Udayapur District

Udayapur District (, is one of 14 districts of Province No. 1 of eastern Nepal. The district, with Triyuga as its district headquarters, covers an area of and in 2001 had a population of 287,689, in 2011 of 317,532.
The district border of Udayapur is drawn by Natural border with rivers and hills. Koshi river in the east of the district separates it from Sunsari District, Sun Kosi river in the north draw a borderline which separates it from Bhojpur and Khotang. Sindhuli District lies in the west across the Tawa khola and foothills of shiwalik in the south separates it from outer terai of Siraha and Saptari. Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve lies in the east occupying the area of Udayapur, Sunsari and Saptari District.
According to the former administrative divisions of Nepal, Udayapur falls in Eastern Development Region in Sagarmatha Zone.
History.
Before the unification of modern Nepal by Shah kings. Udayapur District was under Sen dynasty. The Kingdom name was Chaudandi and capital of the Kingdom was chaudandigadhi. The last king of the Chaudandi was Karna Sen who fled to Bijayapur when Gorkha army evaded and captured the Sen Kingdom Chaudandi.
Before 1972, Panchawati was Headquarter of Udayapur District, it moved to Gaighat in 1972.
Geography and Climate.
Udayapur district is surrounded by Mahabharat hills from north and Shiwalik from south, whereas both hills meet together by west which forms the region a valley Udayapur valley. Udayapur valley is about long and from wide, it is drained by the Triyuga river flowing east to join the Koshi river.
Forest cover takes up 67% of the total land area of the district. 28% of the land is cultivated. Small and large river and ponds remain the main source of water in the district. Ponds like 
Rauta Pokhari, Suke Pokhari, Tapli Pokhari, Jogidaha Chure Forest Pond and Jhilke Pokhari are key 
water resources in the district. The district does not possess larger lakes. Triyuga is the largest river in 
this district. Other two major rivers are Tawa Khola from Western side and Vaidyanath River from 
mid-side unite with Tawa River. Other rivers in the district are Kakaru Khola, Yari Khola, Rakula, 
Baruwa Khola, Andheri, Bahadura Khola and Rasuwa Khola. Sunkosi, Saptakosie, Kamala rivers lie 
on the district border.
This inner Terai district (low mid-hills) covers elevations between 360 metres to 2310 metres above sea level. Different topography, geology and altitude have established three distinct physiographic zones in the district as mentioned below.
Mahabharat hills.
Mahabharat hill range in this district stretches from Sun Kosi River on northern 
side and links to Inner Terai and in some stretches, to Churiya hills. About 60% of the district is 
covered by middle hills with steep slope and rugged mountain topography. From nearly 1100 m to 
2310 m, this land consists of high hills like Lekhani, Majhkharka, Rautapokhari.
Churiya hills.
The Churiya hills stretch across elevations between 550 m to 1100 m. reaching from the upper Mahabharata to Terai land in the south leaving some plain inner Tarai land in between. It occupies about 9% of land of the district and consists of small valleys of inner Terai including Nepaltar, Murkuchi and Mainatar as well as plains like Bahuntar, Bhuttar, and Hardeni. These valleys are situated on Panchawati, Rauta, Bayaldanda and Tawashri VDC respectively.
Inner Terai region.
This region occupies around 31% of the district at elevations between 360m to 
550 m above sea level. This region is mainly situated on the border of Triyuga and Tawa River. 
Where inner Tarai exists the Churiya range lies to the south of this region. This region is highly 
affected by the problem of river cutting or floods. Major places of district like Gaighat, Katari and Beltar lie in this region.
Demographics.
According to the census of 2011 the total population of Udaypur district is 317,532. Major ethnicities in the district are Chhetri (21.01%), Rai (17.09%), 
Magar (14.4%), Tharu (8.3%), Brahmin (7.31%) and others (32%). The literacy rate is 53.31 percent (CBS, 2001).
51.8% of the population speak Nepali, 11.6% Magar, 7.4% Tharu, 6.3% Chamling, 5.8% Tamang, 4.0% Maithili, 3.7% Bantawa, 2.7% Rai, 1.8% Danuwar, 1.1% Newari and 0.5% Puma as their first language.
42.8% of the population in the district speak Nepali and 0.5% Magar as their second language.
Administration.
Udayapur District is administered by Udayapur District Coordination Committee (Udayapur DCC). The Udayapur DCC is elected by Udayapur District Assembly. The head of Udayapur DCC is Mr. Khadag Bahadur Pariyar (Darnal) and Mrs. Ganga Rai is deputy head of Udayapur DCC.
Udayapur District Administration Office under Ministry of Home Affairs co-operate with Udayapur DCC to maintain peace, order and security in the district. The officer of District Administration office called CDO and current CDO of Udayapur DAO is Bishnu Kumar Karkee.
Udayapur District Court is a Judicial court to see the cases of people on district level.
Division.
Udayapur District is divided into total 8 local level bodies, 4 local level body categorized into Rural municipality and 4 into Municipality:
Former Administrative Divisions.
Formerly, Udayapur had three municipality and many VDCs. VDCs were the local administrative units for villages.
Fulfilling the requirement of the new constitution of Nepal 2015, on 10 March 2017 all VDCs were nullified and formed new units after grouping VDCs.
Constituencies.
Udayapur District is divided into 2 Parliamentary constituencies and 4 Provincial constituencies:
Transportation.
Gaighat, the headquarter (center) of Udaydpur District is connected with NH-09 (Sagarmatha Highway), which connects Udayapur with NH-01 (East-west Highway) at Kadmaha. Kadmaha is at distance from Gaighat. The NH-09 also connects Gaighat to Khotang which is at distance from Gaighat but the road is not paved.
Feeder Road F057 connects Gaighat to Chatara via Beltar-Basaha at at distance in east which is across the Koshi river. The F057 feeder road also connects Sindhuli via Katari.