Sunsari District


Sunsari District is one of 14 districts in Koshi province of eastern Nepal. The district is located in the eastern part of the Outer Terai and covers an area of.
According to the 2011 Nepal census, the population was 753,328. The district headquarters is located in Inaruwa.
The area was originally part of Morang District but became its own district in 1962 when Nepal was divided into 14 zones and 75 districts.
Major cities in Sunsari district are Inaruwa, Itahari, Jhumka, Dharan, and Duhabi. Some religious places of this district are Budha Subba Temple, Ramdhuni, Chataradham, Baraha, Bishnupaduka, Dantakali, and Pindeshor Babadham.
The lowlands of Limbuwan, present day Sunsari, Morang and Jhapa Districts was collectively known as Morang District since the time of King Mung Mawrong Hang of the 7th century.

Administration

The district consists of two Sub-metropolitan Cities, four urban municipalities and six rural municipalities. These are as follows:

Sub-metropolitan cities

Climate ZoneElevation Range% of Area
Lower Tropicalbelow 86.6%
Upper Tropical 7.8%
Subtropical 2.0%

Demographics

2021

At the time of the 2021 Nepal census, Sunsari District had a population of 926,962. 8.42% of the population is under 5 years of age. It has a literacy rate of 78.10% and a sex ratio of 1064 females per 1000 males. 665,015 lived in municipalities.
Sunsari has huge ethnic diversity with 115 castes/ethnic groups represented. The largest communities are the Muslims and Tharu. Other communities include the Janajati Limbu and other Kirati peoples.
As their first language, 32.80% of the population spoke Nepali, 28.18% Maithili, 11.59% Tharu, 7.98% Urdu, 2.69% Kurukh, 2.63% Limbu, 1.84% Bantawa, 1.59% Tamang, 1.51% Rai, 1.40% Newari and 1.14% Magar as their first language. In 2011, Nepali was spoken by 28.8% of the population as their first language.
Religion: 79.10% were Hindu, 12.34% Muslim, 7.72% Kirat Mundhum, 3.64% Buddhist and 1.69% Christian and 0.02% others.

2011

At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Sunsari District had a population of 763,487.
The most spoken language is Nepali: 28.8% spoke Nepali, followed by 28.5% Maithili.
Ethnicity/caste: 12.1% were Tharu, 11.5% Musalman, 9.2% Chhetri, 7.9% Hill Brahmin, 6.6% Rai, 4.3% Yadav, 4.0% Kushwaha/Koiri, 3.8% Newar, 3.4% Musahar, 3.2% Limbu, 3.1% Jhangad/Dhagar, 2.3% Tamang, 2.3% Teli, 2.2% Kami, 2.0% Magar, 1.6% Dhanuk, 1.5% Bantar/Sardar, 1.2% Chamar/Harijan/Ram, 1.1% Halwai, 1.0% Damai/Dholi, 1.0% Gurung, 0.8% Kathabaniyan, 0.8% Khatwe, 0.6% Gharti/Bhujel, 0.6% Majhi, 0.6% Mallaha, 0.6% Marwadi, 0.6% other Terai, 0.5% Terai Brahmin, 0.5% Dhimal, 0.5% Hajam/Thakur, 0.5% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.4% Dusadh/Paswan/Pasi, 0.4% Kulung, 0.4% Sarki, 0.3% Bantawa, 0.3% Bengali, 0.3% Gaderi/Bhedihar, 0.3% Kalwar, 0.3% Kewat, 0.3% Khawas, 0.3% Sarbaria, 0.3% Tatma/Tatwa, 0.2% Badhaee, 0.2% Chamling, 0.2% Dom, 0.2% Kayastha, 0.2% Kumal, 0.2% Kumhar, 0.2% Rajbanshi, 0.2% Rajput, 0.2% Sherpa, 0.2% Sudhi, 0.2% Sunuwar, 0.1% Amat, 0.1% Badi, 0.1% Baraee, 0.1% Bhote, 0.1% Danuwar, 0.1% Dhobi, 0.1% Kurmi, 0.1% Lohar, 0.1% Munda, 0.1% Nuniya, 0.1% Pattharkatta/Kushwadiya, 0.1% Punjabi/Sikh, 0.1% Rajbhar, 0.1% Rajdhov, 0.1% Sonar, 0.1% Thakuri, 0.1% Thulung, 0.1% Yakkha and 0.3% others.
Religion: 73.3% were Hindu, 11.5% Muslim, 6.9% Kirati, 4.4% Buddhist, 1.9% Prakriti, 1.5% Christian, 0.1% Jain and 0.4% others.
Literacy: 68.0% could read and write, 2.0% could only read and 29.9% could neither read nor write.

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