Bahundangi

Bahundangi 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 21,395 people living in 3908 individual households.It is bordered with India towards East and South. The total population is 22897 according to 2001 census.HistoryBahundangi, the name is believed to be founded by a Brahmin woman who was a very kind hearted and selfless. She spent all her life towards helping people and since she was Brahmin and every single person was very happy with her; they soon decided to pronounce the area as, “Bahundangi”.It is also believed that, she died of high fever at an age about 57 and was buried near the river in Bahundangi and today it is also known as, “Bahunijhoda” which also means the River of Brahmin.EconomyAt early time, a weekly market has been scheduled on every Thursday where all the Vendors from many different places comes in Banundangi to sell their products such as, Clothes, Cosmetics and other basic needs. It helps the people to avail all the basic needs without going anywhere. Also, many Traders from native country, "India" also comes here in Bahnundangi to sell or buy products. This trend has been followed by the native of Bahundangi since more than 100 years. The majority of the people are farmers, mostly cultivating rice, tea, Areca nuts, ginger, Mushroom etc. Because of its open border most of the people have free access to India where they go for Trading Goods, Shopping and medication to the adjoining Indian market Naxalbari. To and fro illegal trade between the two areas is also present mostly in Areca nuts, ginger, paddy and timber. Many people here are working in several Government and Private sectors and more than 2% of people are working as an Indian and British Army.