Dhanusha District

Dhanusha District (Nepali: धनुषा जिल्ला; [dʱʌnusa] ^ⓘ), a part of Madhesh Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal.^[2] It is situated in the Outer Terai. The district, with Janakpurdham as its district headquarter, covers an area of 1,180.7 km² (455.9 sq mi) and has a population (2021) of 838,084.^[1]

CountryNepal

Admin HQ.Janakpurdham

Time zoneUTC+05:45 (NPT)

Main Language(s)Maithili (85.8%), Nepali (4.5%)

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Dhanusha District धनुषा जिल्ला
District
Janaki Temple at Madhesh Province
Dhanusha District (dark yellow) in Province No. 2
Country	Nepal
Region	Mithila
Province	Madhesh
Admin HQ.	Janakpurdham
Government
• Type	Coordination committee
• Body	DCC, Dhanusha
Area
• Total	1,180.7 km² (455.9 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[1]
• Total	867,747
• Rank	auto
• Density	734.94/km² (1,903.5/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+05:45 (NPT)
Main Language(s)	Maithili (85.8%), Nepali (4.5%)
Website	ddcdhanusha.gov.np

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During the elections in April 2008, the district was divided into seven constituencies. It is also the home district of the first president of Nepal, Dr. Ram Baran Yadav, who contested and won the elections from constituency 5. As a political center of the region, Dhanusha has prominent leaders like Bimalendra Nidhi (Former Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal), Anand Prasad Dhungana, Mahendra Yadav and Ram Krishna Yadav from the Nepali Congress, Anand Yadav (Gangaram Yadav) from the CPN-UML, Matrika Yadav from the CPN-Maoist and Ram Chandra Jha from CPN (Unified Socialist) who have been ministers at various point of time and are still active.

The most common language spoken in Dhanusha is Maithili.

Dhanusha District has an airport and the only railway system of Nepal which connects Janakpurdham with an Indian town, Jayanagar.^[3] It also has the Janakpur Zonal Hospital and several private hospitals.

Geography and climate

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Climate Zone^[4]	Elevation Range	% of Area
Lower Tropical	below 300 meters (1,000 ft)	92.5%
Upper Tropical	300 to 1,000 meters 1,000 to 3,300 ft.	7.5%

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Economy

Agriculture is the major economy of the Dhanusha district. About 90% of citizens of the district are involved in the cultivation of wheat and rice. Rice is the major output. Dhanusha still relies mostly on old-age farming practices, such as the use of bullock-cart for transportation and bull plow for tilling the agriculture fields. However, there is a slow introduction to modern techniques such as a tractor for goods transportation (for agriculture purposes), thrasher, and so on. Remittances make up a large portion of its GDP.^[5]

Demographics

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Historical population
Census year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1981	432,569	—
1991	543,672	+2.31%
2001	671,364	+2.13%
2011	754,777	+1.18%
2021	867,747	+1.40%

Source: Citypopulation^[6]

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At the time of the 2021 Nepal census, Dhanusa District had a population of 867,747. 11.03% of the population is under 5 years of age. It has a literacy rate of 65.22% and a sex ratio of 1019 females per 1000 males. 710060 (81.83%) lived in municipalities.^[7]

Ethnic groups/castes in Dhanusa district (2021)^[8]

Yadav (17.6%)
Muslim (9.20%)
Kewat (6.18%)
Teli (5.48%)
Kushwaha (4.96%)
Dhanuk (4.89%)
Sundi (4.34%)
Chamar (3.96%)
Tatma (3.68%)
Bind (3.09%)
Paswan (2.63%)
Musahar (2.57%)
Khatwe (2.52%)
Terai Brahmin (2.40%)
Other Madheshi non-Dalit (17.7%)
Hill Janjati (3.50%)
Khas non-Dalit (1.89%)
Other Madheshi Dalit (1.40%)
Others (1.98%)

Ethnicity/caste: Madheshis are the largest group. Yadavs are over 17% of the population. Muslims are 9% of the population, and Hill Janjati are 3% of the population.^[8]

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