Matsari

Village in Narayani Zone, Nepal

Matsari

मत्सरी

Durga Bhagwati Gaupalika-3

Village

Matsari

Location in Nepal

Coordinates: 26°50′N 85°20′E﻿ / ﻿26.83°N 85.33°E﻿ / 26.83; 85.33
Country|  Nepal
Zone| Narayani Zone
District| Rautahat District
Population

(1991)

• Total

| 3,157
Time zone| UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

Matsari (मत्सरी) is a village of Durga Bhagwati rural municipality in Rautahat District in the Narayani Zone of south-eastern Nepal. It is one of the highly famous village of Maithil Brahmins (e.g. Jha, Mishra, Thakur) in Nepal. The village takes its name from "matsa" which means fish. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census, there was a population of 3,157 people living in 564 individual households. The literacy of this village is higher than any of the others in the country[citation needed]. The village is situated at the bank of Bagmati river. It lies around 8 kilometers north of the district headquarters Gaur. Most of the people of the village are employed in the "Government Service" of Nepal. "Durga-puja" of "Dashara" is very famous here, many people from various villages show up to observe the festival.

Bhojpuri, Bajika, and Maithili are the languages spoken in the village.[1]

## References

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1. ^ "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 28 November 2008.

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Rautahat District

Headquarter: Gaur

Rural municipalities: 2|

* Durga Bhagwati
* Yamunamai

Municipalities: 16|

* Baudhimai
* Brindaban
* Chandrapur Municipality
* Dewahi Gonahi
* Gadhimai
* Garuda Municipality
* Gaur
* Gujara
* Ishanath
* Katahariya
* Madhav Narayan
* Maulapur
* Paroha
* Phatuha Bijayapur
* Rajdevi
* Rajpur

Administrative divisions of Nepal

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Matsari is known as the one of the educated village in nepal. Matsari it self defines the culture of hindus and hinduism. goddess durga and the temple is famous amongs the hindus community all over nepal and india. Every year in Dashain puja a big ceromany to worship maa durga conducted here various people from all the community attends the ceromany.
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