Bara District

Bara District ( ) lies in Province No. 2. It is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Kalaiya as its district headquarters, covers an area of and has a population (2011) of 687,708. Bakaiya, Jamuniya, Pasaha, Dudhaura and Bangari are the main rivers of Bara. The main languages spoken in Bara are Bhojpuri, Bajjika, Tharu and Nepali.
History.
Simraungadh is major part of Bara district. It is historical place in Nepal. Simraungarh is famous for agriculture product in Nepal.
The people grow wheat, corn, different green vegetables (cauliflower, tomato, banana (raw), beetroot, bitter gourd, bottle gourd, brinjal, cabbage, carrot, cauliflower, chilli (green), chilli (dry red), Arbi coriander leaves, cucumber, potato and so on).
Bara district is famous for the Gadhimai Temple, particularly as every five years it celebrates the "Gadhimai Mela". This festival has historically been celebrated every 5 years by sacrificing animals. In the future animal sacrifice will no longer occur, as temple authorities have decided to convert the festival into a "momentous celebration of life."
Demographics.
At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Bara District had a population of 687,708. Of these, 72.0% spoke Bhojpuri, 9.7% Nepali, 7.5% Tharu, 3.8% Maithili, 3.6% Tamang and 1.7% Urdu as their first language.
30.6% of the population in the district spoke Nepali, 17.0% Hindi, 3.2% Bhojpuri, 1.0% Urdu and 0.9% Tharu as their second language.
Administration.
The district consists of two sub-metropolitan cities five urban municipalities and nine rural municipalities. These are as follows:
Former Municipalities and Village Development Committees.
Prior to the restructuring of the district, Bara consisted of the following municipalities and Village development committees:
Education.
Symbiosis Institute of Management (SIM) is situated in district headquarter, Kalaiya which is committed for quality education in Commerce and Education.