Mahottari District

Mahottari District महोत्तरी जिल्ला
District
Jaleshwar Mahadev Temple, a major Shiva temple in Mahottari
Mahottari District (dark yellow), in Madhesh Province
Country	Nepal
Region	Mithila
Province	Madhesh Province
Admin HQ.	Jaleshwar
Government
• Type	Coordination committee
• Body	DCC, Mahottari
Area
• Total	1,002 km2 (387 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	705,838
• Density	700/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+05:45 (NPT)
Telephone Code	044
Main Language(s)	Maithili (88.0%), Nepali (5.6%), other (6.4%)
Website	ddcmahottari.gov.np

Mahottari District (Nepali: महोत्तरी जिल्ला, Listen^ⓘ), a part of Madhesh Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Jaleshwar as its district headquarter, covers an area of 1,002 km² (387 sq mi) and had a population of 553,481 in 2001, 627,580 in 2011 and 705,838 in 2021 census.^[1] 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 Maithili population.