Jhapa District






District in Kirat, Nepal





































































Jhapa District


झापा जिल्ला

District
Jhapa district locator.png
Country Nepal
Province Kirat
Admin HQ. Bhadrapur
Government

 • Type Coordination committee
 • Body
DCC, Jhapa
 • Head Mr. Somnath Bishwakarma
 • Deputy-Head Mrs. Mina Parajuli
 • Parliamentary constituencies
5
 • Provincial constituencies
10
Area

 • Total
1,606 km2 (620 sq mi)
Elevation
(maximum)

506 m (1,660 ft)
Population
(2011[1])

 • Total 812,650
 • Density 510/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone
UTC+5:45 (NPT)
Website www.ddcjhapa.gov.np

Jhapa (Nepali: झापा जिल्लाAbout this soundListen ) is one of 14 districts of Kirat of eastern Nepal. The latest official data, the 2011 Nepal Census, puts the total population of the district at 812,650.




Contents






  • 1 Location


  • 2 Geography and climate


  • 3 Education


  • 4 People from Jhapa District


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links




Location


Jhapa is the easternmost district of Nepal and lies in the fertile Terai plains. Jhapa borders with Ilam in the north, Morang in the west, the Indian state of Bihar in the south and the Indian state of West Bengal to the southeast and east. Geographically, it covers an area of 1,606 km2 (620 sq mi).


Geography and climate



















Climate Zone[2]
Elevation Range
% of Area
Lower Tropical
below 300 meters (1,000 ft)
98.8%
Upper Tropical
300 to 1,000 meters
1,000 to 3,300 ft.
 1.2%

Education


Among 77 districts, Jhapa with literacy rate of 99.33%, is the district with the highest number of literate people.[3]


People from Jhapa District




  • Wilson Bikram Rai, Actor, Singer, and Producer


  • Himal Sagar singer


  • Suraj Chapagain Comedian, actor, script writer, director


  • Ananta Tamang footballer


  • Bishal Rai footballer


  • Karna Limbu football player


  • Sitaram Kattel (Actor ,Social Worker, director, comedian ,writer)


  • Jiya K.C. ( Actress, model)


  • Prakash Angdembe Film Director, and writer


  • Rubina Chhetri, cricketer


  • K.P. Oli, politician


  • Chandra Prakash Mainali, politician


  • Pramod Kharel, Singer


References





  1. ^ Household and population by districts, Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) Nepal Archived 2013-07-31 at the Wayback Machine


  2. ^
    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 87-7903-210-9, retrieved Nov 22, 2013.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}



  3. ^ "Census 2001". Census. central bureau of statistics, Nepal. 2001. Archived from the original on 2008-09-24. Retrieved 2008-08-24.






Coordinates: 27°55′03″N 84°11′37″E / 27.917373°N 84.193726°E / 27.917373; 84.193726


External links



  • "Districts of Nepal". Statoids.







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