Bhadrapur or Chandragadi is a headquarter of Jhapa district and this place conducts most of the governmental activities of Jhapa district. With district airport lying in here you can easily reach Kathmandu from here within 40 minutes. This city is home of Zonal hospital (Mechi hospital), Zonal stadium (Mechi rangasala), Zonal Capus (Mechi Campus), and other tourist attraction area.
Bhadrapur is known for producing Tea and Rice and called as "Tea city of Nepal" with lots of tea growing and many tea factory running in here. It is one of the hottest place in Nepal, temperature reaching over 41-42 degree in summer season and 6-7 degree in Winter season. This place is starting point for tourist attraction, with a few hour ride to the north area you can see a magnificent view of Himalayas and with the Bhadrapur airport in here people from eastern India (sikkim and silliguri) can easily head towards Kathmandu.
In early days it was one of the most developed city of Nepal most of the economic activity were done here as lots of rice mill and tea factory were constructed but after the construction of Mahendra highway all the economic activities has been shifted towards northern side Birtamode.
Being one of the oldest city of Nepal, this place has a lots of sight seeing and internal tourist as well as external tourist attraction places. Some of the best sight seeing places are Mahendra Park, Mechi River, Deonia river, Bhadrapur Market area.
Mahendra Park
It is one of the oldest park of Nepal. This park was built by our Late king Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah dev. It is one of the best tourist attraction destination in Bhadrapur, it is located in chandragadi area and is situated opposite of Mechi rangasala. Beautiful garden with lots of flower and children playing and running here from there will certainly take you to your one of the childhood memory.
Mechi River
This river works as a border between Nepal and India. With construction of Mechi bridge import and export of goods and services has become easier. Walking in the Mechi river beach in night time will certainly makes you feel peaceful.
Bhadrapur Market Area
It is one of the oldest market of Nepal. With lots of people around the country and many people from India comes in this market for shopping. This market completely lies in the bank of Mechi river, so with the help of newly constructed Mechi bridge people from India can easily transport goods and services from here. This market is also famous for its food, you can easily find different kinds of foods, sweets, fast foods. So visiting Bhadrapur doesn't makes you disappoint.
Beside these Mechi river in Bhadrapur witness the biggest chhatt mela in Nepal. About 40 to 50 thousand people from different district of Nepal visits here in chatt mela. Best time to visit Bhadrapur, Nepal is during from October to December. From Bhadrapur you can easily reach neighbor district Ilam within few hours and enjoy the beautiful view of Himalayas from that district.
So this multicultural town has a lot to offer. You can enjoy Dashain and Dipawali with Hindus also Eid with Muslim and Buddha jayanti with Buddhist with peace and harmony. So you can make this Bhadrapur town in your bucket list.
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