Banke District

Banke District ( , a part of Lumbini Province, is one of the 77 districts of Nepal. The district, located in midwestern Nepal with Nepalganj as its district headquarters, covers an area of and had a population of 385,840 in 2001 and 491,313 in 2011. There are three main cities in the Banke District: Nepalganj, Kohalpur and Khajura Bajaar.
Geography and Climate.
Banke is bordered on the west by "Bardiya district". "Rapti zone's" "Salyan" and "Dang Deukhuri Districts" border to the north and east. To the south lies "Uttar Pradesh", India, a country in Asia; specifically "Shravasti" and "Bahraich districts" of "Awadh". East of Nepalganj the international border follows the southern edge of the "Dudhwa Range" of the "Siwaliks".
Most of the district is drained by the "Rapti", except the district's western edge is drained by the "Babai". Rapti and Babai cross into Uttar Pradesh, a state in India, Nepal's neighboring country and eventually join the "Karnali", whose name has changed to "Ghaghara".
Demographics.
At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Banke District had a population of 491,313. Of these, 39.5% spoke Nepali, 23.7% Awadhi, 18.5% Urdu, 14.3% Tharu, 1.0% Maithili, 0.9% Magar and 0.8% Hindi as their first language.
Sub- Metropolitan City, Municipality and Rural Municipalities.
There are one Sub-metropolitan city, one Municipality and six Rural Municipalities in Banke District.