Katahariya

Katahariya

Katahariya

Municipality in Central, Nepal

Katahariya (Maithili: कटहरिया) is a municipality in Rautahat District in the Narayani Zone of south-eastern Nepal. Before September 2017, Katahariya was one of the Village Development Committees (VDC) with 8 wards. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census, it had a population of 4,619 people living in 835 individual households. Katahariya is famous for its unique moton dish. A well known moton dish named “Katiya : कटिया” is origin from Katahariya Bazar. It has a well-maintained Farmers' market (vegetable) and Cattle (domestic-animal) market. Katahariya is a fast-growing municipality, with the main occupations of local people being business and farming.

Quick Facts कटहरिया, Country ...

Katahariya became a municipality since September 2017 by merging different Gaupalika (previously VDCs) such as Hathiyahi, Birti Prastoka, Bhasedhawa, Bagahi, Balirampur, Pipra Pokhariya. Currently, there are 9 wards in this municipality. In the recent local level election conducted on 13 May 2022, Ajay Prakash Jaiswal from Nepali Congress became the mayor.[2]

Boudhimai temple


2017 map of Katahariya

Other developments

Campus and school

  • Shree Janta Higher Secondary School kth

Hospital

Katahariya PHCC,with 24 hour Emergency Service

Banks

  • Nepal Bank Limited - Katahariya Branch
  • Gramin Bikash Bank Ltd
  • Deprosc Laghubitta Bikas Bank Limited

Communication Networks

  • Nepal Telecom
  • Ncell

Other cellular networks available are UTL Nepal and Smart Cell.

References

  1. [1]
    Nepal, Government of Nepal (November 2012). ""National Population and Housing Census 2011 (Village Development Committee/Municipality)" (PDF). National Planning Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Archived from the original on October 12, 2008. Retrieved 25 November 2008.


Stub icon

This article about a location in Rautahat District, Nepal is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Katahariya, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.