Dhanusha District

Dhanusha District

धनुषा जिल्ला
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)
• Total	838,084
• Rank	auto
• Density	710/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC 05:45 (NPT)
Main Language(s)	Maithili (85.8%), Nepali (4.5%)
Website	ddcdhanusha.gov.np

Dhanusha District, (Nepali: धनुषा जिल्ला^[ne]; [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]

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 has several good hotels like Hotel Rama, Hotel Sita Palace, including the starred hotel, Hotel Welcome, Sitasaran Hotel and Happy Hotel.^[3] It also has the Janakpur Zonal Hospital and several private hospitals.

Geography and climate

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%

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

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

873,274

1.47%

Source: Citypopulation^[6]

At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Dhanusha District had a population of 754,777.

language in Dhanusa District

Maithili (86%)

Nepali (4%)

Magahi (3%)

Others (7%)

^[7]

As their first language, 85.9% spoke Maithili, 4.4% Nepali, 3.1% Magahi, 2.4% Urdu, 1.0% Rai, 0.9% Magar, 0.3% Danuwar, 0.3% Newar, 0.2% Sunuwar, 0.1% Bhojpuri, 0.1% Hindi, 0.1% Majhi, 0.1% Rajasthani and 0.1% other languages.^[8]

Ethnicity/caste: 17.5% were Yadav, 8.4% Musalman, 6.1% Kewat, 5.2% Teli, 5.1% Koiri/Kushwaha, 5.0% Dhanuk, 4.4% Sudhi, 3.8% Chamar/Harijan/Ram, 3.4% Tatma/Tatwa, 3.0% Terai Brahmin, 2.8% Bin, 2.6% Musahar, 2.5% Dusadh/Paswan/Pasi, 2.3% Khatwe, 1.8% Baraee, 1.5% Halwai, 1.4% Hill Brahmin, 1.4% Hajam/Thakur, 1.3% Chhetri, 1.3% Kurmi, 1.3% Mallaha, 1.3% other Terai, 1.2% Tamang, 1.1% Magar, 1.0% Kalwar, 1.0% Kumhar, 1.0% Sonar, 0.8% Danuwar, 0.8% Dhobi, 0.8% Kathabaniyan, 0.8% Kayastha, 0.7% Nuniya, 0.6% Gaderi/Bhedihar, 0.6% Kami, 0.6% Lohar, 0.6% Newar, 0.6% Tharu, 0.5% Rajput, 0.3% Badhaee, 0.2% Damai/Dholi, 0.2% Dhunia, 0.2% Dom, 0.2% Gharti/Bhujel, 0.2% Kanu, 0.2% Kumal, 0.2% Majhi, 0.2% Mali, 0.2% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.2% Sarki, 0.2% Sunuwar, 0.1% Amat, 0.1% Bantar/Sardar, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% Bhote, 0.1% Dhankar/Dharikar, 0.1% Halkhor, 0.1% Jhangad/Dhagar, 0.1% Marwadi, 0.1% Punjabi/Sikh, 0.1% Rai and 0.2% others.^[9]