Madhesh Province

मधेश प्रदेश

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One of Nepal's seven provinces, established by the 2015 constitution. Comprises eight districts in the southeastern Terai. Capital: Janakpur. Formerly known as "Province No. 2."

Madhesh Province is the smallest of Nepal’s seven provinces by area, formed on 20 September 2015. It borders the Indian states of Bihar and West Bengal.

Source: Wikipedia: Provinces of Nepal; Wikipedia: Madhesh Province.

Source & verification

VerifiedSource: Wikipedia: Provinces of Nepal; Wikipedia: Madhesh ProvinceLast verified 2026-09-11

See the note on `koshi-province.md` for the general sourcing approach applied to all seven provinces in this batch — constitutional existence/name/capital treated as verified via a well-corroborated tertiary source; leadership and contact details deliberately left unset pending per-province official sources.