Urlabari

Urlabari is a town and municipality in Morang District in the Koshi Province of south-eastern Nepal, considered the second largest city in the district after Biratnagar. It lies about 60 kilometres east of the metropolitan city of Biratnagar, with Damak in Jhapa District to its east, Madhumalla and Durgapuri to its north and south, and Pathari in Sunsari District to its west. Its population was 18,224 at the 1991 census and 35,166 in 2011, and rose to 70,908 at the 2021 census, when 84.8 percent of residents were literate. Major groups include Brahman, Chhetri, Limbu, Maithili, Tharu and Rajbanshi communities. The municipality has a government hospital, community forests, a number of higher secondary schools and Urlabari Bahumukhi Campus, and the Betana Wetland Area is one of its most visited tourist attractions.