Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City Profile | Facts & Statistics

Itahari is a Sub-Metropolitan City, which is located in Sunsari district, Province No. 1 of Nepal. Itahari has total 20 wards, which are scattered across 94 square kilometers of geographical area. According to 2011 Census conducted by Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City had total population of 140,517.

As of 2011, 10,675 population in Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City were absent from their households, which equals to 7.60 percent of the total population. Absence of males was 9,432, which equals to 14.17 percent of total 66,566 males. Same as, 1,237 females were absent, which equals to 1.67 percent of 73,951 females. At least one member of 8,521 (25.21 percent) households were absent.

View Full Chart

As illustrated in the charts, the ratio of absentee population was 12.16, while male to female absentee population ratio was 7.62. Same as, the household ratio of present vs. absent population was 2.97.

In terms of age, the largest population in Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City were between 10 and 14 years of age with total 16,579. However, gender wise largest population age group differs from the total population, such as largest male population falls between 10 and 14 with total 8,521 while female population falls between 20 and 24 with total 8,454 population. The least populated age group was between 70 and 74 with total 1,815 population, which consistes of 884 males and 931 females. Top 5 most populated age groups were between 10 and 14 (16,579), between 15 and 19 (15,950), between 20 and 24 (14,291), between 5 and 9 (14,192), between 25 and 29 (12,826) with total population of 73,838. In contrast, bottom 5 least populated age groups were between 70 and 74 (1,815), above 75 (2,383), between 65 and 69 (2,502), between 60 and 64 (3,531), and between 55 and 59 (4,058) with total population of 14,289. The median age-group of total population falls between 35 and 39 and between 40 and 44 with average population of 9,258.

View Full Chart

Gender wise, top 5 most age groups male population were between 10 and 14 (8,521), between 15 and 19 (7,797), between 5 and 9 (7,342), between 20 and 24 (5,837), and below 4 (5,725), with total population of 35,222. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were between 70 and 74 (884), above 75 (1,084), between 65 and 69 (1,187),between 60 and 64 (1,750), and between 55 and 59 (2,010), with total population of 6,915. With regards to female population, top 5 age groups females were between 20 and 24 (8,454), between 15 and 19 (8,153), between 10 and 14 (8,058), between 25 and 29 (7,799), and between 5 and 9 (6,850), with total population of 39,314. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were between 70 and 74 (931), above 75 (1,299), between 65 and 69 (1,315),between 60 and 64 (1,781), and between 55 and 59 (2,048), with total population of 7,374.

The population with age-group 5 to 9 had male to female ratio of 1.07, which states that this age group had maximum males as compared to females. Similarly, age-group 25 to 29 had most female population as compared to male population with male to female ratio of 0.64. The age-groups 5 to 9, below 4, 10 to 14, 50 to 54 had majority of male population while age-groups 40 to 44, 55 to 59, 60 to 64, 15 to 19, 70 to 74, 65 to 69, 35 to 39, above 75, 30 to 34, 20 to 24, 25 to 29 had majority of female population as per male-female ratios. Moreover, age-groups 45 to 49 had eqivalent or almost equal numbers of male and female population with male-female ratios of 1.

The population pyramid for Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City visually illustrates the male vs. female population based on different age groups. The population data and ratio tables are also available in this link.

As illustrated in the pie-chart, overall ratio of male to female population in Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City as per 2011 population census was 0.90 with 47.37% (66,566) of males and 52.63% (73,951) of females.

View Full Chart

There were 65.43 % (91,938 ) of independent population, the working age people between ages of 15 and 64 years. The dependent children, ages below 15 years, were 29.80 % with total number of 41,879. The dependent elderly population, aged 65 and above were 4.77 % with total number of 6,700. As such, total dependent population including children and elderly people were 34.57 with total number of 48,579

There were 43,670 women of child-bearing age-group of 15 to 49 years. Same as, the todlers or children of 4 years or below were 11,108. The ratio of woman of child-bearing age and the number of todlers state that, approximately 254 children were born per 1,000 women. This number is also roughly used as fertility levels when direct measures of births are not available.

According to Nepal Government records as of 2017, there were total 20,940 in Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City with 9,913 (47.34%) of males and 11,027 (52.66%) females. There were total 133 schools. In average, 157 students were studying in each school.

View Full Chart

The pie-chart and graphs above further illustrates the students and schools.

Mostly spoken language in Itahari is Nepali, which is spoken by 73,391 people. The Itahari has people who speak other languages, such as Tharu, Maithili, Rai, Urdu, Limbu, Tamang, Newar, Magar, Bantawa, Chamling, Gurung, Hindi, Bhojpuri, Sampang, Danuwar, Rajsthani, Thulung, Dumi, Rajbanshi, Bangla, Bhujel, Majhi, Bahing, Yakkha, Sunuwar, Sherpa, Kulung, Nachhiring, Dhimal, Lohorung, Wambule, Uranw/Urau, Khaling, Santhali, Oriya, Doteli, Koyee, Dungmali, Yamphu/Yamphe, Puma, Mewahang, Magahi, English, Bajjika, etc.

View Full Chart

Out of total population, 39,087 female speaks Nepali language, while 34,304 male speaks Nepali language.Details information about languages spoken by male and female groups of population has been illustrated in the table.

According to 2011 census conducted by Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City was inhabitted by mostly the people of Tharu caste with total population of 27,277. There were as little as Bahing caste with population of as little as 12 in total. People of several other castes who live in Itahari are Brahmin - Hill, Chhetri, Rai, Newar, Muslim, Tamang, Bantar/Sardar, Limbu, Kami, Magar, Gurung, Sanyasi/Dashnami, Musahar, Damai/Dholi, Teli, Gharti/Bhujel, Haluwai, Brahmin - Tarai, Yadav, Hajam/Thakur, Chamar/Harijan/Ram, Danuwar, Marwadi, Majhi, Kathbaniyan, Kalwar, Rajput, Dhanuk, Sarki, Dusadh/Pasawan/Pasi, Undefined Others, Koiri/Kushwaha, Bantaba, Rajbansi, Bangali, Khawas, Dom, Dhimal, Terai Others, Sudhi, Dalit Others, Mallaha, Kayastha, Sherpa, Chamling, Sunuwar, Kumal, Sonar, Thakuri, Samgpang, Badhaee, Yakkha, Dhunia, Punjabi/Shikh, Thulung, Baraee, Kulung, Pattharkatta/Kushwadiya, Badi, Khatwe, Jhangad/Dhagar, Lohar, Kurmi, Kewat, Satar/Santhal, Nachhiring, Dhobi, Thami, Tatma/Tatwa, Ghale, Nuniya, Janajati Others, Foreigner, Bhote, Koche, Khaling, Mali, Gangai, Kumhar, Amat, Natuwa, Loharung, Gaderi/Bhedhar, Dev, Lepcha, Bahing, etc. Only the population of castes with above 1,000 population are illustrated in the table.

View Full Chart

Top five castes of people in Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City are Tharu (27,277), Brahmin - Hill (23,869), Chhetri (23,582), Rai (11,404) and Newar (6,067) with total population of 92,199, which forms 65.61 percent out of total population of 140,517 in Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City.

Out of total population of 140,517, there were total 1,563 (1.11%) disabled persons in Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City with 877 (56.11%) males and 686 (43.89%) females. The physically disabled persons were 586, while mentally disabled people were 132 and intellectually disabled were 59.

View Full Chart

Similarly, there were 247 people who were blind and 178 people were deaf, while 17 people were both blind and deaf. Moreover, 223 persons had reported of having speech problems. Total 121 people had multiple disabilities.

The pie-chart above illustrate the better picture of disabled population along with genderwise ratios.

Out of total 33794 households in Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City, there were 1,382 houses that were founded on mud bonded while 11,311 houses were cement bonded. Same as, 10,335 households were reported of being founded on RCC piller, 8,878houses were founded on wood.

With respect to wall of the houses, 815 houses were mud bonded, 20,651 houses were cement bonded, 1,884 houses were wood planks bonded, 9,862 houses were bamboo bonded and 32 houses had unbaked bricks on their outer walls.Rest of the houses were reported of having other types of outer wall, while some of them reported nothing of having the outer wall bonding.

View Full Chart

There were several types of house roofs reported. Total 2,158 houses were reported of having thatch roofs while 16,944 houses had galvanized roofs. Similarly, 164 houses had roof of tile, 13,895 houses had RCC roofs, 107 houses had roof of woods while 0 houses were reported having roof of mud. As per 2011 CBS census, some of the houses had other types of roofs while some didn't report about the roof structure.

With respect to the toilets, 3,802 out of 33,794 houses didn't report of having a private toilet for their households. Nevertheless, 18,585 houses were reported of having flush toilet while 11,166 houses reported having ordinary toilets.

In Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City, there were total 10,443 houses, which were equiped with piped tap water resources while 22,379 houses were reported of having tubewell water facilities. Same as, 138 houses had covered well while 98 houses didn't have any cover on their tubewell. Other resources of water facilities were spout water (278) and river stream (14), which were reported of the household's source of water.

View Full Chart

With reference to source of fuel, 11,513 households reported their source of fuel as firewood while 430 households had kerosene as their fuel source. The LP gas was used by 17,761 households as a source of fuel. Moreover, other sources of fuel were cow dung (2,929), bio-gas (794), fuel electricity (29), etc.

Same as, total 31,426 households had reported of having electricity as the source of their household's lighting. The households still using kerosene as source of light were 1,784, while 71 households used solar energy as source of lights. Total 0 households also reported of using bio-gas as a source of light. The ratio of use of electricity as compared to other source of light was 0.93.

out of 33,794 households in Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City, 1,473 houses reported of having no any facility in their household while 31,998 households reported of using at least one facility. Households using at least one facility, such as radio, television, internet, etc. have been illustrated in the table below.MobilePhone was used by the maximum households with total users of 27,584, while Television was the next mostly used facilities with total household users of 24,477.

View Full Chart

View Full Chart

According to 2018 Economic Census, there are total 8,757 establishments in Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City that are involved in various economic activities. In those establishments, total 37,440 persons are engaged for the economic activities, as a self-employed or an employee, with total male engagement of 22,406 and female engagement of 15,034 persons.In every business, there were an average of 4.28 people engaged with average males are 2.56 and females are 1.72. The ratio of male to female engagement in the establishments are 1.49, which means as many as 1.49 males are enagement in the economic activities per female.

View Full Chart

Similarly, the engagement of males were 59.85 percent while the females are 40.15 percent.

View Full Chart