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Bhojpuri is the predominant local language spoken in the district.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"type","label":"Type","values":[{"text":"district of Nepal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2537537"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28608#P31"}},{"key":"located_in","label":"Located in","values":[{"text":"Madhesh Province (province of Nepal)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25104009","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/madhesh-province"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28608#P131"}},{"key":"population","label":"Population","values":[{"text":"763,137 (2011)","as_of":"2011-11","value":763137.0}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28608#P1082"}},{"key":"area","label":"Area","values":[{"text":"1,190 km²","value":1190.0}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28608#P2046"}},{"key":"website","label":"Official website","values":[{"text":"ddcbara.gov.np","url":"http://ddcbara.gov.np/"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28608#P856"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bara_District","https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28608","http://ddcbara.gov.np/"],"faq":[{"q":"Where is Bara District located?","a":"Bara District is located in Madhesh Province, Nepal."},{"q":"What is the population of Bara District?","a":"The population of Bara District is 763,137 (as of 2011)."}],"related":[{"name":"Anil Sah","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/anil-sah"},{"name":"Ram Krishna Dhakal","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ram-krishna-dhakal"},{"name":"Pawan Sarraf","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pawan-sarraf"},{"name":"Umakant Chaudhary","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/umakant-chaudhary"},{"name":"Ekbal Miya","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ekbal-miya"}],"places_in":[{"name":"Kalaiya","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/kalaiya"},{"name":"Simara Airport","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/simara-airport"}],"nearby":[{"name":"Kalaiya","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/kalaiya","km":0.0},{"name":"Birgunj","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/birgunj","km":13.7},{"name":"Simara Airport","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/simara-airport","km":14.2},{"name":"Parsa District","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/parsa-district","km":27.3},{"name":"Rautahat District","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/rautahat-district","km":30.6},{"name":"Gaur, Nepal","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/gaur-nepal","km":40.7}],"image":{"url":"https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Bakaiya_riverr.jpg/960px-Bakaiya_riverr.jpg","width":640,"height":480,"license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","credit":"Anish vaichaulagain","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bakaiya_riverr.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Bara District","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bara_District","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikipedia (Nepali): बारा जिल्ला","url":"https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q28608","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28608","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Bakaiya riverr.jpg by Anish vaichaulagain (CC BY-SA 4.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bakaiya_riverr.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Bara District, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Bakaiya riverr.jpg — Anish vaichaulagain, CC BY-SA 4.0.","cite":"\"Bara District\". DigiNepal. Last updated 2 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/bara-district. Retrieved 21 October 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-02T06:19:02Z","facts_checked":"2026-10-21","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/places/bara-district","en":"https://diginpl.com/places/bara-district","ne":"https://diginpl.com/places/bara-district?lang=ne"}}