Madhesh Province
Siraha
सिराहा
Lahan and Mirchaiya anchor a busy East–West Highway trade belt; sugarcane, lentils and a growing service economy.
Economic profile
What is published about Siraha's economy
The East–West Highway trade belt around Lahan and Mirchaiya; sugarcane and lentils.
The province's second-largest absentee population abroad — 56,491 people — against comparatively few registered establishments.
Make the highway towns places where goods are processed, not only passed through.
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 Siraha
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 Siraha
17 local levels — 8 municipal and 9 rural. Headquarters: Siraha.
| Local level | Type |
|---|---|
Siraha सिराहा | Municipality |
Lahan लहान | Municipality |
Dhangadhimai धनगढीमाई | Municipality |
Golbazar गोलबजार | Municipality |
Mirchaiya मिर्चैया | Municipality |
Kalyanpur कल्याणपुर | Municipality |
Karjanha कर्जन्हा | Municipality |
Sukhipur सुखीपुर | Municipality |
Arnama अर्नमा | Rural Municipality |
Aurahi औरही | Rural Municipality |
Bariyarpatti बरियारपट्टी | Rural Municipality |
Bhagwanpur भगवानपुर | Rural Municipality |
Bishnupur विष्णुपुर | Rural Municipality |
Lakshmipur Patari लक्ष्मीपुर पतारी | Rural Municipality |
Naraha नरहा | Rural Municipality |
Navarajpur नवराजपुर | Rural Municipality |
Sakhuwanankarkatti सखुवानान्कारकट्टी | Rural Municipality |
Questions for Siraha
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 17 local levels last year — and how many survived?
- What does Siraha produce that it could sell competitively across the border?
- How long does it take to register a business in Siraha, 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?