Hariwan
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Harion ( also spelled Hariwan or Hariyon) ( ) is a town and municipality in Nepal, located in Sarlahi District. The municipality is surrounded by Lalbandi municipality in the East and Bagmati municipality in the West, Hariharpurgadhi municipality of Sindhuli District, Bagmati Province falls in the North and Haripur in the South. It has been divided into 11 wards with an administration center in Harion Bazar.
Harion ( also spelled Hariwan or Hariyon) ( ) is a town and municipality in Nepal, located in Sarlahi District. The municipality is surrounded by Lalbandi municipality in the East and Bagmati municipality in the West, Hariharpurgadhi municipality of Sindhuli District, Bagmati Province falls in the North and Haripur in the South. It has been divided into 11 wards with an administration center in Harion Bazar.
Geography
Harion Municipality is broadly divided into Chure range, Bhabar and Outer Terai. The municipality is situated in subtropical monsoon climatic region so, subtropical vegetation preveals in the region. Sal Forest is dominant forest. Other trees found in the municipality are khayer, Sissou, Karma, Kumni, Harro, Barro, Sindure, Tantari, Sanisal, Simal, Bhurkul, Dabdabe, etc. The faunal species found in the region are tiger, leopard, bear, elephant, wild buffalo, wild boar, deer, chital, etc. Peacock, Hornbill, kalij, Luiche, etc. are the birds found in the region. Deforestation, population increment are major cause for destruction of habitat of wildlife. Lakhandehi River flows through this municipality.
Sanitation
Almost half of total household has a toilet while another half percentage of people are involved in open defecation. According to population and housing census 2011, about 31.74% of household has flush toilet and 17.92% of ordinary toilet. About 49.24% of household do not have toilet in the house. In 2019, current situation whole municipality is declared as open defecation free.
See also
Lalbandi Ishwarpur Bardibas
References
External links
UN map of the municipalities of Sarlahi District http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sources/census/wphc/Nepal/Nepal-Census-2011-Vol1.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20150213064822/http://cbs.gov.np/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/VDC_Municipality.pdf Area Administration Office, Harion
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