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Itahari (Nepali: ईटहरी) 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 198,098 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 square kilometres (36.21 sq mi) 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.




Weather


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


Itahari International College
SOS Hermann Gmeiner Higher Secondary School




Demographics






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At the time of the 2011 Census of Nepal, 52% of the population in the City spoke Nepali, 19% Tharu, 8% Maithili, 3% Rai, 3% Limbu Language, 2% Urdu, and 13% spoke other languages as their first language.




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The largest ethnic group is Tharu, who makes 19% of the population, Hill Brahman and Chhetri comes to second and third with 17% each. Other groups in itahari includes the Rai (7.4%), Limbu (4.0%), Muslim (3%) and others various ethnic groups makes(31%) of the population.




Local Level Election






= Local Level Election 2079

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Notable people


Ritesh Thapa, a national level football player




References






External links


ItahariChowk.com
Media related to Itahari at Wikimedia Commons

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• Daftar kota di Nepal
• Itahari
• Itahari International College
• Dharan
• Sunsari District
• Itahari Bishnupur
• Biratnagar
• Hem Karna Paudel
• Inaruwa Municipality
• Mayor of Pokhara
• Nepal Television