Bahrabise
Municipality in Bagmati Province, Nepal
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Bahrabise (Nepali: बाह्रबिसे) is an urban municipality located in Sindhupalchok District of Bagmati Province of Nepal.[1][2][3]
Bahrabise
बाह्रबिसे नगरपालिका | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
Bahrabise Bazar as seen from Boksi Odar (Witch Cave). | |
| Coordinates: 27.7866°N 85.8986°E | |
| Country | |
| Zone | Bagmati Zone |
| District | Sindhupalchok District |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Bal Krishna Basnet |
| • Deputy Mayor | Manju Tamang |
| Population (2016) | |
• Total | 26,700 |
| • Religions | Hindu Buddhist |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time) |
| Postal code | 45302 |
| Area code | 011 |
| Website | http://bahrabisemun.gov.np |

Demographics
At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 6832 and had 1161 houses in the village.[4]
Development
It lies on Araniko Highway - the 114 km-long highway which connects the capital city Kathmandu to the Chinese border in the north.[5] The area touching the highway is very developed compared to other areas and hence called 'Bahrabise Bazar'. Each ward in the VDC is connected to the highway by graveled roads.
There is facility beautiful tourist places and electricity in each house of this VDC. The VDC has a good facility of telephone network (provided by Nepal Telecom) and mobile phone networks (provided by Nepal Telecom, Ncell and Smart Cell). There is broadband internet facility in places where PSTN telephone line has reached. There is a local cable television network which provides various TV channels in various parts of the VDC and outside.
The city has four private schools including Private Paradise Secondary School, Ketu English Boarding School, Chandeshwori English Boarding School and Keystone Public School and several other governmental schools. Shree Sharada Higher Secondary School and Shree Kshyamadevi Higher Secondary School are the most renowned governmental high school of this area.
Because of its proximity to the Chinese border, the businesses here are influenced by the Chinese market. Most of the people in Bahrabise Bazar are involved in business of the Chinese products including clothing, bedding, food items, electronic devices, etc.
2015 Nepal earthquake
The village was affected by the earthquake on 25 April 2015. A joint coordination committee among all political parties in the three constituencies of the Sindhupalchok district was formed to carry out a rescue mission in the village.[6]
List of Government Schools in Bahrabise Municipality
Bahrabise Municipality has several government-run educational institutions that serve students from the local and surrounding areas. Among them:
- Shree Bachchhala Devi Higher Secondary School
Climate
| Climate data for Bahrabise, elevation 915 m (3,002 ft) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 17.2 (63.0) |
19.3 (66.7) |
23.6 (74.5) |
27.5 (81.5) |
28.3 (82.9) |
27.3 (81.1) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.8 (80.2) |
26.2 (79.2) |
25.2 (77.4) |
21.8 (71.2) |
18.5 (65.3) |
24.0 (75.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 11.6 (52.9) |
13.3 (55.9) |
17.3 (63.1) |
21.2 (70.2) |
22.5 (72.5) |
23.2 (73.8) |
23.1 (73.6) |
23.0 (73.4) |
22.2 (72.0) |
20.2 (68.4) |
15.8 (60.4) |
12.6 (54.7) |
18.8 (65.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 6.3 (43.3) |
7.3 (45.1) |
11.1 (52.0) |
14.8 (58.6) |
16.7 (62.1) |
19.0 (66.2) |
19.5 (67.1) |
19.1 (66.4) |
18.2 (64.8) |
15.1 (59.2) |
10.0 (50.0) |
6.6 (43.9) |
13.6 (56.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 14.0 (0.55) |
27.0 (1.06) |
55.0 (2.17) |
114.0 (4.49) |
176.0 (6.93) |
495.0 (19.49) |
837.0 (32.95) |
803.0 (31.61) |
399.0 (15.71) |
91.0 (3.58) |
10.0 (0.39) |
23.0 (0.91) |
3,044 (119.84) |
| Source: FAO[7] | |||||||||||||