Local time Saturday 6:50 PM Population 4,844 (2001) | Time zone Nepal Time (UTC+5:45) Postal code 56615 Area code 021 | |
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Jhorahat is a village development committee in Morang District in the Kosi Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 2001 Nepal census it had a population of 4844 people with 2457 male population and 2387 female population.
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Map of Jhorahat, Nepal
Toponymy
The village of Jhorahat is named after "Jhora" which means forest and "hat" means Bazaar. The name was kept maybe because the place was habitated by cutting down hugh forest that was present there hundreds of years ago.
Economy
Farming is the main source of income for people in Jhorahat, and it is an agricultural trade centre, being situated along a secondary road between Biratnagar and the east-west highway. Being only about 5 km from the outskirts of Biratnagar, some residents of the area work as laborers in factories in Biratnagar or some in higher ranks in various firms and government offices. There are some brick kilns in the countryside east of Jhorahat. Jhorahat chowk is the largest economic centre in this part of Morang, and a large haat or Bazaar is organised every Monday and Friday. This complements a number of much smaller haats held in surrounding villages.
Education
Janak Memorial Secondary Boarding School, Saradha Secondary Boarding School has been established for secondary level while for the higher secondary level education, Shree Sharaswoti Higher Secondary School, Sharaswati Higher Secondary School has been established. Janak Memorial Secondary Boarding School, Jhorahat-1 is one of the educational institution of Jhorahat established in 1991 A.D. by Badhri Rijal. Director of the school is Manoj Raut. Principal and vice-principal are Sunil Bhagat and Sukharam Majhi. Every year it has taken part in PABSON sports meets. One of the findings of Janak Memorial Secondary Boarding School is Rahul Majhi who was the best player boy in PABSON sports meet 2070 B.S. and 2071 B.S. He has won 4 Gold Medals and 1 Bronze Medal in 2071 PABSON sports meet securing 1st place in men's 100m , 200m, Triple Jump, 4×100m relay race with Bikesh Kumar Bishwas, Kamal Majhi and Bipin Chaudhary and 3rd in Volleyball.
Ethnicity
The Brahmins and Chhetris mostly reside in the central area, while other communities such as Tharus, Musahars, Batars, Bhojpuri, Newars, Kamis, Damais also live in the scattered hamlets such as Khuniyakatta, Tetariya, Batrain, and Birta. Pidarboni in the north is a large village home predominantly to the Tharu community.
Politics
Nepali Congress stronghold after the democratic revolution of 1990. Jhorahat has now seen varying political consensus. Political parties like: Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal and Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) are uprising after the Constituent Assembly Election held in 2008. This area falls under Morang-6 constituency according to Election Commission of Nepal.