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 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.

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.

Education

Languages

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

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, Limbu, Newar and others various ethnic groups makes of the population.

Local Level Election

Local Level Election 2079

PartyMayor/ChairpersonDeputy Mayor/ChairpersonResults
Nepali CongressHem Karna Poudel-
CPN Yam Kumar Chungwang LimbuSangita Kumari Chaudhari
Communist Party of Nepal --
Communist Party of Nepal -Keshav Kumar Bista
Rastriya Prajatantra PartyAkash Hang LimbuBabita Kumari Chaudhari
CPN Maoist SocialistBhanu Bhakta Koirala-
Janata Samajwadi PartyDilli Prasad LimbuYamuna Guragain
Khambuwan Rastriya Morcha NepalDesh Maya Rai-
Maulik Jarokilo PartyRameswar ThapaSharmila Baral
Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya ManchBhim Kumar LimbuDilita Limbu
Nagarik Unmukti PartyAkshay Kumar Chaudhari-
Mangol National OrganizationDipendra Rai-
Loktantrit Samajwadi PartyGanga Bahadur Shrestha-
IndependentsJhamak Bahadur Karki-
IndependentsDilli Ram Dahal-
IndependentsPadam Kumar Adhikari-
IndependentsTek Raj Bhujel-
Independents-Anju Kumari Singh

Notable people