About Jhapa District

Jhapa District is situated in the far eastern part of Nepal. Most part of this place is covered by plain land of Terai. This place is also known as grain glossary of Nepal. This district covers 1606 km2and all the plain land are good for farming. Jhapa is rich in natural as well as cultural and religious heritages. There are lots of place which have its own important and can be consider as best place to visit.
A wide range of people of different community and culture are living here. Bharmins, Chhetris, Newars , Rais, Limbus,Rajbanshi, Dhimals, Tamang, Gurung, Magar and many other community peoples are here living together in peace and harmony. 

There are lots of cultural and religious places in this district. Kankai Mai, Kichakbadh,Satasidham, Arjundhara are few of them. This place also have the place name Kechanakalan which is at a height of only 60m from sea-level and is consider as the place of Nepal situated in lowest altitude. JamunKhadi Wetland is also a good place to visit whenever you reach to Jhapa.

We can reach to Jhapa via Bus or via air from Kathmandu. It takes around one hour to reach Jhapa from Kathmandu on plane while on bus it takes around twelve hours.

Kankai Mai:
The Kankai Mai is one of the famous pilgrimage site situated in Jhapa district. Lots of people from nepal and India visit this holy river and pray for goddess Kankai. It is belived that if you pray here with a pure heart than your wish get fulfilled. This place is full of pilgrims during Maghe Sankranti.
Kichakbadh:
This place is consider as the place where the army commander of King Birat name Kichak was killed by Bhim (one of the Five Pandav of Mahabharat). Although this place is one of the historically important place but due to lack of publicity it is still hidden.
SatasiDham:
Satasidham temple is one of the popular temple of Hindu. It is situated in Satasidham Village development community. It is really a beautiful place and people believes that if anyone pray here with pure heart than their wish get fulfilled.
JamunKhadi Wetland :
Jamunkhadi wetland is situated in the Jamunkhadi vdc of jhapa. It is a small place appropriate for picnic and short trip to enjoy the nature. The wetland with different types of birds, sky blue water pond with boats for visitor and a dense forest make this place really attractive. It is best place for viewing wetland flora and fauna.

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