Where is Dhanusha District located?

Dhanusha District is located in Madhesh Province, Nepal.

What is the population of Dhanusha District?

The population of Dhanusha District is 867,747 (as of 2011).

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Dhanusha District

धनुषा जिल्ला

District of Nepal

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Dhanusha District (Maithili: धनुषा जिल्ला; [dʱʌnusa] ), 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 (455.9 sq mi) and has a population (2021) of 838,084.

Quick facts

Type: district of Nepal wd
Located in: Madhesh Province (province of Nepal) wd
Population: 867,747 (2011) wd
Area: 1,180 km² wd
Official website: ddcdhanusha.gov.np wd
Coordinates: 26.8000° N, 86.0167° E wd

About

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.

Places in Dhanusha District

Janakpur — Capital of Nepal's Madhesh Province
Janaki Mandir — Hindu temple in Nepal
Janakpur Airport — Airport in Madhesh Province 2, South-East Nepal
Dhanusadham — Municipality in Province No. 2, Nepal
Ekarahi — Village development committee in Janakpur Zone, Nepal
Lagmagadha Guthi — Village Development Committee in Janakpur Zone, Nepal
Itaharwa — Village development committee in Janakpur Zone, Nepal
Khajuri Chanha — Village development committee in Janakpur Zone, Nepal
Dhanauji Rural Municipality — Rural municipality in Central, Nepal
Godar — Village development committee in Janakpur Zone, Nepal
Pacharhwa — Ward in Madhesh, Nepal
Paudeshwar — Village development committee in Janakpur Zone, Nepal

Nearby places

Tarapatti Sirsiya — 3 km
Bagchaura — 3 km
Jhatiyahi — 3 km
Hansapur Kathpula — 4 km
Suganikash — 5 km
Kachuri Thera — 5 km

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Questions

Where is Dhanusha District located?: Dhanusha District is located in Madhesh Province, Nepal.
What is the population of Dhanusha District?: The population of Dhanusha District is 867,747 (as of 2011).

Sources

Last updated 31 October 2026 · facts checked 7 November 2026

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"Dhanusha District". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/dhanusha-district. Retrieved 7 November 2026.

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