Bhojpur District, Nepal

Bhojpur District ( ) is one of 14 districts of Province No. 1 of eastern Nepal. The district's area is 1,507 km² with a population of 182,459 (2011). The administrative center is Bhojpur. It is surrounded by Dhankuta and Sankhuwasabha in the east, Khotang in the west, again Sankhuwasabha in north-east and Solukhumbu in the north-west and Udayapur in the South.
Etymology.
According to the DCC Bhojpur, this place was named after the "Betula utilis". "Betula utilis" was found here in large quantities. The Nepali name for "Betula utilis" is "Bhojpatra" (भोजपत्र).
"Bhojpur" is a combination of two words "Bhoj" and "Pur", Bhoj refers to Bhojpatra (Betula utilis) and "Pur refers to a place or city.
According to history, Prithvi Narayan Shah gave a big party after winning a battle in this place. The Meaning of "Bhojpur" means party and "Pur" meaning "buried". After the party the food was more than enough for them and they were unable to eat it all. After that the Nepali armies buried all their wasted food here. So the name became Bhojpur.
Geography and climate.
Classified as a Hill District, Bhojpur actually spans five of Nepal's eight climate zones. 3% of the district's area is below 300 meters elevation in the Lower Tropical zone and 31% is Upper Tropical from 300 to 1,000 meters. 50% of the land area belongs to the Subtropical Zone between 1,000 and 2,000 meters and 15% is Temperate (2,000 to 3,000 meters). 2% rises higher into the Subalpine Zone.
Divisions.
Bhojpur is divided into two urban and seven rural municipalities:
Demographics.
At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Bhojpur District had a population of 182,459. Of these, 49.1% spoke Nepali, 19.6% Bantawa, 7.5% Tamang, 4.5% Newari, 3.4% Magar, 3.0% Dungmali, 2.4% Kulung, 2.0% Sampang, 1.5% Sherpa, 1.4% Rai, 1.2% Chamling and 0.7% Nachhiring as their first language.
48.5% of the population in the district spoke Nepali and 0.6% Bantawa as their second language.
53% of the population are female. Major ethnicities in the district are Rai (32%), Chhetri (20%), Tamang (9%), Newar (8%), Bahun (6%) and others (25%). The literacy rate is 69 percent.
2015 Nepal earthquake.
The district was affected by an earthquake on 25 April 2015.