Bardibas


Bardibas is a municipal area and a town located in Mahottari District of Nepal that connects the Kathmandu Valley with Madhesh Province and extends the connection to Koshi Province.

Geography

Bardibas is located at the foothills of the Chure range at a location of 26.98°N 85.90°E. It comprises Chure region and Outer Terai. Bardibas Municipality straddles the Chure hill range in the Mahottari district.
Ratu river, which originates from Chure hills lies east to Bardibas. It spreads to 18 kilometres east-west and 30 kilometres on north-south along the East-West highway.

Demography

Total population of the municipality in 2011 Nepal census) had 66354 and total area of the municipality is. In 2021 census the population of Bardibas increased to 68353. The municipality is divided into total 14 wards.
The municipality was established on 2 December 2014 merging the then four VDCs of Bardibas, Maisthan, Gauribas and Kisan Nagar.
In 2015, when Government of Nepal decided to dissolve the old thousands of VDCs and declare new 753 local level body then four more VDCs were merged with this municipality, those municipalities were: Hathilet, Pashupatinagar, Khayamara and Bijayalpura.
The municipality was established in 2014 merging the old VDCs, so area and population of the municipality were calculated according to the 2011 Nepal census, as follows:
VDCsArea Population
Bardibas 171.1912584
Gauribas171.196321
Kisan Nagar171.198121
Maisthan171.1920022
Hathilet27.785316
Pashupatinagar7.464941
KhayaMara93.128719
Bijayalpura11.918188
Bardibas 315.5776354

Culture

The city celebrates various festivals, including Dashain, Tihar, Chhath, Maghi.

Education

The local media of Bardibas primarily consists of several community radio stations such as Radio Nepal Bardibas 103 MHz, Radio Bardibas 94 MHz, Radio Sungava 104.6 MHz and
Radio Darpan 88.4 MHz, some print newspapers and online newsportals.

Health

  • Bardibas Hospital
  • Bardibas Jansewa Hospital
  • Pinnacle Hospital
  • Field Hospital, Bardibas
  • Bardibas Medical College

  • Transportation

Bardibas serves as a junction point of the east-west Mahendra Highway and BP Highway. The BP Highway connects Bardibas with the capital city Kathmandu through Sindhuli, Khurkot, Nepalthok and Dhulikhel.
Municipality Transport Master Plan, Bardibas is prepared for assessing and planning the present road and transport infrastructures and facilities within the Municipality and its surrounding.In total there are roads of length 456.95 Km within the Municipality including feeder roads and National Highway, either in planned or existing condition.
It has a charging station for EV transport as well. Indo-Nepal crossborder railway namely Bardibas-Jaynagar Railway connecting Jaynagar to Bardibas is underconstruction. Similarly, Bardibas-Simara Railway is being constructed as the part of East-West Mechi Mahakali Railway. The nearest airport, Janakpur airport is 37 km away lying southeast from Bardibas. Indo-Nepal Border namely Samsi-Kanhawa Border is 27 km in distance to south from Bardibas. Can be a sub metropolitan city in near future.