Raniganj, Nepal Explained

Ranigunj
Native Name:रानीगञ्ज
Settlement Type:Village Development Committee
Pushpin Map:Nepal
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Nepal
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Nepal
Subdivision Type1:Zone
Subdivision Name1:Janakpur Zone
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Sarlahi District
Population As Of:1991
Population Total:4192
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Timezone:Nepal Time
Utc Offset:+5:45
Coordinates:27.0417°N 85.65°W

Ranigunj is a village development committee in Sarlahi District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4,192 people living in 767 individual households.[1]

RANIGUNJ is one of the 99 Villages Development Committee in Sarlahi District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern Nepal. It has a population of 6,150 people living in 1,026 individual households. Area of the Village Development Committee is 4 km* 2.5 km square kilometers and density of the Village is 348.0. This village lies between two river, Phuljor and Kalinjor.

Total population of the village has 6,150, of which 3,383 are male and 2,767 are female. Ratio of the VDC is 80% farmers, 10% business men, 5% job holder, and rest of the population is other. This located at 38 km North from Malangwa, the district headquarter of Sarlahi.

RANIGUNJ has 5 villages i.e. Danda Tol, Bhattarai Tol, Pratap Tol, Sahevagunj and Tikuliya. RANIGUNJ is nearly 0.1 km from Danda Tol and 0.5 km from Bhattarai tole, 1 km from Pratap Tol, 1 km from Shahevagunj and 3 km from Tikuliya. This village is well known for wheat, sugarcane, tomato, and paddy crop. Ranigunj does not have proper irrigation. Farmers are more depend on rain water for cultivation. It has only one deepboring for irrigation.

Neighboring VillagesEast –Ishworpur VDC, 3 kmWest – Lalbandi VDC and Jabdi VDC, 3 kmNorth – Parwanipur VDC, 4 kmSouth –Ishworpur VDC and Jabdi VDC 3 km

SchoolRanigunj VDC has 4 Government school, one community school, and 3 private school. Among them one is higher secondary, one is high school and rest is primary school.

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Notes and References

  1. Nepal Census 2001. Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. 2 November 2008 .