Dhanusha District
धनुषा जिल्ला | |
|---|---|
 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)[1] | |
• 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 |
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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Districts of Nepal". Statoids.
- ^ "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.