Itahari

Itahari इटहरी Eastern Heart
Sub-Metropolitan City
Aerial view of Itahari
Itahari Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 26°40′N 87°17′E / 26.667°N 87.283°ECoordinates: 26°40′N 87°17′E / 26.667°N 87.283°E
Country	Nepal
Zone	Koshi Zone
District	Sunsari District
Government
• Type	Sub-metropolitan City
Area
• Total	87.3301 km^2 (33.7183 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	140,801
Time zone	Nepal Time (UTC+5:45)
Postal Code	56705
Area code(s)	025
Website	http://itaharimun.gov.np

Small Vegetables market in Itahari

Itahari (Nepali: इटहरी ) is a city located in the Sunsari District in the Koshi Zone of south-eastern Nepal. Itahari separates the way to Kathmandu-Pokhara and Biratnagar.

At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 140,801 people living in 18,270 individual households.^[1]

Demography

Ethnic groups

Ethnic groups in the 2011 census

  Rai and Limbu people (39.8%)

  Madhesi ^[2] (38.5%)

  Tharu (13.3%)

  Chhetri (13.3%)

  Brahmin (5%)

  Dalits (1.3%)

  Other (2.1%)

See also

• List of schools in Itahari

References

1. "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Retrieved 2 December 2008.
2. "Nearly second largest Madhesi ethnic groups in Itahari to expell Madhesi leaders".

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