Sarlahi District

Etymology

Generally, the people of Sarlahi believe that the Sarlahi name comes from the name of Sarlahi Devi temple. The Sarlahi Devi temple is situated in Hempur village in the Sarlahi district. There is a believe that if someone goes to the temple at night with a light then that person will die. That is why people still do not go at night to that temple with light. Still there is no residence around this temple.

Famous for

The district is famous for a couple of things. One of them is tomato production and supply. Lalbandi is the place of this district which is famous for supplying tomato demand of whole country. Scientific tomato farming was practiced in Sarlahi district at Bagwani Kendra Nawalpur, Netragunj. Farhadwa is the village which is famous for fish production and export. The production of sugarcane is also seems to be significant in the district. The Indushankr Chini Udhog Ltd.( Indushankr Sugar mills) is a notable factory in the district.

Geographical division

According to geographical texture Sarlahi district is divided into three parts.

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Chure mountain

In north side of this district from east to west there is the mountain range known as the Sivalik Hills. They have an average height of 900 metres (3,000 ft), reaching 1,350 metres (4,430 ft) in places. This range separates the terai from the inner terai and harbours the fossilised remains of many mammals no longer typical of Eurasia.

Bhanwar region

This region is between what is north of the Sivalik hills and the southern Terai region, in the local language, it is also called as char koshe jhadi and thethi. The height of this region is from 150 m to 300 m. Mahendra Highway is touching this area so nowadays people settlement is increasing, in this region water source level is always at very low, even the following water is disappears because of sandiness. It is very difficult to obtain water by digging. So in this region irrigation system is problematic one.

Terai region

This region is start from middle of district to south and goes to India's bihar. From ancient time this region has large public density and good place for farming, so this region is called Treasurer of grain.;

Rivers

There are main three rivers flowing in this district into India.

It is biggest river, blowing in the western side of district, it separates Rautahat district from sarlahi.

This river is largest river inside the district, it is about 64 meter long. it originates from the Sivalik hills and passes into india by touching simara VDC of this district.

Originated from north east side of Chure mountains of this districts into Phuljor river and Kalinjor river joins at the Vairawpur village of Jabdi VDC, then it becomes Jhim river. it is 29 km long and by flowing into districts passes into india, and in india this river is known as Adhwara river. Adhwara river was the east border of  Makwanpur reign.

There are also many rivers in this district including the Adhwara River of the east which empties into the Jhim River, Manushmara river (which is formed by mixing Harion, Sotara and Pathlaiya rivers), and in middle of the district Dhangra and Bhumi rivers.

Demographics

According to 2011 census Total population of district is 769,729, among them male population is 389,756 and female population is 379,973. Total Hindus population is 658,611, which is about 85% of total population, while total Muslim population is 60,679, which is about 8% of total population and total population of Buddhism is 44,011, which is about 5.71% of total population while total Christian population is 1,752 which is about 0.22% of total population.

Media

From sarlahi district publishing Newspaper and FM radio station are as follows.