Sarlahi District

Sarlahi (Nepali: सर्लाही Listen; Maithili: सर्लाही), a part of Madhesh Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. According to new laws, a combination of more than two or four villages makes a municipality, which covers an area of 1,259 km2 (486 sq mi) and had a population of 635,701 in 2001 and 769,729 in 2011.

Sarlahi District
सर्लाही जिल्ला
Sarlahi District (dark yellow) in Madhesh Province
Country Nepal
RegionMithila
ProvinceMadhesh Province
Admin HQ.Malangwa
Government
  TypeCoordination committee
  BodyDCC, Sarlahi
Area
  Total1,259 km2 (486 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
  Total769,729
  Density610/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+05:45 (NPT)
Telephone Code046
Main Language(s)Bajjika, Maithili and Nepali
Websitewww.ddcsarlahi.gov.np

It is bordered to the west by Rautahat district, to the east by Mahottari district, to the north by Sindhuli district of Bagmati Province, and to the south by the Indian state of Bihar.

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