Dakneshwori

Dakneshwori is a municipality in Saptari District of Madhesh Province, Nepal, formed in 2016 from ten wards made up of the former Kabilasha, Hariraha, Tarhi, Bhuthi, Pato, Aurahi, Brahampur, Gamahariya Parwaha, Patthargada and Banaula village development committees. It covers 69.11 square kilometres with 44,782 people and is named after the Dakneshwori Bhagwati temple in ward 5 at Pato. The land is entirely Terai plain beside the Indian border, watered by the Judi, Khadak and Thalaha rivers and Koshi project canals. The economy is mostly agricultural, with trade at weekly hatbajar markets and the nearest town at Rajbiraj about 17 kilometres away, and the article describes a tropical climate with hot summers, monsoon rains and mild winters.