Prithivinagar
| Prithivinagar पृथ्वीनगर |
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| Village development committee | |
 Prithivinagar
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| Country |  Nepal |
| Zone | Mechi Zone |
| District | Jhapa District |
| Population (1991) | |
| • Total | 15,612 |
| Time zone | Nepal Time (UTC+5:45) |
Prithivinagar or Prithvinagar 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 15,612 people living in 2799 individual households.[1]
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History
In 1994, Bikas Ghimire published Factors Determining the Contraceptive Use in Nepal: Case Study of Prithivinagar Village, Jhapa.[2] On February 2 2001, an arson attack by Maoist insurgents took place at the Small Farmers Cooperative Office in Prithivinagar.[3] On June 28 2003, terrorist Man Maya Bishwokarma was killed by security forces in the VDC.[4]
Geography
Prithivinagar is situated in the southeastern corner of Nepal, and southeastern part of Jhapa District. The VDC is bordered by Jalthal to the west, Maheshpur to the north and east, Baniyani to the south and Pathmari to the southeast. The Mechi River flows to the east of the village on the India-Nepal border.[5]
Economy
Prithivinagar has been one of the village development committees which have been subject to the Nepali government's Land Reform Program, [6] which was launched in 1964.[7]
References
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