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The village was settled by clearing the Jungle area predominant with the trees of Jamun, hence named Jamuniya.","The last Landlord of Jamuniya was Nandipat Ray. Late Mr. Ramdhyaan Ray (ex-minister of state HMG-Nepal) is the most famous personality in Sarlahi District. Though the majority of the population in the VDC is poor and farmers like in other villages of Nepal, it has also produced some eminent personalities like:","Late Mr. Sanjay Yadav ( Martyr- Madheshi Pepoples' Movement)","Prof.Dr. Ramswarth Ray (ex-campus chief RRM Campus Janakpur)"],"facts":[{"key":"type","label":"Type","values":[{"text":"human settlement","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q486972"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6148338#P31"}},{"key":"located_in","label":"Located in","values":[{"text":"Sarlahi District (district of Nepal)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28074","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/sarlahi-district"},{"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/Q6148338#P131"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamuniya,_Sarlahi","https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%2C_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%80","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6148338"],"faq":[{"q":"Where is Jamuniya, Sarlahi located?","a":"Jamuniya, Sarlahi is located in Sarlahi District, Madhesh Province, Nepal."}],"related":[{"name":"Mount Everest","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/mount-everest"},{"name":"Himalayas","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/himalayas"},{"name":"Kathmandu","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/kathmandu"},{"name":"Kangchenjunga","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/kangchenjunga"},{"name":"Annapurna (mountain range)","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/annapurna-mountain-range"},{"name":"Dhaulagiri","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/dhaulagiri"},{"name":"Makalu","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/makalu"},{"name":"Lhotse","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/lhotse"},{"name":"Cho Oyu","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/cho-oyu"},{"name":"Manaslu","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/manaslu"},{"name":"Pokhara","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/pokhara"},{"name":"Lumbini","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/lumbini"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[{"name":"Sohadawa","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/sohadawa","km":2.5},{"name":"Pidariya","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/pidariya","km":2.9},{"name":"Belhi, Sarlahi","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/belhi-sarlahi","km":3.1},{"name":"Khoriya, Sarlahi","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/khoriya-sarlahi","km":3.7},{"name":"Aurahi, Sarlahi","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/aurahi-sarlahi","km":3.8},{"name":"Dhangada","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/dhangada","km":4.2}],"image":null,"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Jamuniya, Sarlahi","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamuniya,_Sarlahi","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikipedia (Nepali): जमुनिया, सर्लाही","url":"https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%2C_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%80","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q6148338","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6148338","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"}],"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 Jamuniya, Sarlahi, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0).","cite":"\"Jamuniya, Sarlahi\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/jamuniya-sarlahi. Retrieved 4 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T12:00:53Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-03","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/places/jamuniya-sarlahi","en":"https://diginpl.com/places/jamuniya-sarlahi","ne":"https://diginpl.com/places/jamuniya-sarlahi?lang=ne"}}