Nargho | |
Other Name: | Rajgardh Nargho |
Native Name: | नर्घो |
Settlement Type: | Village Development Committee (VDC) |
Motto: | unity is the best policy |
Mapsize: | 300px |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 360 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Nepal |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Nepal |
Subdivision Type1: | Zone |
Subdivision Name1: | Sagarmatha Zone |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Saptari District |
Leader Title: | Social worker |
Leader Name: | Pramanand Yadav(गाउँपालिका प्रमुख), Sunil Kumar Jha(District President, RJP-N) |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Total: | 6900 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Timezone: | Nepal Time |
Utc Offset: | +5:45 |
Postal Code: | 56409 |
Area Code: | 031 |
Website: | http://www.belhichapenamun.gov.np |
Nargho is a village development committee in Saptari District in the Sagarmatha Zone of southeastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4640 people living in 960 households. Different caste people like jha, yadav, mandal, sha, ram, karn, paswan, sharma, dom, shada etc., used to live in village. It consists of four subvillages (Puwaritol, Pachhwaritol, Anderi, and Katti). It has three small bazaars but it does not have good road facility.[1] Most of the people are farmers and they grow paddy, wheat, pulses, vegetables, etc. Some of the people used to depend on animal husbandry and fishery to survive.
There are four governmental school in VDC.
Mainly peoples of Nargho village depend upon the agriculture and agricultural products sold in the nearest town Rajbiraj about 17km (11miles) from that village. There are three small chowk (place where goods are sold) within the village. These chowk are:
These chowk are small bazaars and people can sell goods (especially vegetables, fruit, pulses, Fish, meat, earthenware, clothes etc.) two days of per week every chowk and three IME center for remittance transactions
Actually at ancient time Nargho is called Rajgardh Nargho. It means 'place of King' (royal place) because of the Baise Rajya king who ruled at that time. There are numbers of historical ancient ponds like Ratna Sagar, Jhauhura Sagar, Gonahi Pond etc. which were worshiped by the indigenous people of Nargho from ancient times to the present day because of their myths. Every new year 1st and 2nd of Baisakh (April - May) indigenous people bring water from Jhauhura Sagar for drinking and cooking purposes but only some drops of water are used for purification of body and soul.