'Baniyani' is a village development committee in Jhapa District

Jhapa District

Jhapa District, a district of Mechi Zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal. The district, with Chandragadhi as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,606 km² and has a population of 688,109.-Location:...

 in the Mechi Zone

Mechi Zone

Mechi and other ethnic groups like Koche and Meche, and hill castes like Bahun and Chhetris.Mechi is divided into four districts:*Ilam District*Jhapa District*Panchthar District*Taplejung District...

 of south-eastern Nepal

Nepal

Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...

. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census

1991 Nepal census

The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics.Working with Nepal's Village Development Committees at a district level,...

 it had a population of 5043 people living in 985 individual households. Baniyani Bazzar (बनियानी बजार) is located middle of Baniyani V.D.C. and Sunday and Friday people gathering here for buying and selling purposes in Baniyani HAT from the near villages even from India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

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Laxmi Higher Secondary School, Baniyani Health-Post, Area Post-Office, Area Armed-Force Camp are served to people surrounded area of Baniyani. Some Boarding Schools also have been established during the last decade to provide the quality education around the villages. Prithvinagar (पृथ्वीनगर) V.D.C. is located in north of Baniyani. In the west Balubadi V.D.C. is situated. Kechana

Kechana

Kechana is a village development committee in Jhapa District in the Mechi Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4420 people living in 948 individual households....

 (केचना) and Patharia

Patharia

Patharia is a town and a nagar panchayat in Damoh district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. During World War II, the town served as the training camp for what would become Wingate's Chindits.-Geography:...

 V.D.C. are in the south and Pathamari V.D.C. is in the east. Mechi River

Mechi River

The Mechi River is a trans-boundary river flowing through Nepal and India. It is a tributary of the Mahananda River.-Course:The Mechi originates in the Mahabharat Range in Nepal...

 is flows as the border of Nepal and India. Many ethnics live in the region, such as: Rai

Rai (ethnic group)

The Rai are one of Nepal's most ancient indigenous ethnolinguistic groups. They were Raya meaning king. Once someone was recognized as a ruler then Hindus awarded the title Raja, Rai, Raya, Malla etc. When the king Pritivi Narayan Shah couldn't defeat Kirant king , he somehow took them in...

, Newar

Newar

The Newa , Newār or Newāl) are the indigenous people and the creators of the historical civilization of Nepal's Kathmandu Valley. The valley and surrounding territory have been known from ancient times as Nepal Mandala, its limits ever changing through history.Newas have lived in the Kathmandu...

, Tamang

Tamang

The Tamangs are the ancient and original inhabitants of the mountains and plains of the Himalayan regions of Nepal and India. Their ancient capital being Yambu - modern day Kathmandu. They have their own distinct culture, language and religion. Their ancestral domain is popularly known as...

, Limbu

Limbu people

The Yakthung or Limbu tribes and clans belong to the Kirati nation or to the Kirat confederation.They are indigenous to the hill and mountainous regions of east Nepal between the Arun and Mechi rivers to as far as Southern Tibet, Bhutan and Sikkim....

, Meche, Koche, Rajbanshi

Rajbanshi

Rajbanshi . According to the local myths, their ancestor Koch king Hajo established the kingdom of Kampur by the end of 15th century. There is also another legend concerning the ancestry of the Rajbanshis. When Parshuram had started destroying the Chhetria dynasty in India as his father's revenge,...

, Gangain, Muslim

Muslim

A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...

, Gaine.

Bhramin, and Kshetri are the large volume of caste in communities. Newari, Tamang, Limbu, Rai, Rajbanshi, Maithili, Nepali languages are mainly spoken languages. Dashain, Tihar

Tihar

Tihar is a five-day Nepalese festival celebrated in late autumn, which comes soon after Dashain. Two of these days incorporates the Hindu festival Deepavali, where one day is celebrated for goddess Laxmi and the other one is celebrated to worship brothers for their long life. However, all ethnic...

, Tij, and Janai-Purnima are the mostly celebrated festivals here. Siruwa, Idul-Fittar, Bakar-Ide, Chhat are the other festivals of minorities. In the region, Muslim, Rajbanshi, Satar (Urau) and Gangain are scattered in many villages.
Contents

1 Transportation


2 Demography


3 Climate


4 Industry and Agriculture


5 Development and Communications

Baniyani is linked by Mechi Road from Kechana to Taplejung. Basic services (such as School, Health Center, Police Camp, Hatt-bazzar, Telephone) for the society are available here.

6 Culture


7 Incidents


8 Footnotes