Key facts
- Country
- Nepal
- Province
- Koshi Pradesh
- Admin hq
- Inaruwa
- Type
- District Coordination Committee
- Body
- Sunsari DDC
- Cdo
- Ramchandra Tiwari
- Head
- Rajan Mehta ( NC )
- Deputy head
- Kamala Dahal
- District court
- Sunsari District court
- Constituencies
- Parliamentary constituencies 4 Provincial constituencies 8
- Total
- 1,257 km (485 sq mi)
- Density
- 743.4/km (1,925/sq mi)
- Ethnic groups
- Bahun , Chhetri , Madheshi , Limbu , Tamang
- Hdi
- 0.5466( medium )
- Male female
- 100/94
- Literacy rate
- 78.1%
- Time zone
- UTC+05:45 ( NST )
- Telephone code
- 025
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of Nepal
- Country
- Nepal
- Located in
- Koshi Province
- Population
- 926962
- Area
- 1257
- Official website
- www.ddcsunsari.gov.np
- Households
- 212545
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- female population
- 477939
- topic's main category
- Category:Sunsari District
- Commons category
- Sunsari District
- male population
- 449023
- native label
- सुनसरी जिल्ला
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Encyclopedic overview
Sunsari District (Nepali: सुनसरी जिल्ला listen) is one of 14 districts in Koshi province of eastern Nepal. The district is located in the eastern part of the Outer Terai and covers an area of 1,257 km (485 sq mi). According to the 2011 Nepal census, the population was 753,328. 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, Dharan, and Duhabi. Some religious places of this district are Budha Subba Temple, Ramdhuni, Chataradham, Baraha, Bishnupaduka, Dantakali, and Pindeshor Babadham.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sunsari District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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