# Barahathwa Municipality

_Municipality in Janakpur, Nepal_

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Last updated: 2026-11-01

> Barahathwa is a municipality of the Sarlahi District in the Janakpur Zone of central Nepal. The municipality was established on 19 September 2015 by merging the existing Barahathwa, Murtiya, Hajariya, Laukat, and Shreepur village development committee. In 2017, Sundarpur Choharwa and Janakinagar VDC was merged into this municipality. The center of the municipality is established in the former VDC Office of Barahathwa Bazaar. The municipality had a total population of 81,120 according to the 2021 Nepal census. The population is expected to reach 100,000 in this decade.

## Quick facts

- **Type:** city; municipality of Nepal ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21044453#P31))
- **Located in:** Janakpur Zone (zone of Nepal) › Central Development Region (development region of Nepal) ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21044453#P131))
- **Area:** 107.05 km² ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21044453#P2046))
- **Established:** 19 September 2015 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21044453#P571))
- **Official website:** barhathwamun.gov.np ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21044453#P856))
- **Coordinates:** 26.9990, 85.4642

## Questions

**Where is Barahathwa Municipality located?**  
Barahathwa Municipality is located in Janakpur Zone, Central Development Region, Nepal.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Barahathwa Municipality](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barahathwa_Municipality) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): बरहथवा नगरपालिका](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q21044453](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21044453) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: NepalSarlahiDistrictmap.png by United Nations (Public domain)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NepalSarlahiDistrictmap.png)

## Licence and attribution

Text from the Wikipedia article Barahathwa Municipality, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: NepalSarlahiDistrictmap.png — United Nations, Public domain.

## Cite this page

"Barahathwa Municipality". DigiNepal. Last updated 1 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/barahathwa-municipality. Retrieved 4 November 2026.