Hardiya, Saptari

Hardiya
हर्दिया
Hardiya is located in Nepal
Hardiya
Hardiya
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 26°46′N 86°32′E / 26.76°N 86.54°E / 26.76; 86.54
Country   Nepal
ZoneSagarmatha Zone
DistrictSaptari District
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total5,286
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

Hardiya is a village development committee in Saptari District in the Sagarmatha Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 5,286 people living in 1,139 individual households.

Hardiya, according to Nepal's statistics falls in Ward Number 6 and has people of different casts including mukhiya, saha, yadav, chaudhari etc.

Inhabitants

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  1. Mukhiya (Malah)
  2. Chaudhari (Tharu)
  3. Sah (Teli)
  4. Yadav (Guwar)
  5. Chamar (RAM)
  6. Mandal (Khatbe)

Languages spoken

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Most of the people in Hardiya speaks Maithili. However, there are other languages that are well practices among people including Hindi, Nepali, English and Bhojpuri.

Festivals

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People follow most of the festivals celebrated in Nepal. Some of the important festivals are Dashan, Tihar, Chhat, Shivaratri, etc.

Cultural heritages

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Hardiya preserves some of the important heritages of Nepal. Most of these heritages are protected by local communities. Some of the important one are listed below:

  1. kamlasthan
  2. rajajisthan
  3. dinabhadristhan

References

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  1. ^ "National Population and Housing Census 2011(Village Development Committee/Municipality)" (PDF). Government of Nepal. National Planning Commission. November 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-05. Retrieved 2017-01-23.