Udayapur District


Udayapur District and "khuwa jharna".

History

Before the unification of modern Nepal by Shah kings. Udayapur District was under Sen dynasty. The Kingdom name was Chaudandi and capital of the Kingdom was Udayapurgadhi. The last king of the Chaudandi was Karna Sen who fled to Bijayapur when Gorkha army evaded and captured the Sen Kingdom Chaudandi.
Before 1972, Panchawati was Headquarter of Udayapur District, it moved to Gaighat in 1972.

Geography and Climate

Udayapur district is surrounded by Mahabharat hills from north and Shiwalik from south, whereas both hills meet together by west which forms the region a valley Udayapur valley. Udayapur valley is about long and from wide, it is drained by the Triyuga river flowing east to join the Koshi river.
Forest cover takes up 67% of the total land area of the district. 28% of the land is cultivated. Small and large river and ponds remain the main source of water in the district. Ponds like
Rauta Pokhari, Suke Pokhari, Tapli Pokhari, Jogidaha Chure Forest Pond and Jhilke Pokhari are key
water resources in the district. The district does not possess larger lakes. Triyuga is the largest river in
this district. Other two major rivers are Tawa Khola from Western side and Vaidyanath River from
mid-side unite with Tawa River. Other rivers in the district are Kakaru Khola, Yari Khola, Rakula,
Baruwa Khola, Andheri, Bahadura Khola and Rasuwa Khola. Sunkosi, Saptakosie, Kamala rivers lie
on the district border.
This inner Terai district covers elevations between 360 metres to 2310 metres above sea level. Different topography, geology and altitude have established three distinct physiographic zones in the district as mentioned below.

Mahabharat hills

in this district stretches from Sun Kosi River on northern
side and links to Inner Terai and in some stretches, to Churiya hills. About 60% of the district is
covered by middle hills with steep slope and rugged mountain topography. From nearly 1100 m to
2310 m, this land consists of high hills like Lekhani, Majhkharka, Rautapokhari.

Churiya hills

The Churiya hills stretch across elevations between 550 m to 1100 m. reaching from the upper Mahabharata to Terai land in the south leaving some plain inner Tarai land in between. It occupies about 9% of land of the district and consists of small valleys of inner Terai including Nepaltar, Murkuchi and Mainatar as well as plains like Bahuntar, Bhuttar, and Hardeni. These valleys are situated on Panchawati, Rauta, Bayaldanda and Tawashri VDC respectively.

Inner Terai region

This region occupies around 31% of the district at elevations between 360m to
550 m above sea level. This region is mainly situated on the border of Triyuga and Tawa River.
Where inner Tarai exists the Churiya range lies to the south of this region. This region is highly
affected by the problem of river cutting or floods. Major places of district like Gaighat, Katari and Beltar lie in this region.
Climate ZoneElevation Range% of Area
Lower Tropicalbelow 300 meters 33.7%
Upper Tropical300 to 1,000 meters
1,000 to 3,300 ft.		45.9%
Subtropical1,000 to 2,000 meters
3,300 to 6,600 ft.		17.8%
Temperate2,000 to 3,000 meters
6,400 to 9,800 ft.		 0.5%

Demographics

According to the census of 2011 the total population of Udaypur district is 317,532. Major ethnicities in the district are Chhetri, Rai,
Magar, Tharu, Brahmin and others. The literacy rate is 53.31 percent.
51.8% of the population speak Nepali, 11.6% Magar, 7.4% Tharu, 6.3% Chamling, 5.8% Tamang, 4.0% Maithili, 3.7% Bantawa, 2.7% Rai, 1.8% Danuwar, 1.1% Newari and 0.5% Puma as their first language.
42.8% of the population in the district speak Nepali and 0.5% Magar as their second language.

Administration

Udayapur District is administered by Udayapur District Coordination Committee. The Udayapur DCC is elected by Udayapur District Assembly. The head of Udayapur DCC is Mr. Khadag Bahadur Pariyar and Mrs. Ganga Rai is deputy head of Udayapur DCC.
Udayapur District Administration Office under Ministry of Home Affairs co-operate with Udayapur DCC to maintain peace, order and security in the district. The officer of District Administration office called CDO and current CDO of Udayapur DAO is Bishnu Kumar Karkee.
Udayapur District Court is a Judicial court to see the cases of people on district level.

Division

Udayapur District is divided into total 8 local level bodies, 4 local level body categorized into Rural municipality and 4 into Municipality:
#Local bodyNepaliPopulation Area MayorDeputy MayorWardsWeb
1Triyuga त्रियुगा87,557547.43Baldev ChaudhariDebi Kumari Chaudhari16
2Katariकटारी56,146424.89Gyanendra ShresthBheem Kumari Rawat14
3Chaudandigadhiचौदण्डीगढी48,578 283.78Khagendra RaiRita Kumari Chaudhari10
4Belakaवेलका42,356 344.73Durga Kumar ThapaRajkumari Chaudhari9
5Udayapurgadhiउदयपुरगढी30,731209.51Manbahadur Kepchaki MagarSanu Raut8
6Rautamaiरौतामाई23,481204.08Gajendra Kumar KhadkaKumari Jyu Thakuri8
7Tapliताप्ली14,562119.11Uddab Singh ThapaKamalmaya Rai5
8Limchungbungसुनकोशी11,992106.8Major Kumar RaiRamila Rai5
Udayapurउदयपुर315,4292300.33Khadag Bahadur PariyarGanga Rai75

Former Administrative Divisions

Formerly, Udayapur had three municipality and many VDCs. VDCs were the local administrative units for villages.
Fulfilling the requirement of the new constitution of Nepal 2015, on 10 March 2017 all VDCs were nullified and formed new units after grouping VDCs.
New adm. unitsFormer VDCs
Katari municipalityFormer Katari Municipality, Triveni, Risku, Lekhani, Mayankhu, Hardeni, Limpatar, Shorung Chabise and Sirise
Chaudandigadhi municipalityBeltar Basaha Municipality, Chaudandi, Sithdipur, Hadiya and Sundarpur
Triyuga municipalityformer Triyuga municipality, Jogidaha, Saune, Khanbu and Jalpachilaune
Belaka municipalityTapeshwari, Rampur Thoksila, Mainamaini and Katunjebawala
Udayapurgadhi gaunpalikaPanchawati, Bhalayadanda, Tawasri, Dumre and Barre
Tapli gaunpalikaRupatar, Thanagaun, Iname, Okhale and Lekhgaun
Rautamai gaunpalika
Nametar, Bhuttar, Laphagaun, Pokhari, Rauta and Aaptar
LimchungbungBasabote, Tamlichha, Baraha, Balamta and Jante

Constituencies

Udayapur District is divided into 2 Parliamentary constituencies and 4 Provincial constituencies:

Transportation

Gaighat, the headquarter of Udaydpur District is connected with NH-09, which connects Udayapur with NH-01 at Kadmaha. Kadmaha is at distance from Gaighat. The NH-09 also connects Gaighat to Khotang which is at distance from Gaighat but the road is not paved.
Feeder Road F057 connects Gaighat to Chatara via Beltar-Basaha at at distance in east which is across the Koshi river. The F057 feeder road also connects Sindhuli via Katari.

Interesting Places