title: Hardiya, Saptari
text: # 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
  