Madhesh Province
Sarlahi
सर्लाही
Sugarcane and agro-processing heartland; Lalbandi and Hariwan form an emerging highway industrial corridor.
Economic profile
What is published about Sarlahi's economy
Sugarcane, and the province's largest local-government network — 20 local levels.
Enterprise density near the bottom of the province, and a cane economy dependent on a small number of mills.
Give 20 local governments one comparable economic scorecard between them.
Figures: National Economic Census 2018 and National Population and Housing Census 2021; agricultural holdings are sample-based estimates from the 2021/22 agriculture census. The three readings above are Madhesh Next's own judgement, not data. See the economic map for sources.
What is not published about Sarlahi
These four numbers would tell you more about this district's economy than everything above. None of them is published here, or anywhere else in the province.
Jobs created last year
No local government in Madhesh Province publishes an annual count of jobs created.
New businesses registered last year
Registrations are recorded municipality by municipality, but not published or compared.
Days to register and open a business
No municipality publishes how long its own process actually takes.
Share of budget spent on economic development
Budgets are published; the share going to economic development is not broken out comparably.
Local governments of Sarlahi
20 local levels — 11 municipal and 9 rural. Headquarters: Malangwa.
| Local level | Type |
|---|---|
Malangwa मलंगवा | Municipality |
Lalbandi लालबन्दी | Municipality |
Hariwan हरिवन | Municipality |
Haripur हरिपुर | Municipality |
Haripurwa हरिपुर्वा | Municipality |
Ishworpur ईश्वरपुर | Municipality |
Barahathwa बरहथवा | Municipality |
Balara बलरा | Municipality |
Godaita गोडैटा | Municipality |
Bagmati बागमती | Municipality |
Kabilasi कविलासी | Municipality |
Basbariya बसबरिया | Rural Municipality |
Bishnu विष्णु | Rural Municipality |
Brahampuri ब्रह्मपुरी | Rural Municipality |
Chakraghatta चक्रघट्टा | Rural Municipality |
Chandranagar चन्द्रनगर | Rural Municipality |
Dhankaul धनकौल | Rural Municipality |
Kaudena कौडेना | Rural Municipality |
Parsa पर्सा | Rural Municipality |
Ramnagar रामनगर | Rural Municipality |
Questions for Sarlahi
Every district chapter starts here. These are the questions a Madhesh Next chapter puts to local government, and publishes the answers to.
- How many new businesses registered in each of our 20 local levels last year — and how many survived?
- What does Sarlahi produce that it could sell competitively across the border?
- How long does it take to register a business in Malangwa, in days?
- What do our campuses teach, and what do our employers actually need?
- How many young people left this district last year, and what would have made them stay?