Kakarbhitta | |
Native Name: | काँकडभिट्टा |
Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
Mapsize: | 300px |
Pushpin Map: | Nepal |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Nepal |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Nepal |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Province No. 1 |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Jhapa |
Population As Of: | 1991 |
Population Total: | 21366 |
Timezone: | Nepal Time |
Utc Offset: | +5:45 |
Elevation M: | 142 |
Coordinates: | 26.6467°N 88.1547°W |
Scale: | 30000 |
Kakarbhitta (often written and pronounced Kakadbhitta or Kakarvitta) is a neighbourhood in Mechinagar Municipality in Jhapa District of Province No. 1, southeastern Nepal.
At the time of the 1991 Nepal census, Mechinagar had a population of 21,366 people living in 4147 individual households.[1]
Kakarbhitta is the eastern terminus of Nepal's east-west Mahendra Highway. at the country's eastern border with Darjeeling District, West Bengal state, India. The Panitanki neighborhood of Batasi is on the other side. There is a border checkpoint for customs and third country nationals. Indian and Nepalese nationals cross without restriction.
Traffic between Nepal, India and Bangladesh goes through Kakarbhitta.[2]
Kakarbhitta is 21 kilometers from Bhadrapur airport (Nepal), 105 kilometers from Biratnagar airport (Nepal) and 21.5 kilometers from Bagdogra airport (India).