Itahari
title: "Itahari" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["itahari", "populated-places-in-sunsari-district", "municipalities-in-koshi-province", "nepal-municipalities-established-in-1997", "submetropolitan-municipalities-of-nepal", "municipalities-in-sunsari-district"] topic_path: "general/itahari" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itahari" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Itahari |
| native_name | ईटहरी |
| settlement_type | [Sub-Metropolitan City |
| (उपमहानगरपालिका)](list-of-cities-in-nepal-sub-metropolitan-cities) | |
| motto | "Clean, Green and Commercial City". |
| image_skyline | Itahari..jpg |
| imagesize | 300px |
| flag_size | 150px |
| mapframe | yes |
| mapsize | 300 |
| map_caption | Map of Itahari |
| pushpin_map | Koshi#Nepal |
| pushpin_label_position | bottom |
| pushpin_mapsize | 300 |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location of Itahari in Koshi Province |
| coordinates | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Nepal |
| subdivision_type2 | Province |
| subdivision_name2 | Koshi |
| subdivision_type3 | District |
| subdivision_name3 | Sunsari |
| subdivision_type4 | Wards |
| subdivision_name4 | 20 |
| established_title | Settled |
| established_date | - |
| government_type | Mayor-council |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Hem Karna Paudel |
| leader_title1 | Deputy Mayor |
| leader_name1 | Sangita Kumari Chaudhary (CPN-UML) |
| unit_pref | Imperial |
| area_total_km2 | 93.78 |
| area_land_km2 | |
| elevation_m | 110 |
| population_as_of | 2021 |
| population_total | 198,098 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| population_rank | 9th (Nepal) |
| 2nd (Province No. 1) | |
| demographics_type1 | Languages |
| demographics1_title1 | Official |
| demographics1_info1 | Nepali |
| population_blank1_title | Ethnicities |
| population_blank1 | Bahun, Chhetri, Tamang, Limbu, Rai, Tharu, Magars, Newars, |
| timezone | |
| utc_offset | +5:45 |
| elevation_footnotes | tags-- |
| postal_code_type | |
| postal_code | 56705 |
| area_code | 025 |
| blank_name | Climate |
| blank_info | Cwa |
| website | |
| :: |
| name = Itahari | native_name = ईटहरी | other_name = | settlement_type = Sub-Metropolitan City (उपमहानगरपालिका) | motto = "Clean, Green and Commercial City". | image_skyline = Itahari..jpg | imagesize = 300px | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_size = 150px | image_seal = | mapframe = yes | mapsize = 300 | map_caption = Map of Itahari | pushpin_map = Koshi#Nepal | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_mapsize = 300 | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Itahari in Koshi Province | coordinates = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Nepal | subdivision_type1 = | subdivision_name1 = | subdivision_type2 = Province | subdivision_name2 = Koshi | subdivision_type3 = District | subdivision_name3 = Sunsari | subdivision_type4 = Wards | subdivision_name4 = 20 | established_title = Settled | established_date = - | government_type = Mayor-council | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Hem Karna Paudel (Congress) | leader_title1 = Deputy Mayor | leader_name1 = Sangita Kumari Chaudhary (CPN-UML) | area_magnitude = | unit_pref = Imperial | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 93.78 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_percent = | area_urban_km2 = | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_metro_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = | area_blank1_title = | area_blank1_km2 = | area_blank1_sq_mi = | elevation_m = 110 | population_as_of = 2021 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 198,098 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_density_sq_mi = | population_metro = | population_density_metro_sq_mi = | population_urban = | population_density_urban_km2 = | population_density_urban_sq_mi = | population_rank = 9th (Nepal) 2nd (Province No. 1) | population_density_blank1_km2 = | population_density_blank1_sq_mi = | population_density_metro_km2 = | demographics_type1 = Languages | demographics1_title1 = Official | demographics1_info1 = Nepali | population_blank1_title = Ethnicities | population_blank1 = Bahun, Chhetri, Tamang, Limbu, Rai, Tharu, Magars, Newars,
| timezone = NST | utc_offset = +5:45 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | elevation_footnotes = tags-- | postal_code_type = Postal Code | postal_code = 56705 | area_code = 025 | blank_name = Climate | blank_info = Cwa | website = | official_name = ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Itahari_and_Itahari_Chowk_Drone_Shot.png" caption="Aerial View of Itahari" alt="Aerial View of Itahari"] ::
Itahari () is a sub-metropolitan city in the Sunsari District of Koshi Province in Nepal. Itahari city has grown as an important business hub of eastern Nepal. It is the second most populous city in eastern Nepal after Biratnagar. Situated 25 kilometres north of the provincial capital of Biratnagar, 16 kilometres south of Dharan and 92 kilometres west of Kakarbhitta, Itahari serves as a junction point of the east-west Mahendra Highway and the north–south Koshi Highway. Itahari has an estimated city population of 200,000 living in 40,207 households as per 2021 Nepal census. It is one of the fastest-growing cities in Eastern Nepal. It is one of the cities of the Greater Birat Development Area which incorporates the cities of Biratnagar-Itahari-Gothgau-Biratchowk-Dharan primarily located on the Koshi Highway in Eastern Nepal, with an estimated total urban agglomerated population of 804,300 people living in 159,332 households.
According to the Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development, Itahari has an area of 93.78 km2 with 140,517 people living in 33,794 individual households as of Census of Nepal 2011. The town is divided into a total of 20 wards. The municipality was established in 1997 and became a sub-metro in 2014.
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Itahari_Sub-Metropolitan_city_office.jpg" caption="Itahari Sub-Metropolitan city office"] ::
Climate
In the winter season, the temperature of Itahari is 10–18 °C, it increases to 30–45 °C during the summer season. About 2007 mm of precipitation falls annually. There is 4 mm of precipitation in December. In July, the precipitation reaches its peak, with an average of 571 mm.
| width = auto | location = Itahari (Tarahara) (1991–2020 normals) | metric first = Y | single line = Y |collapsed = Y | Jan high C = 22.7 | Feb high C = 25.7 | Mar high C = 30.9 | Apr high C = 33.2 | May high C = 33.3 | Jun high C = 32.8 | Jul high C = 32.2 | Aug high C = 32.4 | Sep high C = 32.2 | Oct high C = 31.4 | Nov high C = 28.9 | Dec high C = 25.3 | year high C = |Jan mean C = 15.6 |Feb mean C = 18.1 |Mar mean C = 23.3 |Apr mean C = 26.1 |May mean C = 28.3 |Jun mean C = 28.8 |Jul mean C = 28.8 |Aug mean C = 28.9 |Sep mean C = 28.2 |Oct mean C = 26.1 |Nov mean C = 21.7 |Dec mean C = 17.8 |year mean C =
| Jan low C = 8.5 | Feb low C = 10.5 | Mar low C = 15.6 | Apr low C = 18.9 | May low C = 23.3 | Jun low C = 24.8 | Jul low C = 25.4 | Aug low C = 25.4 | Sep low C = 24.2 | Oct low C = 20.7 | Nov low C = 14.5 | Dec low C = 10.3 | year low C = |precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation mm = 16.5 | Feb precipitation mm = 13.2 | Mar precipitation mm = 20.7 | Apr precipitation mm = 69.6 | May precipitation mm = 174.5 | Jun precipitation mm = 295.1 | Jul precipitation mm = 538.2 | Aug precipitation mm = 376.0 | Sep precipitation mm = 294.9 | Oct precipitation mm = 93.8 | Nov precipitation mm = 14.1 | Dec precipitation mm = 13.0 | year precipitation mm = |source 1 = Department of Hydrology and Meteorology{{cite web | url = https://www.dhm.gov.np/climate-services/climate%20reports/monthly-reports | title = Climate Division (Climate Analysis Section) | publisher=Department of Hydrology and Meteorology | access-date = 8 February 2025}} |source 2 = Agricultural Extension in South Asia (precipitation 1976–2005){{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231013221356/https://www.aesanetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/888-Temporal-and-Spatial-Variability-of-Climate-Change-Over-Nepal-1976-2005.pdf | archive-date = 13 October 2023 | url = https://www.aesanetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/888-Temporal-and-Spatial-Variability-of-Climate-Change-Over-Nepal-1976-2005.pdf | title = TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIABILITY OF CLIMATE CHANGE OVER NEPAL (1976-2005) | publisher=Agricultural Extension in South Asia | access-date = 14 October 2023}}
Education
Demographics
| title = Religion in Itahari (2011) | titlebar = #Fcd116 | left1 = Religion | right1 = Percent | float = right | bars =
Languages
| caption = language in Itahari | label1 = Nepali | value1 = 56.7 | color1 = orange | label2 = Tharu | value2 = 16.3 | color2 = blue | label3 = Maithili | value3 = 8.7 | color3 = pink | label4 = Rai | value4 = 2 | color4 = red | label5 = Limbu | value5 = 2.4 | color5 = green | label6 = Tamang | value6 = 2.1 | color6 = yellow | label7 = Others | value7 = 11.8 | color7 = black At the time of the 2021 Census of Nepal, 56.7% of the population in the City spoke Nepali, 16.3% Tharu, 8.7% Maithili, 2% Rai, 2.4% Limbu Language, 2.1% Tamang, and 11.8% spoke other languages as their first language.
Ethnic groups
| thumb = left | caption = Ethnic groups in Itahari | label1 = Chhetri | value1 = 20.8 | color1 = dodgerblue | label2 = Hill Brahman | value2 = 16.9 | color2 = orange | label3 = Tharu | value3 = 15.9 | color3 = red | label4 = Rai | value4 = 7.9 | color4 = blue | label5 = Limbu | value5 = 3.4 | color5 = pink | label6 = Newar | value6 = 4.5 | color6 = green | label7 = Others | value7 = 30.6 | color7 = black
The largest ethnic group is Chhetri, who makes 20.8% of the population, Hill Brahman and Tharu comes to second and third with 16.9% and 15.9% each respectively. Other groups in Itahari includes the Rai (7.9%), Limbu (3.4%), Newar (4.5%) and others various ethnic groups makes(30.6%) of the population.
Local Level Election
Local Level Election 2079
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| Party | Mayor/Chairperson | Deputy Mayor/Chairperson | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepali Congress | Hem Karna Poudel | - | |
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Yam Kumar Chungwang Limbu | Sangita Kumari Chaudhari | |
| Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) | - | - | |
| Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist) | - | Keshav Kumar Bista | |
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Akash Hang Limbu | Babita Kumari Chaudhari | |
| CPN Maoist Socialist | Bhanu Bhakta Koirala | - | |
| Janata Samajwadi Party | Dilli Prasad Limbu | Yamuna Guragain | |
| Khambuwan Rastriya Morcha Nepal | Desh Maya Rai | - | |
| Maulik Jarokilo Party | Rameswar Thapa | Sharmila Baral | |
| Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch | Bhim Kumar Limbu | Dilita Limbu | |
| Nagarik Unmukti Party | Akshay Kumar Chaudhari | - | |
| Mangol National Organization | Dipendra Rai | - | |
| Loktantrit Samajwadi Party | Ganga Bahadur Shrestha | - | |
| Independents | Jhamak Bahadur Karki | - | |
| Independents | Dilli Ram Dahal | - | |
| Independents | Padam Kumar Adhikari | - | |
| Independents | Tek Raj Bhujel | - | |
| Independents | - | Anju Kumari Singh | |
| :: |
Notable people
- Ritesh Thapa, national-level football player
References
References
- "Capital of Province 1 to be scattered in various districts - myRepublica - the New York Times Partner, Latest news of Nepal in English, Latest News Articles".
- "Census Nepal 2021".
- "स्थानीय तहहरुको विवरण". [[Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development (Nepal).
- (8 October 2017). "CITY POPULATION – statistics, maps & charts".
- (14 January 2018). "Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City Office (Government of Nepal)".
- (14 January 2018). "Itahari Sub Metropolitan City".
- "Archived copy".
- "Itahari Monthly Climate Averages".
- "Climate: Itahari".
- "NepalMap profile: itahari Sub-Metropolitan City".
- https://censusnepal.cbs.gov.np/results/cast-ethnicity?province=1&district=13&municipality=6
- https://censusnepal.cbs.gov.np/results/cast-ethnicity?province=1&district=13&municipality=6
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