Jarayotar, Bhojpur

Jarayotar is a Village Development Committee in Bhojpur District in the Kosi Zone of eastern Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 4031 persons residing in 721 individual households. According to ancestors, this place had a large forest with many animals among which antelope (Jarayo in Nepali) were abundant and the land was dug by them to form a plain land. So, the name of the village was kept Jarayotar.

Jarayotar
जरायोटार
Village Development Committee (VDC)
Country   Nepal
ZoneKosi Zone
DistrictBhojpur District
Area
  Total38.56 km2 (14.89 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
  Total4,031
  Density100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)
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