Itahari is a town and municipality in Sunsari District in the Kosi Zone of south-eastern Nepal. It is located at the main transportation junction of eastern Nepal. It is the center of the west-east Mahendra highway and south-north Koshi Highway and thus is a town of emerging importance, near the city of Dharan. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 26,824 people living in 5135individual households. Soon this town will grow enough to reach the borders of Dharan. The vision of the city is Clean,Green and Commercial City. The streets are like a boulevard. The city became municipality in 2053 BS. Sarbadhoj Sanba from the CPN-UML was the first mayor to be elected. The city has enormous potential to become a business hub of Nepal because it lies in the middle of big cities. All the nearest suburbs resident depends upon Itahari’s business market. New bus park which has been built recently boast its outstanding service and reliability. It is one of the biggest bus park in eastern Nepal connecting passengers all over the country. Itahari municipality has nine wards which is very uncommon for municipality in Nepal. The municipality office is in the eastern line in birendra chowk. The building is two tier with resplendent lake beside it. The lake is called mechi kali pokhari(lake). In the middle of the lake there is a shish mahal (Glass House in English) which was inaugurated by CPN-UML president Madhav Kumar Nepal. At the embankment there are wooden statues which reflects the artistic nature of Itahari’s resident. At the back of the lake there is a big yellow building which was build with the help of the king of Luxumberg.
