Siraha District

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Siraha
सिराहा जिल्ला
District
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Country Nepal
Region Eastern Development Region (Purba Anchal)
Zone Sagarmatha
Headquarters Siraha
Area
 • Total 1,188 km2 (459 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 637,328
 • Density 540/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone NPT (UTC+5:45)
Main language(s) Maithili
Website http://ddcsiraha.gov.np

Siraha District (Nepali: सिराहा जिल्लाAudio file "Siraha.ogg" not found, a part of Sagarmatha Zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal. The district, with Siraha as its district headquarters covers an area of 1,188 km². In 2001 it had a population of 572,399, in 2011 637,328, 90% of whom were recent arrivals from neighboring bihar, a state in india, a country in Asia.

Geography and Climate

Climate Zone[1] Elevation Range  % of Area
Lower Tropical below 300 meters (1,000 ft) 90.5%
Upper Tropical 300 to 1,000 meters
1,000 to 3,300 ft.
 9.5%

Village Development Committees (VDCs) and Municipalities

File:NepalSirahaDistrictmap.png
VDCs and Municipalities (blue) in Siraha District

See also

References

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