Inaruwa Municipality
Inaruwa (Nepali: इनरुवा) is a headquarter of Sunsari in Koshi province of Eastern Nepal.Inaruwa had become a municipality from the Panchayat in the year 2047 BS and It operates under a mayor-council type of government and is currently led by Mayor Kedar Bhandari. Spanning 77.92 square kilometers, the Municipality is home to a population of nearly 75 thousand residents.
Inaruwa | |
|---|---|
 Signature well of Inaruwa | |
 Seal .svg.png.webp) Coat of arms | |
 Ward division | |
  Inaruwa position in Koshi  Inaruwa Inaruwa (Nepal) | |
| Coordinates: 26°36′09″N 87°09′00″E | |
| Country |  Nepal |
| Province | Koshi |
| District | Sunsari |
| First estd. 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) |
| • CAO | Dasrath Rai |
| Area | |
| • Total | 77.92 km2 (30.09 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 74,914[1] |
| • Density | 961/km2 (2,490/sq mi) |
| • Ethnicities | Muslim kushwaha Tharu Chetri JhangadBrahmin |
| • Literacy | 75.3 % |
| Demonym | Inaruwawasi (NP:इनरुवावासी) |
| Language | |
| • Official | Nepali |
| • Additional | Maithili |
| Development Index | |
| • HDI | 0.49 (low) |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (NST) |
| Area code | 025 |
| Geocode | 11309 |
| Annual Budget | $9.69 Million (FY 2077/78) |
| Website | inaruwamun |
In 2015 ,VDCs like Babiya , Madhesa, Dumraha, Jalpapur , Chandbela were merged into this municipality. Geographically, Inaruwa is surrounded by Gadhi Rural Municipality in the east, Bhokraha Rural Municipality in the west, Itahari Sub-metropolitan city and Ramdhuni Municipality in the north and Harinagar Rural Municipality in the south.
The municipality is politically divided into 10 wards.The wards have a Ward chairperson and few board members which are elected by local level Election by direct voting.
History
Before Annexation in Nepal
In Vedic Period , Sunsari was part of Mithila region along with Jhapa and Morang.
Later in 18 th century, King Mawrong Hang annexed them all into Limbuwan.Also, Meanwhile Gorkha King Prithivi Narayan Shah was on a campaign to conquer all the hill kingdoms into his Empire. He attacked Limbuwan on two fronts. After the Limbuwan Gorkha War 1771-1774 AD, the Limbu ministers of Morang, and Limbu rulers of the ten principalities came to an agreement with the King of Gorkha. With the Limbuwan Gorkha treaty of 1774, Limbuwan was annexed to Nepal.& Hence , It was formed as part of Nepal.
After Anexation in Nepal
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
Religious places in the municipality[3] include:
- Satyanarayan Mandir , Inaruwa 1
- Ram Janaki Mandir , Inaruwa 7
- Maa Bhagwati Mandir, Inaruwa 1
- Shiv Mandir , Inaruwa 1
- Maa Durga Mandir , Inaruwa 2
- Radha Krishna Mandir, Inaruwa 3
- Hanuman Mandir, Inaruwa 4
- Latidevi Than , Inaruwa 5
- Jama masjid, Inaruwa 4
- LaxmiNarayan Mandir, Inaruwa 2
- Hatti ghoda than , Inaruwa 8
Administration
A municipality in Nepal is an administrative division in the Provinces of Nepal .It functions as a sub-unit of a district.[4]
- Mayor - Kedar Bhandari
- Deputy Mayor - Binita Mehta
- Ward Chairman
- Head Officer - Dasrath Rai
- Administration , Plan and Monitoring - Kapildev Mehta
- Information and Communication officer - Niraj Pokhrel
- Administration planning and Monitoring - Bhagwat Mehta
- Jinsi - Kumar Niraula
- Finance Officer -Ashok Mehta
- Revenue Dept. - Kumari Bhattarai
- Infrastructure Development and Management - Er. Umeshwor Mehta
- Building and housing -Er. Sanjay Mehta
- Disaster management - Binod Bhattarai
- Vehicle - Geeta Kumari Subedi
- City Police - Hukumdhwaj Karki
- Health care department - Kapleshwor Shah
- Education, Youth & sports - Dilliraj Niraula
- Economic development - Jeevan Kumar Bhattarai
- Law department - Baburam Bhattarai
Bold names are Adhikrit
Geography
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.
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 51,668 | — |
| 2011 | 63,593 | +23.1% |
| 2021 | 75,932 | +19.4% |
| Data is based on Census in Nepal . Source: Census in Nepal | ||
Census 2011
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
language in Inaruwa
Religion
Census 2021
According to the 2021 census,[1] the total number of families is 16029, the total population is 74914, out of which there are 36689 males and 38225 females, with a sex ratio of 95.98 male per 100 Female .
Population by Gender
Wardwise population distribution:
Health care
Inaruwa also boasts of a state-of-the-art hospital that provides 24-hour emergency services to its residents. The hospital is staffed with a team of highly skilled and experienced medical professionals who specialize in a wide range of human healthcare services. The hospital also collaborates with various government programs to provide free health care services to the local community, such as health campaigns in each ward. Additionally, the hospital also offers services under health insurance policies, making quality healthcare accessible to a wider range of individuals. To further enhance the accessibility of healthcare services, each ward of Inaruwa is also equipped with Health Posts that provide primary care services to the local residents. [9]
Sports
Inaruwa has stadium located behind district hospital. Inaruwa is hub for sports like volleyball, football, cricket and many more.[10]
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, Mayor cup,[11] Manmohan Smirti Cup,[12][13] and Sunsari Premier League. It has hosted Nepal's first night Cricket too. Numbers of night volleyball has been organised annually.Also President Cup is organised in the stadium.
Transportation
Inaruwa is a city located in the fertile plain of Nepal. It is situated on the Mahendra Highway, which acts as a major transport hub connecting the city to surrounding villages, as well as the larger cities of Itahari, Biratnagar, and Jhumka. The city has well-maintained roadways, making it easily accessible by car or bus. The nearest airport to Inaruwa is Biratnagar Airport, located 25.4 km (15.8 mi) away.
In addition to the Mahendra Highway, Inaruwa also has roadways that link it to the Indian border via Dewangunj and Bhutaha. Furthermore, the city has a newly built bus station that provides links to Prakashpur, Bhutaha and other junctions on the Mahendra Highway. This makes Inaruwa an important transportation hub for the region, connecting people and goods to various destinations.
Media
Inaruwa has numerous local newspaper publications , Radio stations as well as provided by all national newspapers, televisios . Daily newspapers like Pratikchhan daily , Radio stations like Popular FM , Advance FM , National daily newspapers like The Kathmandu post, The Himalayan Times , The Annapurna post , all TV channels like kantipur television , Galaxy News , Prime News etc. Provide services . Also , few of them provide e- News services via Facebook, Twitter.[14]
Education
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.
According to latest data as published by Inaruwa municipality, 27 public schools with highly appreciated technology like E-attendance and Wi-fi. All schools follows annual calendar and plans , policies.
Few schools names are :
Bal Mandir School
Saraswati higher secondary school
Rajajee Ramjee mahato(Dash)Secondary School
Janta secondary school
Sharada secondary school
Sunsari Multiple Campus
Mayors
| Election[15] | Mayor | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2074 | Rajan Mehta | Nepali Congress | 2074-2079 | |
| 2079 | Kedar Bhandari | Nepali Congress | 2079-2084 | |
Economic Activities
The major economic activities in Inaruwa are Agriculture , Local business, livestock, poultry , Milk, Mineral water production , Rice production. [16]
Climate
Summer season (mar-Jun) is quite hot and wet . Temperature here, reaches Upto 35-38°C
winter season,(Dec-Feb) of Inaruwa is cold and dry temperature decreases Upto 8-9 °C.
In July-September , It receives heavy rainfall .[17][18] 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.[19]
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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)[20] | |||||||||||||
2022
| Climate data for Inaruwa | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||||||||
References
- "Census Nepal 2021". 2022-01-27. Archived from the original on 2022-01-27. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
- Municipal, Government (2020–2021). "Document" (PDF). Inaruwa municipality. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "इनरुवा नगरपालिका, नगर कार्यपालिकाको कार्यालय | कोशी प्रदेश, नेपाल सरकार". www.inaruwamun.gov.np. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
- "इनरुवा नगरपालिका, नगर कार्यपालिकाको कार्यालय | प्रदेश नं. १, नेपाल सरकार". inaruwamun.gov.np. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
- "Digital Himalaya: Nepal Census 2001". www.digitalhimalaya.com. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
- "Inaruwa Municipality Profile | Facts & Statistics – Nepal Archives".
- Central Bureau of Statistics (2012). National Population and Housing Census 2011 (PDF). Kathmandu: Government of Nepal.
- "NepalMap profile: Inaruwa Municipality". NepalMap. Retrieved 2022-08-19.
- "Department of Health Services". Retrieved 2022-08-16.
- "इनरुवा नगरपालिका, नगर कार्यपालिकाको कार्यालय | प्रदेश नं. १, नेपाल सरकार". inaruwamun.gov.np. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
- "Sunsari: Inaruwa XI Enters SFs Of Inaruwa Gold Cup". GoalNepal.
- "Army beat Police, clinch MM Cup". The Himalayan Times. January 20, 2019.
- "MM One day national cricket starts on Jan 5". kathmandupost.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 2019-01-22.
- "Inaruwa Municipality - MuAN". Retrieved 2023-04-15.
- "Election Commission Nepal". election.gov.np. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
- "इनरुवा नगरपालिका, नगर कार्यपालिकाको कार्यालय | प्रदेश नं. १, नेपाल सरकार". inaruwamun.gov.np. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
- "EXTREME TEMPERATURES OF MONTH NOVEMBER" (PDF). Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, Government of Nepal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
- Inaruwa Monthly Climate Averages, retrieved 2018-04-28
- "Climate: Inaruwa". www.climate-data.org. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
- "Normals from 1985-2017" (PDF). Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (Nepal). Retrieved 20 October 2012.
External links
- "इनरुवा नगरपालिका, नगर कार्यपालिकाको कार्यालय | प्रदेश नं. १, नेपाल सरकार" [Inaruwa Municipality, Municipal Executive Office | State No. 1, Government of Nepal]. www.inaruwamun.gov.np. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
