Rautahat District
रौतहट जिल्ला | |
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 Nunthar Shiva Mandir, Paurai | |
 Rautahat District (dark yellow) in Madhesh Province | |
| Country |  Nepal |
| Region | Mithila |
| Province | Madhesh |
| Established | During Rana regime |
| Headquarter | Gaur |
| Local bodies | List
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| Government | |
| • Type | District Coordination |
| • Body | Rautahat DCC |
| • Chief | Ramayodhya Ray Yadav |
| • Deputy Chief | Mahesh Baitha |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,126 km2 (435 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 686,723 |
| • Density | 610/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | |
| Kathmandu | UTC+05:45 (NPT) |
| Main Languages | Bajjika, Urdu, Nēpālī |
| Website | dccrautahat |
Rautahat District (Nepali: रौतहट जिल्ला), a part of Madhesh Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district headquarter is Gaur, including municipalities like Katahariya, Garuda, Chandrapur, Paroha, covers an area of 1,126 km2 and had a population of 545,132 in 2001 and 686,722 in 2011. This district has a total of 2 VDCs and 16 municipalities. Among other districts, Rautahat has the largest percent of Muslims in Nepal, about 19.7% (135,283 persons in 2011).[1] The most Muslim densely village Bairiya बैरिया (in Rautahat district ) but Majority of people in the District follow Hinduism ( सनातन धर्म ). Sri Ram Sugar Mill is the only sugar mill located in Garuda municipality. The well known shiva temple located in Shivnagar, which is looked after by Sah and Jha family. The historical temple of Goddess Durga is in Matsari.Every year, the temple welcomes millions of devotees from different parts of Nepal and India as well on the occasion of Navaratri. Late Shri Gulab Narayan Jha, the first person to represent Madhesis[what language is this?] in politics, was permanent resident of this village. There is a place called Najarpur in Chandrapur where whole village is vegetarian. They are not even allowed to buy or sell any alcoholic beverages and buying and selling of tobacco products is also prohibited.
There is a place called Katahariya which lies in Katahariya Municipality itself. It is famous for katiya meat. Katiya is an earthen pot in which mainly goat meat is cooked with the help of charcoal.
Nunthar is a famous place for picnic and there is a temple of lord shiva which is located in Paurai Bagmati, Rautahat.
Rautahat district of Nepal is rich in natural resources. There are varieties of trees and varieties of medicinal herbs in the forest of Rautahat. There are dense forest with varieties of Wild Animals in the forest of Rautahat. The Animals include Cheetah, Tiger, Elephant, varieties of Snakes, etc. There are also varieties of birds in the forest of Rautahat. The bird includes Dove, hornbill, parrots, pigeons, cuckoo,sparrow,crow and many more.