Kakarbhitta

Kakarbhitta (often written and pronounced Kankadbhitta or Kakarvitta) is a neighbourhood in Mechinagar Municipality in Jhapa District of Province No. 1, southeastern Nepal.

Kakarbhitta काँकडभिट्टा
Neighbourhood
Nepal-India Border Gate at Kakarbhitta
Kakarbhitta Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 26°38′48″N 88°09′17″E
Country	Nepal
Province	Province No. 1
District	Jhapa
Elevation	142 m (466 ft)
Population  (1991)
• Total	21,366
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

Demographics

At the time of the 1991 Nepal census, Mechinagar had a population of 21,366 people living in 4147 individual households.[1]

Transport

Kakarbhitta is the eastern terminus of Nepal's east-west Mahendra Highway at the country's eastern border with Darjeeling District, West Bengal state, India. The Panitanki neighborhood of Naxalbari is on the other side. There is a border checkpoint for customs and third country nationals. Indian and Nepalese nationals cross without restriction.

Traffic between Nepal, India and Bangladesh goes through Kakarbhitta.[2]

Kakarbhitta is 21 kilometers from Bhadrapur airport (Nepal), 105 kilometers from Biratnagar airport (Nepal) and 21.5 kilometers from Bagdogra airport (India).

References

1. "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 24 November 2008.
2. "Nepal to Seek 10,000 Cows from India". Kathmandu: The New Indian Express. IANS. 17 December 2014. Retrieved Aug 8, 2014.