Tourism condition in Ilam district

Ilam district a part of Mechi Zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with the town of Ilam as its district headquarters, covers an area of one thousand seven hundred and threesquare kilometer  two lakh eighty two thousand eight hundred and six peoples are living by the census of 2001. It is about six hundredkilometer from Kathmandu. The highest point is Sandakpur with an elevation of three thousand miter. Ilam attracts many researchers who come to study rare birds and the Red Panda. Ilam stretches from the Terai belt to the upper hilly belt of this Himalayan nation.

The name Ilam is derived from the Limbu language in which "Ii" means twisted and "Lam" means road. Ilam was one of the ten self ruling states of Limbuwan before the unification of Nepal, its ruler King Hangshu Phuba Lingdom of Lingdom dynasty ruled Ilam as a confederate state of Limbuwan until 1813 AD. The treaty between the other Limbuwan states and the King of Gorkha (Gorkha-Limbuwan Treaty of 1774 AD) and the conflict of Gorkha and Sikkim led to the unification of Ilam with Gorkha. Ilam was the last of the ten kingdoms of Limbuwan to join the union of Nepal. The King of Gorkha gave the ruler of Ilam full autonomy to rule and the right of Kipat. Ilam was an independent Limbu kingdom until 1813 CE/1869 BS.

Ilam is a today one of the most developed places in Nepal. Its ILAM TEA is very famous and is exported to many parts of Europe. The main source of income in this district is tea, cardamom, milk, ginger and potato.

This place also has a religious importance. The devi temples have a great importance attached to them and many people come here just for pilgrimage.

The major attraction of Ilam is the 9-cornered Mai Pokhari lake. Also known as the abode of the goddess lots of tourists as well as Nepalese people come to visit this lake. Mai river and its four tributaries also emerge in Ilam district. The famous Mane Bhanjyang (Mane pass) connects Ilam with Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India.

Ilam was much in the news in the past during the Maoist insurgency, from here the Maoists launched massive attacks frequently.

Tourists going to Ilam can expect to pay around thausand rupees a week for accommodation and food.

There are fifty four village development committee in the Ilam district. Amcho is one of the famous and beautiful village development committee in the Ilam district. This villageis very interesting place for the visit for any peoples. There are four thousand two hundred and eighty eight peoples are living by the census of 1991 and seven hundred fifty five peoples are individual households in Ilam district.

Ilam district is a municipality and tea-production town in Nepal. It is in Ilam district which I in hilly Eastern of Nepal. It is famous natural scenery and landscape, tea production and diverse agricultural ecomomy.

Tea production in Ilam (as Nepal tea) started as early asone thousand eight hundred and sixty three  when the Chinese government offered then Prime Minister Jung Bahadur Rana tea saplings that were then planted in Ilam. In 1868, the Ilam tea factory was established, and tea plantations covered over 135 acres of land. In 2010, the tea factory was privatized, and is currently not under operation[1]. However, tea production continues in Ilam in other forms.

In 2010, the total tea production of Nepal is 16.23 million kilograms per annum; a majority of this amount is produced in Ilam itselIlam's economy is primarily agriculture basedeighty eight percint of the population depends on Agriculture . Ilam is known for its six A s: are Alu (Potato), Olan (Milk), Alainchi (Cardamom), Aduwa (Ginger), Amriso (Broom Grass), and Akabare khursani (Round Chillies), although tea, bamboo, flowers and silk are also produced in Ilam.