Belbari Municipality
Belbari
बेलबारी | |
|---|---|
Municipality/vdc | |
Map of the village development committees in
Morang District | |
| Coordinates: 26°40′N 87°26′E / 26.67°N 87.43°E | |
| Country | Nepal |
| Province | Koshi |
| District | Morang |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor–council |
| • Mayor | Dil Prasad Rai (NCP) |
| • Deputy Mayor | Nitu Thapa (NC) |
| • Chief administrative officer | Kiran Prasad Dhakal |
| • Information Officer | Mahendra Khadka |
| Area | |
• Total | 132.79 km2 (51.27 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 81,771 |
| • Density | 620/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
| • Ethnicities | Bahun Chhetri Limbu people |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (NST) |
| Area code | 56600 |
| Website | official website |
Belbari, (Nepali: बेलबारी) officially known as Belbari municipality, is one of the major suburb of Morang district, Koshi Province. It lies in the eastern Terai region of Nepal. Previously a Village Development Committee (VDC), it was upgraded to the municipality status in 2014. In order to meet the requirements to become a municipality, Belbari VDC merged Kaseni VDC with itself, making it larger in total area. Moreover, in 2017 AD VDC like Dangihat and Bahuni merged with it to become present Belbari Municipality. Now it have 11 wards offices. It had a population of 81,771 people living in 18,945 households making it the third most populous city in Morang district.
Belbari spreads over an approximate area of 25 square miles. All of the area is plane land, geographically. It is bordered on North and East by the largest and the densest forest of Nepal, the Charkose Jhadi (English translation: "Four Yard Bush"). It is bounded on the northeast by Charkose Jhadi, while to the east lies another suburb, Laxmimarga and Kanepokhari Rural Municipality. Similarly, the north part is bounded by Kerabari Rural Municipality and Letang Municipality, while to the west lie the Sundar Haraicha Municipality. As of 2011 Nepal census the total population of Belbari was 24076, which included 5724 households.