Inaruwa (Nepali: इनरुवा) is a municipality and headquarters of Sunsari District located 25 km (16 mi) east of the Koshi Barrage and 18.6 km (11.6 mi) east of Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve in Province No. 1, Nepal. It covers an area of 77.92 km2 (30.09 sq mi).
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Inaruwa
इनरुवा | |
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Municipality | |
Inaruwa Municipality | |
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Coordinates: 26°36′09″N 87°09′00″E | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | Province No. 1 |
District | Sunsari District |
First established as Municipality | 2047 BS |
No. of Wards | 10 |
Government | |
• Type | Mayor–council |
• Body | Inaruwa municipal council |
• mayor | Kedar Bhandari (NC) |
• Deputy Mayor | Binita Mehta (NC) |
Area | 77.92 km2 (30.09 sq mi) |
Elevation | 85 m (279 ft) |
Population (2021) | 75,920[1] |
• Ethnicities | Muslim kushwaha Tharu Chetri JhangadBrahmin |
Language | |
• Official | Nepali |
• Additional | Maithili |
Time zone | UTC+5:45 (NST) |
Postal code | 56710 |
telephone code | 025 |
Website | inaruwamun.gov.np |
Inaruwa Municipality is a district headquarters located in Sunsari District under Province No. 1 of Nepal. According to the geographical demarcation, the name of the town is Inaruwa, surrounded by Gadhi Municipality in the east, Bhokraha rural Municipality in the west, Itahari Sub-metropolitan Municipality and Ramdhuni Municipality in the north and Harinagar Municipality in the south. The municipality is politically divided into 10 wards. Inaruwa is one of the six municipalities in the district, while Ramdhuni, Duhabi and Barah are the other municipalities. This Inaruwa Municipality has become a municipality from the Panchayat in the year 2047 BS.
During the reign of Bhim shumsher , this land, which has been a forest for thousands of years, is inhabited by slopes , trees, forest. The aim to increase the agricultural production of the two settlements. As the number of Nepali people moving to big cities for settlements including Sikkim, Bhutan, Burma and Assam in India without finding employment in the country, the deforestation work started in the year 1988, acknowledging the importance of manpower in the country. Although the area has been a densely forested area for thousands of years, a dilapidated dug-out well at the east-north side of the Inaruwa Hospital has now become public. Even after that, the robbers from India were lurking in the same dug wells all day and night, and even hiding in the forest. Later, during deforestation, everyone saw that well as a 'remnant'. People around the area symbolically called 'इनार' and to indicate that the place where the well was found is related to a root word or to give the meaning of "वाला". concerned with the related path becomes Inaruwa (इनार वाला). Inaruwa seems to be a meaningful place. This is why Inaruwa is often called Inaruwa (also Inarwa) by the Maithili, Tharauti and Bhojpuri speaking people of Terai.[2]
Religious places in the municipality include:
Inaruwa , being headquarter of Sunsari district homes various district administrative offices like District Administrative Office of Sunsari, District Education Office of Sunsari, District court of Sunsari, Malpot Office of Sunsari , Inaruwa Electricity Distribution office , District Police Office of Sunsari , District hospital. [3][4][5]
Inaruwa lies eastern part of Nepal . It covers 77.92 km² area , sharing boundaries with Ramdhuni Municipality, Harinagar gaupalika, gadhi gaupalika, Itahari sub-metropolitan. It has 10 wards. Geographically, it is terai with connecting various places. Inaruwa has prennial rivers like sunsari river . The more aesthetic beauty is added by greenery in lands as majority depends on agriculture. The plane terai levels at 75 m (approx) and is rich in fertility of soil.
As of 2011 Inaruwa Municipality had a population of 63,593 population, with 31,195 males and 32,398 females. Ward 9 had the highest population of 8,526, and ward 5 had lowest population with 8,526.[6]
In the same year, Inaruwa had 13,020 households, with the highest number of 1,721 in ward 3, and the lowest number of 1,066 in ward 10.[7]
Languages
Maithili 47.8%
Nepali 23%
Urdu 12%
Tharu 7.4%
Uraw 3.2%
Bhujel 2%
Newar 1.1%
other 3.5%
Religion
Hindu 81.3%
Islam 16.5%
Buddhism 0.9%
Prakriti 0.6%
Christianity 0.2%
Others 0.5%[8]
According to the preliminary report of the 2021 census,[1] the total number of families is 16931, the total population is 75,932, out of which there are 37,273 males and 38,647 females, with a sex ratio of 0.964 (M/F).
Inaruwa hospital provides 24 hours emergency service. It provides specialist for various human health care. It serve even various programs under government collaboration to provide enough services like health campaign at each ward free of cost. It even provide services under Health insurance policy. Also each ward of Inaruwa is provided with health posts for primary care.[9]
Inaruwa has stadium located behind district hospital. Inaruwa is hub for sports like volleyball, football, cricket and many more.[citation needed] The town hosts national-level sports and tournaments every year, and has hosted many sport tournaments, mainly cricket and football, including the President Gold Cup,[10] Manmohan Smirti Cup,[11][12] and Sunsari Premier League.
Inaruwa lies on the Mahendra Highway and acts as a transport hub between surrounding villages and the cities of Itahari, Biratnagar and Jhumka with Roadways. The nearest airport is Biratnagar Airport, 25.4 km (15.8 mi) away. Inaruwa has well finished roadways . It is situated in a fertile plain.Situated on Mahendra Highway and provide diversion towards Biratnagar. It has also road way linking UpTo India border via Dewangunj and Bhutaha.
Inaruwa lies on the Mahendra Highway and acts as a transport hub between surrounding villages and the cities of Itahari, Biratnagar .
Inaruwa has newly built station for bus and provide links to Prakashpur, Bhutaha, junction on Mahendra Highway .
Inaruwa has 68 educational institutions,[6] including playgroup, primary, secondary and higher education up to masters degree level. Inaruwa has six colleges for undergraduate and postgraduate education. It has a 60.54% literacy rate. Also, a few primary public schools have initiated English-medium education.
In the winter season, the temperature of Inaruwa is 10–18 ℃, it increases to 30–42 ℃ during the summer season.[13][14] 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.[15]
Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
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Average high °C (°F) | 22.7 (72.9) |
26.1 (79.0) |
30.9 (87.6) |
33.9 (93.0) |
33.3 (91.9) |
32.9 (91.2) |
32.1 (89.8) |
32.5 (90.5) |
32.1 (89.8) |
31.6 (88.9) |
29.3 (84.7) |
25.4 (77.7) |
30.2 (86.4) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 15.8 (60.4) |
18.6 (65.5) |
23.3 (73.9) |
27.1 (80.8) |
28.3 (82.9) |
29.0 (84.2) |
28.8 (83.8) |
29.2 (84.6) |
28.4 (83.1) |
26.4 (79.5) |
22.3 (72.1) |
18.0 (64.4) |
24.6 (76.3) |
Average low °C (°F) | 9.0 (48.2) |
11.1 (52.0) |
15.6 (60.1) |
20.4 (68.7) |
23.3 (73.9) |
25.2 (77.4) |
25.6 (78.1) |
25.8 (78.4) |
24.7 (76.5) |
21.1 (70.0) |
15.3 (59.5) |
10.5 (50.9) |
19.0 (66.2) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 11.7 (0.46) |
13.2 (0.52) |
13.2 (0.52) |
53.1 (2.09) |
186.0 (7.32) |
302.4 (11.91) |
530.8 (20.90) |
378.3 (14.89) |
298.8 (11.76) |
91.8 (3.61) |
5.9 (0.23) |
6.6 (0.26) |
1,891.8 (74.47) |
Source: Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (Nepal)[16] |
Climate data for Inaruwa | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °F (°C) | 70 (21) |
73 (23) |
90 (32) |
91 (33) |
88 (31) |
88 (31) |
90 (32) |
91 (33) |
88 (31) |
90 (32) |
84 (29) |
82 (28) |
91 (33) |
Average low °F (°C) | 37 (3) |
36 (2) |
46 (8) |
57 (14) |
57 (14) |
66 (19) |
68 (20) |
66 (19) |
66 (19) |
63 (17) |
57 (14) |
48 (9) |
36 (2) |
Source: AccuWeather |
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