Gamhariya, Nepal
Gamhariya was a village development committee in Rautahat District in the Narayani Zone of south-eastern Nepal. Just before 2017 Nepalese local elections, it was merged with other 5 Village development committees samanpur, Sangrampur, Bahuwa Madanpur, Dharampur and Bariyarpur to form Gadhimai Municipality. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3851 people living in 729 individual households. After Panchayat Kaal, the official name of this village development committee became "Gamhariya" but still not amended in some statistics data and refers it as Gamhariya Parsa. The village development committee has 9 wards. Half of Ward 1 comprises in Parsa village, rest of ward 1 and wards 2,3,4 and 5 in Gamhariya village and remaining wards 6,7,8 and 9 in Laxmipur village as sub locality. In 2012, the estimated population of this VDC is around 5000. Education Institution Madrasa Islahul Muslemeen -The eldest Islamic school of Nepal "Madrasa Islahul Muslemeen" is situated here which was founded by "Sheikh Hajee Alibaksh". Later his son "Sheikh Hajee Sujaeet"and janab Musa Miya jee Ansari Marhoom(died:1997) added some more infrastructures. The great-grand son, "Sheikh Abul Kalam Azad (Phool Babu)", of the founder of this Madrasa is currently not only the chief