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The province includes eight districts, from Parsa in the west to Saptari in the east.\nIt is a centre for religious and cultural tourism.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"type","label":"Type","values":[{"text":"province of Nepal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22049119"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25104009#P31"}},{"key":"population","label":"Population","values":[{"text":"6,114,600 (2021)","as_of":"2021-11","value":6114600.0}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25104009#P1082"}},{"key":"area","label":"Area","values":[{"text":"9,661 km²","value":9661.0}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25104009#P2046"}},{"key":"established","label":"Established","values":[{"text":"20 September 2015","date":"2015-09-20"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25104009#P571"}},{"key":"website","label":"Official website","values":[{"text":"madhesh.gov.np","url":"https://madhesh.gov.np/"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25104009#P856"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhesh_Province","https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25104009","https://madhesh.gov.np/"],"faq":[{"q":"What is the population of Madhesh Province?","a":"The population of Madhesh Province is 6,114,600 (as of 2021)."}],"related":[],"places_in":[{"name":"Janakpur","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/janakpur"},{"name":"Birgunj","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/birgunj"},{"name":"Parsa District","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/parsa-district"},{"name":"Saptari District","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/saptari-district"},{"name":"Dhanusha District","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/dhanusha-district"},{"name":"Sarlahi District","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/sarlahi-district"},{"name":"Mahottari District","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/mahottari-district"},{"name":"Siraha District","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/siraha-district"},{"name":"Rautahat District","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/rautahat-district"},{"name":"Bara District","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/bara-district"},{"name":"Janaki Mandir","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/janaki-mandir"},{"name":"Rajbiraj","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/rajbiraj"}],"nearby":[{"name":"Mahottari District","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/mahottari-district","km":10.6},{"name":"Malangwa","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/malangwa","km":13.7},{"name":"Sarlahi District","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/sarlahi-district","km":15.9},{"name":"Janaki Mandir","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/janaki-mandir","km":29.3},{"name":"Jaleshwar","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/jaleshwar","km":29.5},{"name":"Janakpur","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/janakpur","km":30.3}],"image":{"url":"https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Kankalini_Temple_5983.jpg/960px-Kankalini_Temple_5983.jpg","width":640,"height":410,"license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","credit":"Bijay chaurasia","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kankalini_Temple_5983.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Madhesh Province","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhesh_Province","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikipedia (Nepali): मधेश प्रदेश","url":"https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q25104009","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25104009","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Kankalini Temple 5983.jpg by Bijay chaurasia (CC BY-SA 4.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kankalini_Temple_5983.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Madhesh Province, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Kankalini Temple 5983.jpg — Bijay chaurasia, CC BY-SA 4.0.","cite":"\"Madhesh Province\". DigiNepal. Last updated 2 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/madhesh-province. Retrieved 21 October 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-02T06:19:02Z","facts_checked":"2026-10-21","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/places/madhesh-province","en":"https://diginpl.com/places/madhesh-province","ne":"https://diginpl.com/places/madhesh-province?lang=ne"}}