Bahundangi
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बाहुनडाँगी | |
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 Map of the village development committees in Jhapa District | |
| Country | Nepal |
| Province | Province No. 1 |
| District | Jhapa District |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time) |
Bahundangi was a village development committee in Jhapa District in the Province No. 1 of South-Eastern Nepal. From 2017, this VDC is officially merged by Government with Mechinagar Municipality
Economy
The majority of population fall under middle class categories. People are mostly self-sustained by growing their own crops. There are weekly markets held such that people can trade their products.People are also engaged in government public services work as well as a majority of population has gone to foreign lands in search of jobs. There is also a youth trend of joining the Indian and British Army. The majority of the people are farmers, mostly cultivating rice, tea, Areca nuts, ginger, mushroom, etc. In the past, there used to be only one market, also called Bahundangi Bazar, held on Thursday of every week. The local vendors as well as those from India used to come to sell their products, especially, clothes, groceries and basic materials. At Present days, there are a lot of such markets held on different days in different places within Bahundangi. It has helped the people to avail themselves of all the basic needs without having need to go far. This market trend has been followed by the native of Bahundangi for more than 100 years. Because of its open border, people also have free access to India where they go for trading goods, shopping and health treatment. The adjoining Indian markets are Naxalbari and Silguri.
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Demography
The total population is 22897 according to 2001 census and the major ethnicity living here are Brahmins, Cheetri, Newar, Magar, Marwari, Rai, Limbu, etc.
