Bagmati province

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1. Bagmati Province Prepared by: Dristant Maharjan and Atisha Shakya Edited/Compiled by: Bishnu Karki

2. The Bagmati P rovince lies in the central nepal covering the lands from upper himalayan region to a certain part of the terai region covering about 20300 sq.km with a population of 55,29,452 and 13 districts. It is surrounded by Tibet in the north, the state of bihar and province 2 at it’s southern part, province 1 to the east, and Gandaki province to it’s west. Hence it covers all three geographical diversity of nepal from himalayas to hills to terai. Rivers such as Bagmati, Trishuli, Sunkoshi flow through this province. Geographical aspects

3. Geography Bagmati province lies between 83055′ & 86034′ East longitude and 26055′ & 28023′ North latitude. It has an area of 20,300 sq.km i . e. 13.79% of the total area of the country. Out of which 27.29% land is covered by forest. Topographically, the province can be divided into four main regions starting from the the high Himalayan Region (above 5000m) in the north to the Low plain Terai or Madesh (below 500m). Apart from the topographical divisions, administratively there are 13 Districts. As per the new constitutional provision there are 119 local governments composed of 3 metropolitan city, 1 sub-metropolitan city, 41 municipalities and 74 rural-municipalities with 1121 wards. Only 24.34% of land in the province is used for agriculture purpose. While 59.27% land is occupied by forest and grassland area and 0.02% land is covered by ponds and lakes.

4. Climate Bagmati province has climatic variations, which is associated with the diverse nature of its topography and altitude. Climatic zone of Bagmati province starts from High Himal in the north, above 5000 m with tundra and arctic climate to Siwalik region in the south, 500-1000 m with sub-tropical climatic zone. The annual precipitation also varies from 150-200 mm in the high Himalayas to 1100-3000 mm in the southern plains. Similarly, average annual temperature of the province varies from below 30c to 250c. There are 10 sub-basins and 33 major rivers flowing through the province. The longest river is Sunkoshi measuring 160.19 km

5. Economic and Development Status Bagmati province in of itself is the largest contributor to national economy with a share of 41.35% in terms of country’s GDP. The bagmati province is the most industrialised province having Hetauda industrial Zone, Patan and Balaju Industrial Zone. Economic activities : Agriculture, tourism, Trade and business, mining, foreign employment Province 3 has the highest per capita income with people earning an average USD $1,534 . Regarding Infrastructure, this province is most developed among others. Highway in the provinces are B. P. Highway, Araniko, Tribhuvan Rajpath, Kanti Rajpath, Prithivi Highway, Middle section of East-West Highway, Kathmandu-Terai Fast Track etc. Melamchi Drinking Project and other many project are under construction. It is the most literate as well with the most developed infrastructure in terms of health, physical infrastructures with the capital cities such as kathmandu and other major cities such as lalitpur bhaktapur and chitwan . The human development index (HDI) of nepal as of 2019 is 0.661 being the province with the highest HDI. It also is the second province with most electrification with 94.44% according to Kulman Ghising . These all the facts proved that this province is most developed among others.

6. EXTRA INFORMATION Tourism sites: Kathmandu valley, Chitwan, Nagarkot, Rasuwa (eight of ten UNESCO World Heritage Sites are avaliable in this province). Mountains: Langtan, Ganesh, Gaurishankhar Major cities: Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur, Hetauda, Nuwakot, Bharatpur Ethnic diversities : Tamang, Newar, Chhetri, Brahmin, Sherpa , Jerel, Chepang etc. Lingual diversities: Newari, Tamang, Nepali etc.

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