# Itahari

_City in Sunsari District, Nepal_

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Last updated: 2026-10-02

> 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.

## Quick facts

- **Type:** city; sub-metropolitan municipality of Nepal ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1675026#P31))
- **Located in:** Sunsari District (district of Nepal) › Koshi Province (province of Nepal) ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1675026#P131))
- **Population:** 74,501 (2011) ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1675026#P1082))
- **Area:** 93.78 km² ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1675026#P2046))
- **Official website:** itaharimun.gov.np ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1675026#P856))
- **Coordinates:** 26.6667, 87.2833

## Questions

**Where is Itahari located?**  
Itahari is located in Sunsari District, Koshi Province, Nepal.

**What is the population of Itahari?**  
The population of Itahari is 74,501 (as of 2011).

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- [Sunsari District](https://diginpl.com/places/sunsari-district)
- [Koshi Province](https://diginpl.com/places/koshi-province)

## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Itahari](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itahari) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): इटहरी](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q1675026](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1675026) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Itahari..jpg by Er.Naresh Chaudhary (CC BY-SA 4.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Itahari..jpg)

## Licence and attribution

Text from the Wikipedia article Itahari, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Itahari..jpg — Er.Naresh Chaudhary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

## Cite this page

"Itahari". DigiNepal. Last updated 2 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/itahari. Retrieved 21 October 2026.