryani Safari, Chitwan Key Men, Jungle Resort, Jungle Safari and Tiger Top Tesort, Wild life camp etc. Chitwan National Park is also listed as a world heritage site.

Narayani River

The Narayani River flows north to south in the west of Bharatpur. It is the deepest and also one of the biggest rivers of Nepal. The Narayani Bridge over the river connects Chitwan District with Nawalparasi District of Nepal. Small islands, like Nagarban in Narayani river are popular picnic spots.

Narayani river as seen from Harihar Temple

Rapti River

Rapti River flows east to south west in the south of Bharatpur and makes the northern border of the Chitwan National Park.in the rapti river we found gharial corcodile there and the biggest fish.

Famous religious and cultural landmarks of Bharatpur

Fort Palace and landmark buildings

Education and institutions

Schools

Colleges

Hospitals

Narayangadh

Narayangadh
नारायणगढ
subdivision of Bharatpur
Narayangadh

Location in Nepal

Coordinates: 27°44′N 84°23′E / 27.73°N 84.39°E / 27.73; 84.39
Country    Nepal
Zone Narayani Zone
District Chitwan District
Area
 • Total 554.0 km2 (213.9 sq mi)
Population (1991)
 • Total 202,874
 • Density 370/km2 (950/sq mi)
Time zone Nepal Time (UTC+5:45)

Narayangadh (Nepali: नारायणगढ) or Narayanghat (Nepali: नारायणघाट)) is an important trading centre in the centre of the city. The major neighborhoods of Narayangadh are Shahid Chok, Pulchok, Kshetrapur, Belchok and Milanchok. Narayangadh is very famous for "Taas", a spicy fried goat-meat lunch dish served with Bhuja or Cheura. Narayangadh has extremely hot summers but very mild winters.

Transportation and communication

Bharatpur Airport

Bharatpur Airport in the central part of the city offered four domestic airlines and one government airline with seven to 11 flights daily to Kathmandu. Mahendra East West Highway connects the city to various parts of the country, and another highway connects Bharatpur with Kathmandu to the north east and with Birgunj on the border of India to the south. Bus, micro bus and other land transportation are available to go out of the city, for internal transportation taxi, rickshaw and car/jeep hiring is available. Hakimchok, Shahidchok, Pulchok, Belchok, Malpotchok, Bishalchok and are major centres at intersections of major roads. Eight major local FM radio stations broadcast from Bharatpur. They are "Amrit FM", "Synergy FM", "Hamro FM", "Radio Triveni", "Radio Chitwan","Chitwan Online FM" "Kalika music FM", "Kalika FM". The city also has Beso Channel, "Aviyan Channel", Unique Television and Avass Television.

References

  1. ↑ http://m.setopati.net/news/19331/
  2. ↑ flights to Pokhara discontinued as of Oct 2011
  3. 1 2 http://www.cmsnepal.edu.np/pages/aboutinst.htm
  4. ↑ Chitwan Medical College website
  5. ↑ Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital website
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