Dharan: Difference between revisions

| official_name = Dharan

| native_name = {{lang|ne|धरान उपमहानगरपालिका}}

| nicknames =

| settlement_type = [[Administrative divisions of Nepal|Sub-Metropolitan City]]

| motto = "To build an environmentally sound city, functioning as the centre of education, health, tourism and business with fully developed infrastructure"

| image_skyline = {{Photomontage |photo1a =Vedetar 2019 web =small.jpg |photo2a =Dharan Clock tower.jpg

| imagesize = 250px250

| image_captionimage_alt = Dharan Clock tower =

| flag_sizespacing = 300px1

| pushpin_map_captionimagesize = 300

| subdivision_typeflag_size = Country300px

| governing_bodyfounder = Ratna Prasad Shrestha

| leader_titleparts_type = No. =of [[MayorWard of(electoral Dharansubdivision)|MayorWard]]s

| leader_nameparts = [[File:Harka Sampang.png|size|50px]]20

| leader_title1 = [[Deputy Mayor]]

| leader_name1 = Aindra Bikram Begha ([[Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)|Maiost]])

<!-- Area --------------------->| area_magnitude =

| unit_pref = Imperial <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired-->

| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 192.32 <!-- ALL fields dealing with a measurements are subject to automatic unit conversion-->

| area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox settlement for details on automatic unit conversion-->

| area_water_km2 = 4.4

| area_total_sq_mi =

| area_land_sq_mi =

| area_water_sq_mi =

| area_water_percent =

| area_urban_km2 =

| area_urban_sq_mi =

| area_metro_km2 =

| area_metro_sq_mi =

| area_blank1_title =

| area_blank1_km2 =

| area_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- Population -----------------------> 108,600

| population_as_of = 2022

| population_footnotes =

| population_note =

| population_total = 166,531

| population_rank = [[List of cities of Nepal|15th (Nepal)]]<br/> 3rd ([[Koshi Province]])

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_metro =

| population_urban =

| population_blank1_title = Ethnicities

| population_blank1 = [[LimbuRai people|LimbuRai]](19.4%), [[YakkhaLimbu people|YakkhaLimbu]](12.7%), [[RaiNewar people|RaiNewar]](11.1%), [[Sunuwar people|SunuwarChhetri]](10.7%), [[BahunTamang people|Tamang]](7.3%), [[Chhetri]],Hill [[NewarsBrahmin|Bahun]](7.1%), [[TamangKami people(caste)|TamangKami]](6.2%), [[Gurungs]]Others (25.2%)

| demographics_type1 = Languages

| demographics1_title1 = Official

| demographics1_info1 = [[Nepali language|Nepali]]

| demographics1_title2 = Additional

| demographics1_info2 = [[English language|English]],
[[Limbu language | Limbu]], [[Bantawa language|Bantawa]]

<!-- General information --------------->| timezone = [[Nepal Standard Time|NST]]

| utc_offset = +5:45

| timezone_DST =

| utc_offset_DST =

| coordinates = {{coord|26|49|0|N|87|17|0|E|region:NP|display=inline,title}}

| elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> tags-->

| elevation_max_point = Near [[Bhedetar]]

| elevation_max_m = 1778

| elevation_min_point = at Tarahara

| elevation_min_m = 119

<!-- Area/postal codes & others -------->| postal_code_type = [[Postal Code]]

| postal_code = 56700 (Sunsari), 56702 (Mangalbare)

| image_seal =

| area_code_type = Telephone code

| area_code = 025

| blank_name = [[Köppen climate classification|Climate]]

| blank_info = [[Humid subtropical climate|Cwa]]

| website = {{URL|http://www.dharan.gov.np}}

| footnotes =

'''Dharan''' ({{lang-langx|ne|धरान}}) is a sub-metropolitan city in [[Sunsari District]] of [[Koshi Province]], in eastern Nepal, which was established as a fourth municipality in the Kingdom in 1958. It is the [[List of cities of Nepal|third most populous city in eastern Nepal]] after [[Biratnagar]] and [[Itahari]]. The Nepali word "dharan" means a saw pit.<ref>Nepal Academy Dictionary.</ref> The rainforest from which the tree trunks came is still just on the edge of the city.

</ref> Much later the British Gurkha camp opened in October 1960.<ref>Nepal and the Gurkhas, (1965) Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, UK. p 135.</ref> The use of the camp by British Gurkhas finished in the mid-1990s. Dharan has an estimated city population of 173,096 living in 34,834 households as per the [[2021 Nepal census]]. It is one of the cities of the ''Greater Birat Development Area'' which incorporates the cities of [[Biratnagar]]-[[Itahari]]-Gothgau-[[Biratchowk]]-Dharan<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/capital-of-province-1-to-be-scattered-in-various-districts/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513123630/https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/capital-of-province-1-to-be-scattered-in-various-districts/|archive-date=13 May 2021|title=Capital of Province 1 to be scattered in various districts}}</ref> primarily located on the [[Koshi Highway]] in Eastern Nepal, with an estimated total urban agglomerated population of 804,300 people living in 159,332 households.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://censusnepal.cbs.gov.np/Home/Details?tpid=5&dcid=3479c092-7749-4ba6-9369-45486cd67f30&tfsid=17 |title=Census Nepal 2021 |website=censusnepal.cbs.gov.np |access-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127124837/https://censusnepal.cbs.gov.np/Home/Details?tpid=5&dcid=3479c092-7749-4ba6-9369-45486cd67f30&tfsid=17 |archive-date=27 January 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref> It is the largest city in the province[[Koshi number oneProvince]] by Area. It covers 192.32 square kilometers while Biratnagar and Itahari is 2nd and 3rd biggest cities by Area

{{bar percent|[[HinduismKiratism]]|Orangeorange|5850.41}}

{{bar percent|[[KiratismHindusim]]|Yellowpink|2331.15}}

|label1=Rai|value1=2019.74|color1=blue

|label2=Limbu|value2=1112.7|color2=yellow

* [[Gurkha Memorial Park]]: This park was established "to preserve the legacy of Brigade of Gurkhas in Dharan for posterity before it is forgotten and lost forever",<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://2ndgoorkhas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Gurkha-Memorial-Park.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=25 March 2021 |archive-date=13 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413193027/http://2ndgoorkhas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Gurkha-Memorial-Park.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> as many Nepalese men, many of whom were residents of Dharan, joined the Brigade of Gurkhas.