Dhanusha District

Dhanusha District
धनुषा जिल्ला
District
Janaki Temple at Madhesh Province
Janaki Temple at Madhesh Province
Dhanusha District (dark yellow) in Province No. 2
Dhanusha District (dark yellow) in Province No. 2
CountryNepal
RegionMithila
ProvinceMadhesh
Admin HQ.Janakpurdham
Government
 • TypeCoordination committee
 • BodyDCC, Dhanusha
Area
 • Total1,180.7 km2 (455.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total838,084
 • Rankauto
 • Density710/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+05:45 (NPT)
Main Language(s)Maithili (85.8%), Nepali (4.5%)
Websiteddcdhanusha.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

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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%

Economy

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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 yearPop.±% 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%)

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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]

Religion in Dhanusa District (2011)
Religion Percent
Hinduism
 
 89%
Islam
 
 8%
Buddhism
 
 1%
Others
 
 2%

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Religion: 89.3% were Hindu, 8.4% Muslim, 1.5% Buddhism, 0.1% Christian, 0.1% Prakriti and 0.6% others.[10]

Literacy: 50.4% could read and write, 3.3% could only read and 45.9% could neither read nor write.[11]

Administration

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District Administration Office, Dhanusha

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

Former municipalities and VDCs

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Map of the VDCs in Dhanusa District

Villages

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Notable people

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Ministers of Federal government

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Minister of provincial government

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References

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  1. ^ a b "National Population and Housing Census 2021(National Report)" (PDF). Central Bureau of Statistics. Government of Nepal. November 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  2. ^ "Districts of Nepal". Statoids.
  3. ^ "Registered Star Hotels". Government of Nepal, Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation, Tourism Industry Division. Archived from the original on 12 April 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
  4. ^ The Map of Potential Vegetation of Nepal – a forestry/agroecological/biodiversity classification system (PDF), Forest & Landscape Development and Environment Series 2-2005 and CFC-TIS Document Series No.110., 2005, ISBN 87-7903-210-9, archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2013, retrieved 22 November 2013
  5. ^ "A Case Study of Dhanusha District" (PDF). Impact Evaluation of Remittances. n.d. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  6. ^ "NEPAL: Administrative Division". www.citypopulation.de.
  7. ^ a b "NepalMap profile: Dhanusa". NepalMap. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  8. ^ NepalMap Language
  9. ^ NepalMap Caste
  10. ^ NepalMap Religion
  11. ^ NepalMap Literacy
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