Bhadrapur, Jhapa


Bhadrapur is a town and municipality in Jhapa District in the Mechi Zone of southeastern Nepal. It lies on the banks of the Mechi River, and shares borders with Bihar state, India on south and West Bengal state on north. There is a border crossing with customs office for goods. Galgalia village in Kishanganj District borders with Bhadrapur
Bhadrapur is one of Nepal's oldest municipality. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, it had a population of 50249. Bhadrapur Airport has flights to Kathmandu. This airport is the best way to reach Kathmandu from eastern part of Nepal and India.
Bhadrapur is one of the most multi-cultural city of Nepal. In this city, people from all the districts from Nepal, and people who were migrated from India, Bhutan and Bangladesh are living. Different ethnic background people like rajbanshi, dhimal mechee, bramahan, chetri, rai, limbu, sherpa, tamang, madbadi, bengali, muslim etc are living in Bhadrapur by maintaining a cordial relation, peace and harmony among the people. Bhadrapur is the "tea city" of Nepal. It is a starting point for tourist attractions. A few hours ride north takes one close to the Himalayas. There are good roads up to a height of around 3700 meters.
Bhadrapur has important governmental and other important infrastructures, including a zonal hospital, airport, Mechi Multiple campus, different schools, Mahendra park, stadium police and military headquarters, and hosts the Central District Offices.
However, due to the construction of the Mahendra Highway or East West Highway, economic activities have shifted north to the junction of the highway Birtamod. This has left Bhadrapur with a receding population and crippled its once-booming economic activity.
In the last decade, Bhadrapur has slowly transformed itself into a tea hub with new plantations and tea factories being established every year. The much-awaited Mechi Bridge joining Bhadrapur to India is constructed now and acts as a lifeline to the revitalization of Bhadrapur as well as the far eastern part of Nepal. There is a checkpoint at the border.

History

Bhadrapur was a very prosperous city during the early 1900s. It was renowned for its rice cultivation due to its rich fertile soil. This period saw rice mills being established, led by Brahma Lal Shrestha who was one of the early city founders. The prosperous rice business led Bhadrapur to its most prosperous period.

Industries

Bhadrapur is home to Momento Apparels, which was one of Nepal's largest exporters of ready-made garments. The factory has been forced out of operation since 2012. In its heyday, the factory had a workforce of 2,000, and supplied ready-made garments to the US and a number of European countries.

Education

College, +2 Level and Schools

To promote local culture Bhadrapur has one FM radio station: Nagarik F.M 107.5 MHz. It is a community radio station.
Krishna Raj Complex has a cinema hall which is situated at Bhadrapur Bazar. Abala Chitra Mandir, which was the first cinema hall in Bhadrapur was reconstructed in the Krishma Raj Complex. Jawahar Talkies is a cinema between Bhadrapur Municipality office and Mechi River.

Transport

Bus services from Bhadrapur
Kathmandu,
janakpur,
Dhankutta,
Dharan
Biratnagar
Birjung
Damak
Gauriganj
gauradaha
jhapa
Illam
kakaritta
lahan
Gaighat
and local buses.
Bhadrapur Airport is served by Nepal Airlines, Saurya Airlines, Shree Airlines, Yeti Airlines and Buddha Air with daily flights. Nepal Airlines flies 3 times a week, the others have daily flights. The first flight to Kathmandu is at 10:00am and the last flight is 21:00pm.

Hospitals