Rautahat District

Rautahat District(Nepali:रौतहट जिल्लाListen), a part ofMadhesh Province, is one of the seventy-sevendistricts of Nepal. The district headquarter isGaur, including municipalities like Katahariya,Garuda,Chandrapur,Paroha, covers an area of 1,126 kmand had a population of 545,132 in 2001 and 686,722 in 2011. This district has a total of 2 VDCs and 16 municipalities. Among other districts, Rautahat has the largest percent ofMuslimsinNepal, about 22.4% (census 2021).The most densely populated village in Rautahat district, Bairiya (बैरिया), is primarily Muslim, but a majority of people in the district areHindu. Sri Ram Sugar Mill is the only sugar mill located in Garuda municipality. The well known shiva temple located in Shivnagar, which is looked after by Sah and Jha family. The historical temple of Goddess Durga is in Matsari.Every year, the temple welcomes millions of devotees from different parts of Nepal and India as well on the occasion of Navaratri. Late Shri Gulab Narayan Jha, the first person to representMadhesisin politics, was permanent resident of this village. There is a place called Najarpur in Chandrapur where whole village is vegetarian. They are not even allowed to buy or sell any alcoholic beverages and buying and selling of tobacco products is also prohibited.
There is a place called Katahariya which lies in Katahariya Municipality itself. It is famous for katiya meat.Katiyais an earthen pot in which mainly goat meat is cooked with the help of charcoal.
Nunthar is a famous place for picnic and there is a temple of lord shiva which is located in Paurai Bagmati, Rautahat.
Rautahat district is rich in natural resources. There are varieties of trees and varieties of medicinal herbs in the forest of Rautahat. There are dense forest with varieties of wild animals in the forest of Rautahat, including cheetahs, tigers, elephants, varieties of snakes, etc. There are also varieties of birds in the forests of Rautahat, including doves, hornbills, parrots, pigeons, cuckoos, sparrows, crows, and many more.
TheManusmara Riverflows through the district, and feeds a canal for irrigating 3200 hectares of land.
At the time of the2011 Nepal census, Rautahat District had a population of 686,722.
As theirfirst language, 60.3% spokeBajjika, 19.3%Urdu, 6.1%Nepali, 4.3%Bhojpuri, 3.3%Tharu, 3.0%Maithili, 1.7%Tamang, 0.4%Magar, 0.2%Majhi, 0.2%Newar, 0.2%Rai, 0.1%Bengali, 0.1%Danuwar, 0.1%Doteli, 0.1%Hindi, 0.1%Yakkhaand 0.1% other languages.
Ethnicity/caste: 19.7% wereMusalman, 12.2%Yadav, 5.7%Kurmi, 5.6%Teli, 4.5%Kanu, 4.5%Tharu, 3.8%Chamar/Harijan/Ram, 3.3%Kalwar, 2.9% Dusadh/Paswan/Pasi, 2.9%Mallaha, 2.6%Hill Brahmin, 2.4%Koiri/Kushwaha, 2.4% Tatma/Tatwa, 2.0%Dhobi, 2.0% Kathabaniyan, 2.0%Lohar, 1.8%Kumhar, 1.8%Tamang, 1.6% Nuniya, 1.5% Bin, 1.4% TeraiBrahmin, 1.4%Hajam/Thakur, 1.3%Chhetri, 1.1%Musahar, 1.1%Sonar, 0.7%Magar, 0.6%Rajput, 0.5% Baraee, 0.5% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.4% Danuwar, 0.4% Kahar, 0.4%Kayastha, 0.4% Majhi, 0.4%Newar, 0.4% Sudhi, 0.3%Dhanuk, 0.3%Kami, 0.3%Mali, 0.3%Rai, 0.3% other Terai, 0.2%Damai/Dholi, 0.2% Dhunia, 0.2% Gaderi/Bhedihar, 0.1% Badhaee, 0.1%Bengali, 0.1% otherDalit, 0.1%Dom, 0.1% foreigners, 0.1% Gharti/Bhujel, 0.1%Gurung, 0.1% Halkhor, 0.1%Kumal, 0.1%Marwadi, 0.1%Pahari, 0.1%Sunuwar, 0.1%Thakuri, 0.1%Yakkhaand 0.1% others.
Religion: 77.8% wereHindu, 19.7%Muslim, 1.8%Buddhist, 0.2%Christian, 0.2%Prakriti, 0.1%Kiratiand 0.3% others.
Literacy: 41.6% could read and write, 3.7% could only read and 54.4% could neither read nor write.
The district consists of eighteenmunicipalities, out of which sixteen areurban municipalitiesand two arerural municipalities. These are as follows:
Private Schools
Nepal Police School , Basbiti Jingadiya.
Prabhat Secondary English Boarding School, Gaur.
Terai Zone Academy Santapur, Chandrapur.
Bal Niketan Higher Secondary School, Chandrapur.
Moonlight Academy Boarding School,Chandrapur.
Pathibhara Secondary School, Chandrapur. 
Mount Everest English School, Chandrapur.
Namuna English Boarding School, Chapur Bazaar.
Himalayan Public School,Sukdev Chowk.
New Bal Memorial Academy Boarding School,SimraBhawanipur.
The origin of this campus goes back to its former "Shree Juddha Higher Secondary School" and further "Shree Juddha Secondary School", the third-oldestschoolinNepalinaugurated byJuddha Shamsher Jang Bahadur RanaduringRana dynasty. The school got its name from his name. The institution has about 1500students.
Shree Juddha Campus offers bachelor courses likeBachelor of Education,Bachelor of Arts,Bachelor of Commerce, etc. while its former entities "Shree Juddha Higher Secondary School" offers 10+2 courses ofNational Examinations Boardand "Shree Juddha Secondary School" offers up to 10th class ofSchool Leaving Certificate (Nepal).
It runs a separate school for blind students.
It offers bachelor courses likeB.Ed.and 10+2 courses ofNational Examinations Board.
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