Mahottari District

Mahottari District, a part of Province No. 2, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal. The district, with Jaleshwar as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,002 km² and had a population of 553,481 in 2001 and 627,580 in 2011.Its headquarters is located in Jaleshwar, a neighbouring town of the historical city of Janakpur. The name Jaleshwar means the 'God in Water'. One can find a famous temple of Lord Shiva in Water there. Jaleshwar lies at a few kilometres distance from the Nepal-India border and has a majority of Maithili people. In janakpur zone there are two districts ; mahottari and dhanusha and both are in a distance of 1 hour.