Kakarbhitta

Kakarbhitta
काँकडभिट्टा
Neighbourhood
Assam Hotel at Kakarbhitta
Assam Hotel at Kakarbhitta
Kakarbhitta is located in Nepal
Kakarbhitta
Kakarbhitta
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 26°38′48″N 88°09′17″E / 26.64667°N 88.15472°E / 26.64667; 88.15472
Country   Nepal
ProvinceKoshi
DistrictJhapa
Elevation
142 m (466 ft)
Population
 (1991)
 • Total
21,366
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

Kakarbhitta (often written and pronounced Kakadbhitta or Kakarvitta) is a neighbourhood in Mechinagar Municipality in Jhapa District of Koshi Province, Southeastern Nepal.

Demographics

At the time of the 1991 Nepal census, Mechinagar had a population of 21,366 people living in 4147 individual households.

Transport

Kakarbhitta is the eastern terminus of Nepal's east-west Mahendra Highway at the country's eastern border with Darjeeling District, West Bengal state, India. The Panitanki neighborhood of Batasi is on the other side. There is a border checkpoint for customs and third-country nationals, though Indian and Nepalese nationals cross without restriction.

Cross-border traffic among Nepal, India and Bangladesh moves through Kakarbhitta.

Kakarbhitta is 21 kilometers from Bhadrapur airport (Nepal), 105 kilometers from Biratnagar airport (Nepal) and 21.5 kilometers from Bagdogra airport (India).

References

  1. ↑ "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 24 November 2008.
  2. ↑ "Nepal to Seek 10,000 Cows from India". Kathmandu: The New Indian Express. IANS. 17 December 2014. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved Aug 8, 2014.