Beldandi

Beldandi बेलडाँडी
Rural municipality
Beldandi Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 28°50′N 80°09′E / 28.84°N 80.15°E / 28.84; 80.15Coordinates: 28°50′N 80°09′E / 28.84°N 80.15°E / 28.84; 80.15
Country	Nepal
Zone	Mahakali Zone
District	Kanchanpur District
Population (2011)
• Total	21 959
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (NST)

Beldandi (Nepali: बेलडाँडी) is a rural municipality in Kanchanpur District in the Mahakali Zone of south-western Nepal named after the former Village Development Committee. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census the VDC had a population of 9301 people living in 1483 individual households. According to Nepal census 2011 the municipality had 3022 individual households and a population of 21 959.

The main attraction in Beldandi are the local Tharu dance Gaura Festival and some night parties. In the education, there is college named Rauleshwar Adarsh Janata Multiple Campus and Rauleshwar Higher Secondary School which are reputed in the local area. The main shopping places are Chawanni Bazaar and Beldandi bazaar, those are small towns that supply daily goods and services.

Educational institutions

There are few renowned name of education institutes in local area, others are private boarding schools that set up recently. Following are the names of those are famous in Beldandi.

1. Rauleshwar Higher Secondary School

2.Kanchan Primary School Chandanbasti

3. Ganesh Ma.Vi.

4. Shree Saraswati Higher Secondary School, Jharanasagar

5. Trichandra High school

6. Shree Siddhanath Primary School, Siddhachowk

7. Shree Kalika Primary School

8. Shree Singhapal basic school,Chandanbasti

9. Shree Nav Jyoti Public School,Beldandi

Economy

The local economy mainly based on agriculture and few with business and service. Rice, wheat, corn and different other crops are grown in there. Local farmers lack the modern knowledge of farming so can't get a good harvest.

Business Areas:-

1-Chawanni Bazaar

2-Beldandi Bazaar

3-Sandesh Chawmin Udhyog 4-Lalit Hotel,Camp 5–Harikrishna Rice and Flour Mil

Health centers

Government Health Post Beldandi

Various private clinics in Beldandi bazaar and Chawanni

Local culture and religion

Most of the local people believe in Hinduism so their customs mainly influenced by the Hinduism rituals. The local culture mainly depend upon the ethnic groups living in the place. in spite of residence of different ethnic group this area has quite mixed cultures and traditions. The local Tharu people usually have their own vast area of traditions while others are migrated from the hilly region of the country.

Transportation

The transportation in Beldandi is mainly bus service that runs daily from Mahendranagar to Sreepur. The local transportation is two wheelers.^[1]

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