District · Madhesh Province
Dhanusa District
धनुषा जिल्ला
A district of Madhesh Province, made up of 18 local governments.NP0217
Population
867,747
2021924,655 projected for 2023
Households
177,143
20214.90 people each
Area
1,189 km²
730 per km²
Literacy
65.2%
202171st of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
867,747
National Statistics Office
437,854 women, 429,893 men — 50.5% female. 14.2% of Madhesh.
A 2023 projection puts it at 924,655 — modelled, not counted.
Age and sex structure
Five-year bands, 2023 projection — a different reference period from the count beside it.
View all 17 age bands
| Age | Female | Male | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 80+ | 2,469 | 2,651 | 5,120 |
| 75-79 | 3,413 | 4,404 | 7,817 |
| 70-74 | 7,993 | 9,529 | 17,522 |
| 65-69 | 11,324 | 12,916 | 24,240 |
| 60-64 | 14,100 | 13,696 | 27,796 |
| 55-59 | 16,408 | 14,882 | 31,290 |
| 50-54 | 18,585 | 16,385 | 34,970 |
| 45-49 | 24,360 | 19,375 | 43,735 |
| 40-44 | 24,953 | 19,516 | 44,469 |
| 35-39 | 34,792 | 25,039 | 59,831 |
| 30-34 | 37,908 | 32,726 | 70,634 |
| 25-29 | 46,604 | 41,670 | 88,274 |
| 20-24 | 46,873 | 42,873 | 89,746 |
| 15-19 | 39,940 | 45,234 | 85,174 |
| 10-14 | 44,234 | 48,142 | 92,376 |
| 5-9 | 46,645 | 51,647 | 98,292 |
| 0-4 | 47,017 | 56,352 | 103,369 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
65.2%
Population aged 5 and over
11.0 pp below the national figure · 71st of 77.
74.6% of men, 56.3% of women — a 18.3-point gap.
65.2%
Dhanusa
63.5%
Madhesh
76.2%
Nepal
Dhanusa 65.2%, Madhesh 63.5%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Dhanusa marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write65.2%
- Cannot read or write34.6%
- Can read only0.2%
- Not stated0.0%
772,010 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 503,476 | 222,873 | 280,603 |
| Cannot read or write | 266,797 | 172,040 | 94,757 |
| Can read only | 1,600 | 788 | 812 |
| Not stated | 137 | 70 | 67 |
Local governments
18 local governments. By population, 2021 census.
Population
Households
One order throughout, set by population, so a mark out of step ranks differently on that measure. Counts are bars from zero; rates are dots on a trimmed axis, because a rate is not additive and its spread matters more than its distance from nothing. 10 more in the table below.
View all 18 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janakpurdham | sub-metropolitan city | 194,556 | 40,409 | 76.6% |
| Sabaila | municipality | 62,282 | 12,340 | 59.3% |
| Shahidnagar | municipality | 53,812 | 11,124 | 57.8% |
| Dhanushadham | municipality | 52,024 | 10,588 | 60.5% |
| Chhireshwornath | municipality | 51,075 | 10,733 | 60.5% |
| Mithila | municipality | 48,676 | 10,656 | 72.5% |
| Hansapur | municipality | 44,949 | 8,890 | 62.5% |
| Kamala | municipality | 44,597 | 8,979 | 56.1% |
| Ganeshman Charnath | municipality | 44,082 | 9,167 | 64.9% |
| Mithila Bihari | municipality | 38,273 | 7,654 | 63.1% |
| Nagarain | municipality | 38,037 | 7,921 | 62.7% |
| Bideha | municipality | 37,697 | 7,671 | 61.8% |
| Laxminiya | rural municipality | 31,881 | 6,301 | 61.6% |
| Mukhiyapatti Musaharmiya | rural municipality | 28,208 | 5,431 | 54.6% |
| Janak Nandini | rural municipality | 27,146 | 5,379 | 56.8% |
| Aurahi | rural municipality | 24,053 | 4,793 | 63.8% |
| Dhanauji | rural municipality | 21,942 | 4,408 | 62.6% |
| Bateshwor | rural municipality | 21,742 | 4,647 | 68.7% |
Sources and coverage
- Nepal — Subnational Population StatisticsUnited Nations Population Fundcc-by-igo-3.0
- Nepal — National Population and Housing Census 2021National Statistics Officenso-official-statistics
Measures such as gdp per capita, life expectancy at birth, and under-5 mortality rate are published for Nepal as a whole and are not broken down to this level by their source, so they have no section here. All indicators and their coverage →