Hardiya, Saptari
# Hardiya, Saptari

Hardiya is a village development committee in Saptari District in the Sagarmatha Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 5,286 people living in 1,139 individual households.

Hardiya, according to Nepal's statistics falls in Ward Number 6 and has people of different casts including mukhiya, saha, yadav, chaudhari etc.

## Inhabitants

* Mukhiya (Malah)
* Chaudhari (Tharu)
* Sah (Teli)
* Yadav (Guwar)
* Chamar (RAM)
* Mandal (Khatbe)

## Languages spoken

Most of the people in Hardiya speaks Maithili. However, there are other languages that are well practices among people including Hindi, Nepali, English and Bhojpuri.

## Festivals

People follow most of the festivals celebrated in Nepal. Some of the important festivals are Dashan, Tihar, Chhat, Shivaratri, etc.

## Cultural heritages

Hardiya preserves some of the important heritages of Nepal. Most of these heritages are protected by local communities. Some of the important one are listed below:

* kamlasthan
* rajajisthan
* dinabhadristhan
