Sundar Haraicha Municipality
सुन्दर हरैचा नगरपालिका | |
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| Sundar Haraicha Municipality | |
  Sundar Haraicha Municipality Location of Sundar Haraicha in map of Koshi Province  Sundar Haraicha Municipality Sundar Haraicha Municipality (Nepal) | |
| Coordinates: 26°40′06″N 87°23′07″E / 26.668203°N 87.385310°E | |
| Country |  Nepal |
| Province | Koshi Province |
| District | Morang |
| Wards | 12 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Kedar Prasad Guragain (CPN-UML) |
| • Deputy Mayor | Akali Chaudhary (CPN-UML) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 110 km2 (40 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 121,305 |
| • Rank | 28th (Nepal) 5th (Koshi Province) |
| • Density | 1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (NST) |
| Website | Official website |
Sundar Haraicha (Nepali: सुन्दर हरैचा) is a municipality in Morang District of Koshi Province in Nepal. It is centered around Biratchowk town which is the gateway to Biratnagar. It borders Itahari Sub- Metropolitan city to the west, Dharan Sub- Metropolitan city to the Northwest and Belbari municipality to the east and is connected by Mahendra Highway. It is one of the fastest growing cities in eastern Nepal and the second largest city of Morang district after Biratnagar, with 121,305 inhabitants living in 26,677 households.[1] It consists of the town centres of Biratchowk and Gothgaun which are parts of the Greater Birat Development Area which incorporates the cities of Biratnagar-Itahari-Gothgau-Biratchowk-Dharan[2] 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.[3]
It was established on 10 March 2017 by merging the former municipalities Sundar Dulari(Sundarpur VDC and Dulari VDC) and Koshi Haraicha(Indrapur VDC, Mirgulia VDC and Haraicha VDC).[4][5][6] At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, the localities formed had a joint population of 80,518 people living in 18,610 individual households.[7]
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- ^ "Census Nepal 2021". censusnepal.cbs.gov.np. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- ^ "Sundarharaicha municipality in Nepal". www.citypopulation.de. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
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- ^ "National Population and Housing Census 2011" (PDF). Central Bureau of Statistics. November 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2018.