Rupani | |
Native Name: | रूपनी |
Settlement Type: | Rural Municipality (Gaunpalika) |
Mapsize: | 300px |
Pushpin Map: | Nepal |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Nepal |
Coordinates: | 26.62°N 86.69°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Nepal |
Subdivision Type1: | Zone |
Subdivision Name1: | Sagarmatha Zone |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Province No. 2 |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Saptari District |
Subdivision Type4: | No. of Wards |
Subdivision Name4: | 6 |
Established Title: | Formed as a Rural Municipality |
Established Date: | 2073/11/27 |
Government Type: | Local |
Leader Title: | President |
Leader Name: | Hareram Yadav (RJPN) |
Leader Title1: | Vice President |
Leader Name1: | Bechani Kumari Sardar |
Leader Title2: | Chief Administrative Officer |
Leader Name2: | Arbinda Kumar Chaudhary[1] |
Area Total Km2: | 56.08 |
Elevation M: | 242.78 |
Depression M: | 74 |
Population Total: | 29989 |
Population As Of: | 2019 est. |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Madheshis |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 56405 |
Area Code: | 031 |
Website: | http://www.rupanimun.gov.np/ |
Timezone: | Nepal Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | +5:45 |
Rupani (Nepali: रुपनी) is a small rural municipality in Saptari District in the Sagarmatha Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 2019 Nepal census it had a population of 29,989 people living in about 8500 individual households.[3]
Major religious celebrations include the major Hindu festivals Vijaya Dashami, Dipawali, Chhath, Holi, Ram Navmi, Janai Purnima or Rakshabandhan, Saraswati Puja or Vasant Panchami, Jeetia, Chauth Chandra, Vishwakarma Puja, Govardhan Puja, Bhai Tika, Chaite Dashain and so on. The Dashain, Deepawali, Chhath and Holi are heavily celebrated with full devotee and proper rules. The locals people take pride in the way these festivals are celebrated with joy and happiness.[4] and Muslim festival "Eid al-Fitr" and "Eid al-Adha"
Though its name is given after Rupani Devi. It is popular for Shiva Sani Dham in the northern part of Chure hills which is about from the East-West Highway and Dinaram Bhadri Temple in Kataiya. People use to visit there in huge numbers on Saturday to worship Shani Dev. Dinaram Bhadri is the deity god of Musahar people. There are many small temples including dihabar sthan, rajaji, hanuman temple, etc.