- Mahendranagar, Kosi
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Mahendranagar — Village development committee — Location in Nepal
MahendranagarCoordinates: 26°44′N 87°07′E / 26.74°N 87.11°ECoordinates: 26°44′N 87°07′E / 26.74°N 87.11°E Country 
NepalZone Kosi Zone District Sunsari District Population (1991) - Total 17,745 Time zone Nepal Time (UTC+5:45) Mahendranagar (महेन्द्रनगर) is a village development committee in Sunsari District in the Kosi Zone of south-eastern Nepal. Situated nearby the Koshi River the village is a developing rapidly and is soon to be a municipality. Most of the residents,as it is common in Nepal, depend on agriculture. But in the last few years the trend of going to the gulf countries as workers is increasing.The village is yet to have any prominent business house but is a growing market with a number of small industries, hotels and shops. Being linked with some major towns of the Sunsari District, this village holds a very good chance of development. There are number of schools and a higher secondary school in the village and almost all the children go to primary school. But the fraction of students continuing their studies to higher level is somehow not too great because of the low economic status of the people.
Most of the residents are Hindu but there is also a small area of Islam people in the village. the village is reach in temples and there is also a mosque and a church.
At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 17,745 people living in 3381 individual households.[1]
Climate
The weather in Biratnagar is mostly hot. Biratnagar experiences 6 seasons,
Season Span (Nepali calendar) Span (Georgian calendar) Characteristics Basanta (Spring) Chaitra-Baisakh March–April Around 25-30 degrees Celsius, very dry and windy Grishma (Summer) Jestha-Ashad May–June Very hot, Up to 40 degrees Celsius, farmers prepare for rice planting Barsha (Monsoon) Shrawn-Bhadra July–August Hot, very humid and heavy monsoon rains, Krishna Janma Asthami (Birth of Lord Krishna) celebrations Sharad (Autumn) Ashvin-Kartik September–October Calm temperatures, festival season of Dashain and Tihar Hemanta (Pre winter) Mangshir-Pausha November–December Cold temperatures and sometimes fog (20-10 degrees Celsius), farmers harvest the rice Sishir (Winter) Magh-Falgun January–February cold temperatures and foggy weather. References
- ^ "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/nepalcensus/form.php?selection=1. Retrieved 2 December 2008.
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Categories:- Populated places in Sunsari District
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