Kakarbhitta
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Kakarbhitta काँकडभिट्टा |
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 Kakarbhitta
Location in Nepal
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| Coordinates: 26°38′48″N 88°09′17″E / 26.64667°N 88.15472°ECoordinates: 26°38′48″N 88°09′17″E / 26.64667°N 88.15472°E | |
| Country |
 Nepal
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| Zone | Mechi |
| District | Jhapa |
| Elevation | 142 m (466 ft) |
| Population (1991) | |
| • Total | 21,366 |
| Time zone | Nepal Time (UTC+5:45) |
Kakarbhitta (often written and pronounced Kankadbhitta or Kakarvitta) is a neighbourhood in Mechinagar Municipality in Jhapa District of Mechi Zone, southeastern Nepal.
At the time of the 1991 Nepal census, Mechinagar had a population of 21,366 people living in 4147 individual households.
Kakarbhitta is the eastern terminus of Nepal's east-west Mahendra Highway at the country's eastern border with Darjeeling District, West Bengal state, India. The Panitanki neighborhood of Naxalbari is on the other side. There is a border checkpoint for customs and third country nationals. Indian and Nepalese nationals cross without restriction.
Traffic between Nepal, India and Bangladesh goes through Kakarbhitta.
Kakarbhitta is 21 kilometers from Bhadrapur airport (Nepal), 105 kilometers from Biratnagar airport (Nepal) and 21.5 kilometers from Bagdogra airport (India).
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