Mirchaiya Municipality | |
Native Name: | मिर्चैया नगरपालिका |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Nickname: | रामनगर मिर्चैया |
Pushpin Map: | Nepal |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Nepal |
Coordinates: | 26.84°N 86.25°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Nepal |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Madhesh |
Subdivision Name2: | Siraha |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Shrawan Yadav (NCP) |
Leader Title1: | Deputy Mayor |
Leader Name1: | Jivachi Devi Sah (NCP) |
Population Total: | 52000 |
Population As Of: | 2017 |
Population Footnotes: | 24771 Voter (2017) |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Postal Code: | 56515 |
Area Code: | +977-33 |
Website: | www.mirchaiyamun.gov.np |
Timezone: | NST |
Utc Offset: | +5:45 |
Mirchaiya formerly known as Ramnagar Mirchaiya is a municipality in Siraha District in the Madhesh Province of south-eastern Nepal. The municipality was established on 18 May 2014 by merging the existing Rampur Birta, Malhaniyakhori, Radhopur, Ramnagar Mirchaiya, Phulbariya, Sitapur PraDa and Maheshpur Gamharia Village Development Committees.[1] [2] At the time of the 2017 municipality records, it had a population of approx. 52,000 people living in approx 8,496 individual households.[3] This is one of the main business markets for Katari and the southern part of the Siraha district. Raw material produced here includes padday, miazem, and sugar cane.
Frequently used Language of Mirchaiya is Maithali. However, People of this locality is well educated they can speak English, Nepali, Hindi and some other local language according to their ethnicity (language carry forward from ancient period). The famous festival of Mirchaiya is Durga Puja (Dashain, Vijaya Dashami), Jhanda Mela, Holi, Chhat puja, Vasant Panchami, Deepawali. The mode of transportation mostly used include: bus, car, bike, bicycle, rickshaw, tempo, and mini bus.
Mirchaiya is considered as a trade and economic center of Sagarmatha zone and some part of Udayapur district after lahan. It was primarily an agrarian economy, but it has evolved as trade and industrial center of the region. Residents of hilly and mountainous regions of Sagarmatha zone are largely dependent on Mirchaiya for their supplies. Mirchaiya is a free wifi zone.
Since, this place is totally routed by From Mahendra Highway is directly linked from capital, Kathmandu by Tata Sumo or Hiace (following the KTM-Bardibas road 6–7 hours) | following Chitwan it will take 10–11 hours or by domestic flight to either Janakpur (65 km west of Mirchaiya) or Biratnagar (145 km east of Mirchaiya) and continuation by local bus.[4]
From India by train and road via Jayanagar as entry points to Nepal.