Where is Syangja- Brief Indroduction

Syangja district, a part of Gandaki zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia.  The district, with Syangja as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,164 km², situated at 366m - 2512 above the sea level and has a population of about 317,320 (2001 census). 

There are 60 Village Development Councils (VDCs) and 2 Municipality in Syangja district. The places of Syangja district that keeps their name in history are Sataoun chandi, Pelkachaur Manakamana, Damre Sapauñde Manakamana, Bhirkot durbar, Jaisidanda etc. Jaisidanda is famous for its hold in the politics of Syangja District for a long time.

A Retired Indian/British Army Officer, Late Mr. Gagansing Rana Magar is the founder of the first School known as Matribhumi Biddhya Mandir (subject to verification) was established in BS 2010 in Syangja. Both Government and Privates educational establishments accounts the total of 569 schools in Syangja at present day. About 107,988 students are being educated in these schools. About 77.64% males and 57.30% female culminating total of 67.47% are literate, positioning Syangja district one of the highly literate districts in Nepal. It must be one of the reasons that Syangja District is renown in Nepalese Bureaucracy for producing intelligent and intellectual bureaucrats of the country.

Despite, the KaliGandaki 'A" Hydropower is in this District, only 50% are with electricity. The locally produced mini hydro-electricity also becoming popular in many villages. The wooden fire, kerosean are the main traditionally used domestic fuels. 

The General Post office is at Syangja town. There are 112 post offices across the district proving the postal services. A Satellite TV, National terrestrial TV, STD/ISD Telephone, mobile phone, pagers, Email/Internet, local Dailies and Weeklies are the communications means in Syangja. 

The other main feature of this district is the Siddhartha Highway named after Gautam Buddha. The highway crosses this district in the east to Sarketari and in the west to the boarder Palpa district, Lumbini Zone. 445km out of toal 587 km of road is linked through various VDCs. The road reaching the villages are constructed by the locals at their own expenses.  

The District is famous for orange production which is exported to the Southern Cities. Banana, Pears, Plums, Kaphal, Aiselu are the other main fruits found in the areas. The longitudinal valleys alongside the renowned rivers Añdhikhola and Jyagdikhola have very arable lands. Although, rice, white, maize, millets are produced locally, the majority of daily consumes are imported from the Southern Regions (Butwal, Bhairahawa). 

 Many different ethnicities of people live in this district. The major groups consist of Brahmin, Kshatriya, Gurung, Magar, Thakuri, Newar and others. The people are famous for their unique identity. Brahmin and chetri (Kshatriya) are renowned by their representation in the governmental jobs. Gurungs and Magars are famous because of their service in the British Army Indian Army as a Gurkha. Newars are renowned for trading. These days, the ethnically oriented professions appearing to be fading away . 

Syangja is very attractive destination for tourists. Panchamul Sirubari is the first model village designed to experience village based tourism in Nepal. It is a nature gifted place and one of the richest Gurung village in terms of culture. Panchamul Sirubari is a unique example of eco-cultural tourism in Nepal and is a new tourism product originated by local people. Rafting in Kaligandaki is very adventurous and the caves in Bahakot, the highest points of Syangja district the Budhakot añda and trekking along the villages and visiting Panchasedham, Jagatbhanjyang, Chandrakot, Devisthan, Saligram, Allamdevi, Phedikhola, Tamkaekot are certainly the places that anyone can be blown away by the natural beauties and the warmth hospitality of Syangjali.