Key facts
- Country
- Nepal
- Province
- Madhesh
- Admin hq
- Kalaiya
- Type
- Coordination committee
- Body
- DCC , Bara
- Total
- 1,190 km (460 sq mi)
- Density
- 625/km (1,620/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+05:45 ( NPT )
- Main languages
- Tharu , Nēpālī , Bhojpuri , Maithili
- Website
- ddcbara .gov .np
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Bara District (Nepali: बारा जिल्ला Listen) is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal, located in the western part of the Madhesh Province. The district is third richest district in Nepal after Kathmandu and Morang with 3.3% share of total GDP of Nepal and highest per capita income in Madhesh province. Kalaiya serves as the district's headquarter. Bakaiya, Jamuniya, Pasaha, Dudhaura and Bangari are the main rivers of Bara. The main languages spoken in the district are Tharu, Bhojpuri, Bajjika, and Nepali.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bara District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.