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Dhanusha District

Field	Value
type	District
name	Dhanusha District
native_name	धनुषा जिल्ला
native_name_lang
image_skyline	Shirshak baniya ram janaki.jpg
imagesize	300
image_caption	Janaki Temple at Madhesh Province
image_map	Dhanusha District locator.png
mapsize	300
map_caption	Dhanusha District (dark yellow) in Province No. 2
mapsize1	300
map_caption1	Dhanusha District with local level body
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Nepal
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Mithila
subdivision_type2	Province
subdivision_name2	Madhesh
parts_type	Municipality
parts_style	coll
established_title	Established
seat_type	Admin HQ.
seat	Janakpurdham
leader_title	Head
leader_title1	Deputy-Head
leader_title2	Parliamentary constituencies
leader_title3	Provincial constituencies
government_type	Coordination committee
governing_body	DCC, Dhanusha
area_total_km2	1180.7
population_footnotes
population_total	867747
population_as_of	2021
population_density_km2	auto
population_rank	auto
blank_name_sec1	Main Language(s)
blank_info_sec1	Maithili (85.8%),
blank_name_sec2	Major highways
timezone1	NPT
utc_offset1	+05:45
postal_code_type	Postal Codes
area_code_type	Telephone Code
website

Nepali (4.5%)

Dhanusha District (; ), a part of Madhesh Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. It is situated in the Outer Terai. The district, with Janakpurdham as its district headquarter, covers an area of 1,180.7 km2 and has a population (2021) of 838,084.

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. It also has the Janakpur Zonal Hospital and several private hospitals.

Geography and climate

Climate Zone{{Citation	Elevation Range	% of Area
title = The Map of Potential Vegetation of Nepal – a forestry/agroecological/biodiversity classification system	series = Forest & Landscape Development and Environment Series 2-2005 and CFC-TIS Document Series No.110.	year = 2005
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%

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.

Demographics

|graph-pos = bottom |graph-width = |graph-height = |1981 |432,569 |1991 |543,672 |2001 |671,364 |2011 |754,777 |2021 |867,747

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.

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.

Religion: 89.0% were Hindu, 9.6% Muslim, 1.1% Buddhism.

Maithili is the largest language. Magahi is the second-largest language. Urdu and Nepali are spoken by a small minority.

Administration

The district consists of one sub-metropolitan city, eleven urban municipalities and six rural municipalities. These are as follows:

Janakpur Sub Metropolitan City
Chhireshwarnath Municipality
Ganeshman Charanath
Dhanusadham Municipality
Nagarain Municipality
Bideha Municipality
Mithila Municipality
Shahidnagar Municipality
Sabaila Municipality
Kamala Municipality
Mithila Bihari Municipality
Hansapur Municipality
Janaknandani Rural Municipality
Bateshwar Rural Municipality
Mukhiyapatti Musharniya Rural Municipality
Lakshminya Rural Municipality
Aurahi Rural Municipality
Dhanauji Rural Municipality

Former municipalities and VDCs

Andupatti
Aurahi
Baphai
Bagchaura
Baheda Bala
Bahuarba
Balabakhar
Balaha Kathal
Balaha Saghara
Ballagoth
Baniniya
Baramajhiya
Basahiya
Basbitti
Bateshwar
Bega Shivapur
Begadawar
Bharatpur
Bhuchakrapur
Bhutahi Paterwa
Bindhi
Bisarbhora
Chakkar
Chireswarnath
Chora Koilpur
Debadiha
Deuri Parbaha
Devpura Rupetha
Dhabauli
Dhalkebar
Dhanauji
Dhanusadham Municipality
Dubarikot Hathalekha
Duhabi
Ekarahi
Ganeshman Charanath Municipality
Ghodghans
Giddha
Godar
Gopalpur
Goth Kohelpur
Hansapur Kathpula
Harine
Hathipur Harbara
Inarwa
Itaharwa
Janakpur Sub Metropolis
Jhatiyahi
Jhojhi Kataiya
Kachuri Thera
Kajara Ramaul
Kanakpatti
Khajuri Chanha
Khariyani
Kurtha
Labatoli
Lagmamdha Guthi
Lakhauri
Lakkad
Lakshminibas
Lakshmipur Bagewa
Lohana Bahbangama
Machijhitakaiya
Mahuwa (Pra. Ko)
Mahuwa (Pra. Khe)
Makhanaha
Manshingpatti
Mithileshwar Nikash
Mithileshwar Mauwahi
Mithila Municipality
Mukhiyapatti Mushargiya
Nagarain
Nakatajhijh
Nauwakhor Prashahi
Nunpatti
Pachaharwa
Papikleshwar
Patanuka
Paterwa
Paudeshwar
Phulgama
Puspalpur
Raghunathpur
Rampur Birta
Sabaila Municipality
Sapahi
Satosar
Shantipur
Siddha
Singyahi Maidan
Sinurjoda
Sonigama
Suga Madhukarahi
Suganikash
Tarapatti Sirsiya
Thadi Jhijha
Thilla Yaduwa
Tulsi Chauda
Tulsiyahi Nikas
Tulsiyani Jabdi
Yadukush
Yagyabhumi

Villages

Kharihani

Notable people

Mahendra Narayan Nidhi, democracy fighter and recipient of second highest honour, the Rastra Gaurav Man Padavi
Ram Baran Yadav, first president of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
Bimalendra Nidhi, Nepali Congress Vice president and former Deputy prime minister and Home Minister of Nepal
Ram Chandra Jha, former Minister and secretariat member of CPN (Unified Socialist)
Mahendra Yadav, Nepali Congress Deputy General Secretary and former Minister for Water Supply
Chandra Mohan Yadav, member of Nepalese Constituent Assembly
Raghubir Mahaseth, CPN (UML) secretary and former Minister for Physical Development
Minakshi Jha and Smriti Narayan Chaudhary, Nepali Congress leaders and member of House of Representatives

Ministers of [[Government of Nepal|Federal government]]

Ram Krishna Yadav, Nepali Congress leader and former Minister for Agriculture
Umashankar Argariya, MJFN (Loktantrik) leader and Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation
Ananda Prasad Dhungana, Nepali Congress leader and former Minister for Forest and Soil Conservation

Minister of [[Government of Madhesh Province|provincial government]]

Ram Saroj Yadav, current Minister for Physical Infrastructure Development
Satrudhan Mahato, current Minister for Industry, Tourism and Forest

References

"Districts of Nepal".
(November 2012). "National Population and Housing Census 2021(National Report)". [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Nepal).
"Registered Star Hotels". Government of Nepal, Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation, Tourism Industry Division.
(n.d.). "A Case Study of Dhanusha District". Impact Evaluation of Remittances.
"NEPAL: Administrative Division".
"Provincial/District/Local reports: Madhesh Province". [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Nepal).
"Table 1: Caste/Ethnicity and sex". [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Nepal).
"Table 5: Religion and sex". [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Nepal).
"Table 5: Mother tongue and sex". [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Nepal).

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