Malangawa

Malangwa मलंगवा
Municipality
Nickname(s): Malangwa Municipality/Malangwa Nagarpalika
Malangwa Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 26°52′0″N 85°34′0″E / 26.86667°N 85.56667°E / 26.86667; 85.56667Coordinates: 26°52′0″N 85°34′0″E / 26.86667°N 85.56667°E / 26.86667; 85.56667
Country	Nepal
Nepalese Federal States /Province	Province No. 2
District	Sarlahi District
Named for	Malang baba temple
Government
• Type	Mayor-Council government
• Mayor	Nirshal shah
Area
• Total	30.44 km2 (11.75 sq mi)
Elevation	79 m (262 ft)
Population (2011[1])
• Total	46,516
• Density	1,500/km2 (4,000/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Malangwese Nepalese
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (NST)
Postal code	45800
Area code(s)	046
Vehicle registration	JA-1-P
National Language	Nepali,Maithili,Bhojpuri,≈Awadhi
Website	malangwamun.gov.np

Malangwa () is a town and municipality and the headquarter of Sarlahi District in the Janakpur Zone of province no. 2 of Nepal. It is located at 26°52'0N 85°34'0E with an altitude of 79 metres (262 feet) near the border with India at Sonbarsa.^[2] There is a customs checkpoint at the border crossing.

Etymology

The name Malangwa is derived from Malang baba, an Islamic Saint. In the name of him, fair is organised in the town, every year near to the border. The people celebrate the occasion in the month of Chaitra. They offer chadar and pray for their well-being.

Demographics

At the time of the 2018/8/24 it had a population of 46,516 [according to Malangwa municipality people residing in about 7,500 individual households.^[3] People here lives are Madhesi, Newari, Marwadis, Muslims and almost all among the Hinduism.

Climate

Nepal topography. The green/yellow zones hold the Inner Terai valleys.

The Malangwa has a humid, tropical climate. The mean annual rainfall at the Malangwa was 2,214 mm (87.2 in) between 1995 and 2006. More than 80% of the total annual rainfall occurs during the monsoon season from June to September. Average temperatures ranged from 8.08 °C (46.54 °F) in January to 34 °C (93 °F) in June.^[5]

In the past, the inner and outer Terai were a formidable barrier between Nepal and potential invaders from India because marshes and forests were infested by anopheline mosquitos that transmitted virulent strains of malaria, especially during the hot spring and rainy summer monsoon.

There are several differences between the climate on the eastern edge of the Terai at Biratnagar in Nepal and on the western edge of the Terai at Nepaljung in Nepal to that of Malangwa in Nepal although they lies in same plain of Terai.

• Moving inland and away from monsoon sources in the Bay of Bengal, the climate becomes more continental with a greater difference between summer and winter.
• In the far western Terai, which is five degrees latitude further north, the coldest months' average is 4 °C (39 °F) cooler.
• Total rainfall markedly diminishes from east to west. The monsoon arrives later, is much less intense and ends sooner. However, winters are wetter in the west.au in Nepal near the central edge although both lies in Terai.

Geographical

It is situated in the Terai Region of Sarlahi district and Zone Janakpur. It is Headquarter of Sarlahi district.It is oldest municipality in sarlahi district established in 2044 b.s. It is situated 25 km south from Mahendra Highway Nawalpur. There are 4 parliamentary constituencies in Sarlahi. Malangwa is in parliamentary constituencies no. 2.

Borders

• North – Salampur VDC 2 km
• South –Sonbarsha , Bihar (India)
• South– Indo-Nepal border (Sonbarsha, Sitamadhi district of Bihar, India)
• East - Tribhuvan Nagar and Belhi VDC
• East – Indo-Nepal border, Sonbarsha
• West – Motipur VDC ^[6]

Education

There are various institutions in order to provide quality education.The main campus of here is Sarlahi campus.It has about 2000 students.It is located in ward no. 4 at the southern part of Malangwa.It is the bbiggest campus in Sarlahi. It has CCVT college in western part of it. It is the biggest institute here.

• God gift English boarding school, Malangwa
• Padma Ratna Vidya Mandir College, Malangwa
• S.T. Gabriel's School
• Modern Science College
• Saralhi Campus, Malangwa
• Shri Mati Krishna Devi Public Higher Secondary, Malangwa-9
  

  Campus
• Shri Public Higher Secondary School, Malangwa -2
• Greenland Higher Secondary English Boarding School,Malangwa
• Gyankunj Secondary English Boarding School,Malangwa
• Jaycess Secondary English Boarding School, Malangwa
• Gyanodaya Higher Secondary English Boarding School,Malangwa
• Apex Academy English boarding school, Malangwa
• Toddlers' Secondary English Boarding School
• Sagarmatha English Boarding School, Malangwa
• Heritage English boarding school, Malangwa.
• Southpoint English boarding school, Malangwa
• A-One Education Center, Malangwa.
• Mahasunar Sunrise Academy English Boarding School, Malangwa-9
• R R sure success English boarding school, malangwa-3
• Nirmal academy English boarding school,malangwa-10

Border sharing with India

Malangwa has its importance because of its border sharing with Sonbarsa, India also. No documents are required to cross the border. Certain restrictions are enforced on many edible and electronics products and they are properly checked before allowing them to cross.^[7]

Thanks for visiting Nepal

There is a custom office which keeps a check on the vehicles entering Malangwa having Indian vehicle registration number. Certain taxes are imposed by the office on heavy products/items entering Nepal.

Media

To Promote local culture Malangwa has four FM radio station Radio Madhesh - 89.3 MHz ,Radio Malangwa 93.6 MHZ ,Swarnim FM -96.3 MHZ and My FM - 107.4 MHz Which are a Community radio Station .

The major daily newspapers are:

• Madhesh Post
• Loktantrik
• Sarlahi Times
• My fm
• Sapthaik Times

Cinema and Theatre

There is two movie theatre in Malangwa named Pushp takij Ac cinema and Rajshree Cinema Hall.People flock down from adjacent villages to watch movies in malangwa. Even people across the border show up in large numbers to watch their favorite movie stars. The theatre shows Nepali, Bollywood as well as Bhojpuri films throughout the year.many people of malangwa have been migrated from village. specially many people of bahuarawa village have migrated at the time when there was fire taken in the village. other village people of sarlahi district came here due to the major facility of health transportation and good facility of communication. therefore malangwa is partially developed city.

Maoist Attack and Bombings

Malangwa, being the headquarter of Sarlahi district has been subjected to several attacks and bombings. However cooperation between Police, Army and Armed Police Force have yielded positive effect resulting no sort of attacks in recent years.

• April 5, 2006

The town was attacked by Maoists on April 6 at 8:00 pm. They fired at soldiers guarding government offices and security posts and attacked a jail, freeing more than 100 inmates — among them some of their comrades — before fleeing. The night-vision equipped helicopter MI-17 ( Russian-built ) with call sign RAN-37 took off from Kathmandu at 10 pm to foil the Maoist attack. Eyewitnesses said the helicopter hovered for an hour, then returned after refuelling in Simra but exploded in mid-air at about 1:30 am killing eight of the 10 soldiers on board.^{[8][9][10][11][12]} Five police personnel, four Maoist and two civilians were killed during clashes. The figures however vary. Many security persons were even abducted including Chief District Officer (CDO) Bhojraj Adhikari.^[13] however they were released later. A high alert was sounded just after the incident along the 800 km of Indo-Nepal border. Across the border( India) a joint team of SSB and CRPF were constituted to keep surveillance on border to thwart any further endeavours.^[14]

• September 13, 2013

At least 10 people including a section officer got injured when a bomb went off in District Survey Office at around 11:45 am. Among the injured, three were said to be in critical condition. The injured victims underwent treatment at the District Hospital, Malangwa. The bomb exploded at the counter of the office, near the main gate. The papers of the survey office burnt because of the blast. ^[15]

2015 Earthquake Nepal

Water Supply in Malangwa

The town shook during an earthquake on 25 April 2015. However, the town did not suffer any damage.

Malangwa had been destroyed during the 1934 ://m.cricbuzz.com via first national highway, and 7 hours via Sindhuli road. It takes 20 minutes via flight to Janakpur/ Birganj and around 4 hours from there via Arniko Highway. rupeshh Yadav.

Communication

Nepal Telecom and Ncell have network coverage. Ncell has a 3G network for a long time there but now Nepal Telecom also has a 3G network. Other cellular network available are UTL Nepal, Smart Cell. Indian network providers such as Airtel,Telenor, BSNL and MTS's network is available too. ISPs like Worldlink, UTL Nepal and Nepal Telecom is available.It has two biggest Nepal Telecom towers. It has also Ncell tower near Shiv Sagar chowk.

Sports

The most popular sports in Malangwa is Cricket and Football.The youths are mainly playing this game for far years.Many players from this place has been participating in different formats of cricket.

Play Grounds

There are many play grounds in city but mainly two of them are popular and most suitable grounds for the playing purpose.

Cricket is the staple game in Nepal for several people of all ages. Here, young boys are seen playing a friendly game.

1. COVER HALL Cricket Ground

It is the biggest ground in the city and famous for cricket game.It has boundary of about 60-65 meters long.It hosts many tournaments from school level to district level.It is situated near New bus station located in southern part of Malangwa at ward no. 2.It organizes Jaycess cricket district cup every year.It also organize Mayor football women cup every year.

===2.Malangwa tin(3) bighe ground

It is small in size compare to COVER HALL Cricket Ground.It is mainly famous for football and cricket.It is situated next to C.D.O. office Malangwa 10.It has also organized night cricket cup.

Spectator's rest at Kirtipur Cricket Ground, Kathmandu

Malangwa premier league (MPL) 2075

This is first Edition of Malangwa premier league schedule to take place in 2075.All the matches take place in COVER HALL Cricket Ground.In which,all team can purchase player from the country inside or outside like AUCTION POOL.It is famous cricket league in the district. The players are purchased by ward mayor by providing money to them. Several players of our country has taken part in it . Mahboob alam was the highest run getter of season 1.He has also make a century in this tournament.Radio madhesh was official broadcasters of live matches.It was sponsered by Malangwa Municipality and was supported by District Sports Office.

Kirtipur Cricket Ground, Kathmandu

Border sharing with India

Malangwa has its importance because of its border sharing with Sonbarsha, India also. No documents are required to cross the border. Certain restrictions are enforced on many edible and electronics products and they are properly checked before allowing them to cross.

There is a custom office which keeps a check on the vehicles entering Malangwa having Indian vehicle registration number. Certain taxes are imposed by the office on heavy products/items entering Nepal.

Transport

Another view of the highway

• Road: Malangwa is roughly 204.1 km by road from Kathmandu. It is also well connected to other parts of the country by Bus Services.

Malangwa-Nawalpur Highway, MG Highway starts there and joins to East-West Highway in Lalbandi which connects Malangwa to all major cities of Nepal.

The transport facility is reliable. There are more than 15 buses directly for capital of Nepal, Kathmandu, including 5 Volvo. One can also get direct bus for other major cities like Birgunj, Janakpurdham, Pokhara, Biratnagar, Dharan, Gaur ,Bharatpur, etc.

The nearest domestic airport, Janakpur Airport, is in Dhanusha while nearest International airport, Nijgadh International Airport is under construction in Nijgadh.^[16] Currently passengers use Tribhuvan International Airport located in capital of Nepal, Kathmandu, for International flight.

As it is a border of Nepal that links India via Sonbarsha, one can reach to all major cities of India using Indian Railways an the government of India has made direct Straight highway from Sonbarsha to Patna by four lines highway available at Sonbarsha. Sitamarhi railway station is about 15 km from Malangwa and several local transport like Tanga, Rickshaw, etc. are available from here.*Intracity: Cycle, rickshaws and taxis serve the city center. Auto rickshaws (Tempos) are available for longer distances outside the center. City Safari Or Electric rickshaws are most used transportation here, which connects all part of Malangwa and is very cheap and suitable.It has one of the biggest bus station in Nepal.

Tourism

Tourism is very famous here.About 500 tourists come here every year to watch the direct border connection with India.People also come here to enjoy the picnic every year.Many people also come here to watch the famous Sonbarsha-Sitamarhi four(4) lines highway.People also come here to visit the temples of here.

Famous Person

1. Bishwonath Upadhyaya
2. Rajendra Mahato
3. Mahendra ray
4. Ram hari joshi

There are many famous person are from here.Some of their name are given.Ram hari joshi is the most famous person of here who was education minister of Nepal.

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