Sunsari District
Sunsari District is one of 14 districts in Province No. 1 of 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 763,487. 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 and Dharan, and Duhabi. Some religious places of this district are Budha Subba Temple, Ramdhuni, Chataradham, Baraha Kshetra, Bishnupaduka, Dantakali, and Pindeshor Babadham.Demographics
At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Sunsari District had a population of 763,487. Of these, 29.1% spoke Nepali, 28.3% Maithili, 11.6% Tharu, 9.6% Urdu, 2.8% Uranw/Urau, 2.7% Limbu, 2.1% Newari, 1.8% Tamang, 1.6% Bantawa, 1.3% Magar, 0.7% Chamling, 0.6% Bhojpuri, 0.6% Bengali and 0.6% Gurung as their first language.
45.2% of the population in the district spoke Nepali, 5.9% Maithili, 2.1% Hindi and 1.6% Tharu as their second language.Administration
The district consists of two Sub-metropolitan Cities, four urban municipalities and six rural municipalities. These are as follows:
