Chitwan is located in the north west of narayani zone. It is situated in the central development region in narayani zone of Nepal. The total area of chitwan is 2218 km squre(856.4 sq m). The total population according to the census 2001 was 472048. The district is in the western part of bharatpur, bharatpur is located in narayani zone and it is the headquarters of chitwan district. Bharatpur is one of the main city for busines and Service centre of central south Nepal and main destination for higher education, helth care and transportation of the region.
Chitwan is lies in the inner terai valleys between the mahavarat and siwalik ranges, both considered foot hills of the himalays. Narayangarh is situated at the bank of narayani river,which isone of the main town of numerous shopping zone where people come from all over the district and neighboureing district. Chitwan is famous in Nepal because of its dominant production of mustard from which mustard oil is produced. The soil in chitwan is mostly of the type silt. Other popular cash crops in the region are rice, maize and wheat. The soil there is also very good for growing various types of vegetables such as cabbage, radish, potato, cucumbers, pumpkins and carrot etc. chitwan hosts 80 percent of the country’s poultry industry, and is also famous for floriculture,mushroom cultivation and bee-keeping.
Chitwan has a particularly rich flora and fauna. Nepal’s first national park, the chitwan national park together with the adjacent parsa wild life reserve support a species diversity much higher than any other on the Indian subcontinent. Rare spacies include Bengal tiger, gharrial and the world’s second largest population of asian rhinoceros, but also leopards,mugger crocodile,Indian rock python and several species of dear. The protected areas are guarded by a battalion of the Nepal army and patrollied by seven anti-poaching units. Dasdhunga is a famous place in chitwan, the people’s leader madan bhandari was killed there in an accident. Chitwan is also famous for saiyatha basically kabidanda. It is located south part of kalyanpur, west part of naranpur, east part from folbari and north part of kailashnagar. It is in bharatpur municipality-13. There are more then 35village development committees in chitwan. The major places of chitwan are chitwan national park, parsadhap bazaar,kshetrapur, narayangarhbazar ,tandi bazar, saurahachowk,parsabazaar,hakimchowk,bharatpur,meghauli,dasdhunga, muglin, lanku etc.
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