Urlabari is a

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and

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in Morang District in the

Koshi Province Koshi Province () is an autonomous Provinces of Nepal, province of Nepal adopted by the Constitution of Nepal on 20 September 2015. It covers an area of , about 17.5% of the country's total area. With the industrial city of Biratnagar as its cap ...

of south-eastern

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. It is considered to be the second largest city in Morang District after

Biratnagar Biratnagar () is a List of cities in Nepal, metropolitan city in Nepal, which serves as the capital of Koshi Province. With a Metropolitan Urban Agglomeration population of 244,750 as per the 2021 Nepal census, 2021 census, it is the largest c ...

. At the time of the

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it had a population of 18,224. At the time of the

2011 Nepal census Nepal conducted a widespread national census in 2011 by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. Working in cooperation with the 58 municipalities and the 3,915 Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the m ...

it had a population of 35,166 and 8,165 households. The ethnicity and caste pattern of the municipality shows diversity with major ethnic groups such as Brahman, Chhetri, Limbu, Maithili, Tharu, Rajbanshi and many more. It is located 60 km eastern part of the metropolitan city of Biratnagar. Urlabari, Morang. Damak, which is in Jhapa lies to the east of this municipality. Madhumalla and Durgapuri, both belonging to Morang District lie to the North and South repectively. Pathari which belongs to Sunsari District is in the west. From 2011 census the total population is 54,696. where 29,548 are the woman and 25,148 are men lived with 12,530 households. The population of the municipality rose to 70,908 at the

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. 99.6% of the residents were Nepali citizens and 84.8% were

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in 2021. Urlabari Municipality has 1 Government Hospital, 1 Health Checkpoint and 6 Private Health posts. It is also rich in natural vegetation and has community forests such as Srijana community forest, Sunjhoda community forest, Salbari community forest and Beteni community forest. Betana Wetland Area is one of the most visited tourist attraction in Urlabari. It also has 6 Child Development Center. There are fair number of government education institutes, including Urlabari Bahumukhi Campus, Radhika Higher Secondary School, Sunpakkwa Higher Secondary, Radhika Secondary School, Srijana Secondary School, Durga Secondary School,Sunjhoda Higher Secondary School. Some of the most recognisable private schools are Pashupati Higher Secondary school, Morang Model School,Bhrikuti Model Academy and Shishu Shiksha Sadan English School. There are more than 20 privately held secondary schools and higher secondary schools. Urlabari is a progressive municipality and has potential to rise as one of the most prominent cities in Nepal. Urlabari Municipality is the only municipality in Morang district to achieve a score of 85.5 in the Local Government Institutional Capacity Self-Assessment (LISA). Likewise, it has been successful to be the municipality with good governance in Koshi Province by scoring 84.4 in the Local Government Fiduciary Risk Assessment (FRA) As of 2024, a 5.5-kilometre road is being blacktopped in Ward no. 2 with financial assistance from the World Bank. Rural Reconstruction Nepal (RRN) has agreed to provide a project worth Rs. 270 million. Additionally, six kilometres of the embankment have been constructed with the support of the World Bank under the Ratuwa Mawa Embankment Project and Koshi Bakraha Embankment Project. A Rs. 600 million project for six municipalities has been approved for the reduction of women's violence. Urlabari is the only municipality in Morang to be included in that project. Additionally, large projects are being implemented in the municipality not only from local resources, the federal and provincial governments but also with the support of donor organisations.

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Nepal municipalities established in 2014 Municipalities in Koshi Province Municipalities in Morang District {{Morang-geo-stub