Naraha is a rural municipality in the

Siraha District Siraha District (; ), a district in Madhesh Province, is one of the List of districts of Nepal, seventy-seven districts of Nepal. It is situated in the Terai#Outer Terai, Terai belt of Nepal. The district, with Siraha as its district headquarters ...

Province No. 2 Madhesh Province () is a province of Nepal in the Terai region with an area of covering about 6.5% of the country's total area. It has a population of 6,126,288 as per the 2021 Nepal census, making it Nepal's most densely populated province and ...

in southeastern

Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...

. 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 19,369. Ward No. 3 had the largest population, while Ward No. 2 had the smallest. The municipality comprised 3,673 households, with Ward No. 3 having the most (870) and Ward No. 2 the fewest (437). The primary language spoken is in the municipality is Maithili. Other languages include Urdu, Tharu, Uranw/Urau, Nepali, Newar, Tamang, Danuwar, and Sunuwar. The top castes in Naraha are Yadav, Musahar, Muslim, Koiri/Kushwaha, and Chamar/Harijan/Ram, making up 71.55% of the population. Most households rely on tubewells for water, while some have access to piped tap water. A significant number of households have reported using at least one facility, such as radios, televisions, and bicycles, with mobile phones being the most common.

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UN map of the municipalities of Siraha District
Populated places in Siraha District Rural municipalities of Nepal established in 2017 Rural municipalities in Madhesh Province {{Siraha-geo-stub