JANAKPUR ZONE

Covering an area of 3,920 square miles and comprising a population of (???), this zone stretches from the Tibetan border on its north to the Indian border in the south. On the east and on the west, it is bounded by Sagarmatha zone and Bagmati zone respectively. Situated partly in mountains an partly in the plains, this zone has all kinds regions such as snow clad mountains including Mt. Gaurishankar, high altitude mountains, low-altitude mountains valleys and plains etc. Minerals such as Coal, iron-ore, nickel etc. are found in this zone but are still to be exploited. There is also a huge potential for generating Hydroelectricity from the rivers, Kamala and Sun Kosi which also remains to be harnessed. The biggest cigarette factory of the kingdom is in this zone apart from many other small scale an cottage industries, the districts of this zone are Dolkha, Ramechhap, Sindhuli, Mohattari, Sarlahi and Dhanusa.