Inaruwa (Nepali: इनरुवा) is the headquarter of Sunsari district that lies in the Koshi province of Eastern Nepal. Inaruwa is a municipality since the time of Panchayat in the year 2047 BS. After 2015, it has been operating under a mayor-council form 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.

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Inaruwa
Municipality
Signature well of Inaruwa
Seal Coat of arms
Ward division
Inaruwa position in Koshi Show map of Koshi Province Inaruwa Inaruwa (Nepal) Show map of 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	Shahu Teli Brahmin kushwaha Tharu Chetri Jhangad Muslim
• 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.gov.np

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In 2015, after the implementation of federalism all over Nepal, VDCs like Babiya , Madhesa, Dumraha, Jalpapur , Chadwela 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.

Religious places in the municipality^[2] include:

• Satyanarayan Mandir, Inaruwa 1
• Ram Janaki Mandir, Inaruwa 7
• Maa Bhagwati Mandir, Inaruwa 1
• Shiv Mandir, Inaruwa 1
• Maa Durga Mandir, Inaruwa 2(Behebare haat)
• 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
• Radha Krishna mandir, Inaruwa 2 (Pandit Tole)

A municipality in Nepal is an administrative division in the Provinces of Nepal .It functions as a sub-unit of a district.^[3]

Inaruwa lies in the south-east part of Nepal and is within the terai plain. It covers an area of 77.92 km², sharing boundaries with Ramdhuni Municipality, Harinagar gaupalika, Gadhi gaupalika, Itahari sub-metropolitan city. It has 10 wards althogether. Inaruwa has prennial rivers like sunsari river. It is located at the elevation of 75 m (approx) from the sea level and is rich in fertile soil.

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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. ^[5]

Inaruwa has stadium with covered hall located behind district hospital. Inaruwa is hub for sports like volleyball, football, cricket and many more.^[6]

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,^[7] Manmohan Smirti Cup,^[8][9] 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.

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.

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.^[10]

Inaruwa has 68 educational institutions,^[11] including playgroup, primary, secondary and higher education up to master's 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

The major economic activities in Inaruwa are Agriculture , Local business, livestock, poultry, Milk, Mineral water production, Rice production.^[13]

Summer season (mar-Jun) is quite hot and wet . Temperature here, reaches up to 40 °C in summer.

winter season (Dec-Feb) of Inaruwa is cold and dry. Temperature falls down up to 8-9 °C in winter

In July–September, It receives heavy rainfall .^[14][15] About 2007 mm of precipitation falls annually where the precipitation reaches its peak in July with an average of 571 mm and it experiences the lowest precipitation in December with only 4 mm.^[16]