Narayani was one of the fourteen zones of Nepal until the restructuring of zones to Provinces, located in the central south of the country. Narayani Zone is named after the Narayani River which is on the western border of the zone, separating it from the Gandaki and Lumbini zones. Narayani means beloved of Narayan which is Parvati his sister, and Narayan refers to Lord Vishnu in the Hindu religion.
Chitwan National Park is the first national park in Nepal. It was established in 1973 and granted the status of a World Heritage Site in 1984. It covers an area of 952.63 km2 (367.81 sq mi) and is located in the subtropical Inner Terai lowlands of south-central Nepal in the districts of Nawalpur, Parsa, Chitwan and Makwanpur. In altitude it ranges from about 100 m (330 ft) in the river valleys to 815 m (2,674 ft) in the Churia Hills.
Chitwan District (, Nepali: चितवन, pronounced [ˈtsitwʌn] is one of 77 districts of Nepal, and is located in the southwestern part of Bagmati Pradesh with Bharatpur, the fourth largest city of Nepal, as its district headquarter. It covers an area of 2,238.39 km2, and in 2011 had a population of 579,984 people. Bharatpur is a commercial and service centre of central south Nepal and major destination for higher education, health care and transportation in the region. Chitwan lies in terai region of Nepal.
Nawalparasi District (, Nepali: नवलपरासी जिल्ला, pronounced [nʌwʌlpʌˈrasi], Listen , part of which belongs to Gandaki Pradesh and part to Province No. 5, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal. The district, with Ramgram as its district headquarters, covers an area of 2,162 square kilometres and has a population of 643,508.
Bharatpur is a city in southern central Nepal with a population of 280,502. It is the fourth largest city in Nepal and the district headquarters of the Chitwan District, as well as a separate metropolitan authority.
Meghauli Airport is an airport in Meghauli serving Chitwan National Park and Bharatpur Metropolitan City in Chitwan district of Bagmati Pradesh in southern Nepal.
Tandi is a city in the Ratnanagar Municipality of the Chitwan District in Nepal. It lies on the eastern side of Chitwan district, and is at the entrance point of Chitwan National Park, a major tourist destination in Nepal
Devghat is one of the famous religious and cultural centers in central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5786 people living in 1132 individual households.
The Chitwan Valley is an Inner Terai valley in the south of Nepal, encompassing the districts of Makwanpur, Chitwan and Nawalpur. The valley is part of the Terai-Duar savanna and grasslands ecoregion of about 150 km (93 mi) length and 30–48 km (19–30 mi) width.
Chepang is a language spoken by approximately 37,000 people in Nepal. The people are known as Chepang. Randy LaPolla (2003) proposes that Chepang may be part of a larger "Rung" group.
Ratnanagar is a municipality in Chitwan District of Bagmati Pradesh in Nepal. It is the second biggest municipality after Bharatpur Metropolitan City that was formed in 1997 through the merger of the former Village Development Committees Old-Ratnanagar and Panchakanya. It is adjacent to Chitwan National Park, and serves as a gateway to the park. Agricultural products produced from Ratnanagar includes rice, maize, mustard and vegetables. This municipality is also a major place for production of poultry products and animal husbandry. Tourism is another source of income generation for the people in Ratnanagar. People are directly or indirectly dependent in tourism industry. Ratnanagar is also concerned in environment preservation so in order to preserve and protect environment, eco-friendly electric risk-shaw has also been introduced and available in different parts of this municipality. It lies on the bank of East Rapti River.
Jagatpur is a village development committee in Chitwan District, Bagmati Pradesh, Central Development Region, Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 7737 people living in 1493 individual households.
Meghauli is a village and former Village Development Committee that is now part of Bharatpur Metropolitan City in Bagmati Pradesh of central Nepal.
Shivanagar was a village development committee in Chitwan District in the Narayani Zone of southern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 6937 people living in 1314 individual households.
Miss Chitwan is a beauty pageant which began in 1994 for the girls of Central Development Region. Miss Chitwan has been organized by Bright Nepal since the start and has been paving the way to the field of professional modelling and direct entry to the national beauty pageants like Miss Nepal.
Madi is a municipality in Chitwan District of Nepal. With the population about 50,000, it is the fifth municipality in the district. Basantapur was the major town of the former Baghauda Village Development Committee that was incorporated into Madi Municipality. It is adjacent to Chitwan National Park. This municipality was formed by cabinet dated 2071-01-28 (BS). There were four village development committees before- Ayodhyapuri (अयोध्यापुरी), Kalyanpur (कल्याणपुर), Gardi (गर्दी) and Baghauda (बघौडा). Madi is a beautiful valley surrounded by jungles. In north by Chitwan National Park and in south bordered with India. It is famous for several ancient religious sites. Pandavas were here in their 12 years exile. There is a village named after them, Pandava Nagar in western Madi. This is also the sacred place for Hindus as the Saga Valmiki lived here thousands years ago.
Kalika is a municipality in Chitwan District in the Narayani Zone of southern Nepal. This municipality was established in 2015 AD by merging the existing Jutpani, Padampur, Shaktikhor and Siddhi VDCs.
Bagmati Pradesh is one of the seven provinces of Nepal established by the constitution of Nepal as of 20 September 2015. With Hetauda as its provincial headquarter, the province is the home to the country's capital Kathmandu, is mostly hilly and mountainous, and hosts mountain peaks including Gaurishankar, Langtang, Jugal, and Ganesh. The province covers an area of 20,300 km2 - about 14% of the country's total area, and has an altitude low enough to support deciduous, coniferous, and alpine forests and woodlands. Temperature varies with altitude. Rainfall takes place mainly during the summer.
Shikhar Ghimirey is a Nepali writer. His first novel Awataar (Avataar) based on the long political movement of Nepal was released in 2017. Set in an imaginary village, the novel resembles incidents that happened in political history of Nepal after the 1950s.
