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Sub-Metropolitan City · Dhanusa District

Janakpurdham

जनकपुर उपमहानगरपालिका

A sub-metropolitan city in Dhanusa District, Madhesh Province, one of 18 local governments there.NP0217201

Population

194,556

2021

Households

40,409

20214.81 people each

Area

92 km²

2117 per km²

Literacy

76.6%

20218th of 11

Population & Demographics

Population nationally

Population, 2021 census

194,556

National Statistics Office

94,792 women, 99,764 men — 48.7% female. 22.4% of Dhanusa.

Literacy rate, 2021 census

76.6%

Population aged 5 and over

0.4 pp above the national figure · 8th of 11.

84.6% of men, 68.5% of women — a 16.1-point gap.

76.6%

Janakpurdham

65.2%

Dhanusa

63.5%

Madhesh

76.2%

Nepal

Janakpurdham 76.6%, Dhanusa 65.2%, Madhesh 63.5%, Nepal 76.2%.

Literacy rate, 2021 census. Janakpurdham marked in black.

Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status

The census partition behind the rate.

  • Can read and write76.6%
  • Cannot read or write23.2%
  • Can read only0.1%
  • Not stated0.0%

176,867 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.

View all 4 categories
Population aged 5 and over by literacy status and sex, 2021
Literacy statusAllFemaleMale
Can read and write135,56259,63575,927
Cannot read or write41,08327,31513,768
Can read only20210696
Not stated20119

In context

All places

Where Janakpurdham sits among the 18 local governments of Dhanusa. By population, 2021 census.

Dhanusa by local government
21,742Population · 194,556

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
Dhanusa by local governments, census
PlaceTypePopulationHouseholdsLiteracy
Janakpurdhamsub-metropolitan city194,55640,40976.6%
Sabailamunicipality62,28212,34059.3%
Shahidnagarmunicipality53,81211,12457.8%
Dhanushadhammunicipality52,02410,58860.5%
Chhireshwornathmunicipality51,07510,73360.5%
Mithilamunicipality48,67610,65672.5%
Hansapurmunicipality44,9498,89062.5%
Kamalamunicipality44,5978,97956.1%
Ganeshman Charnathmunicipality44,0829,16764.9%
Mithila Biharimunicipality38,2737,65463.1%
Nagarainmunicipality38,0377,92162.7%
Bidehamunicipality37,6977,67161.8%
Laxminiyarural municipality31,8816,30161.6%
Mukhiyapatti Musaharmiyarural municipality28,2085,43154.6%
Janak Nandinirural municipality27,1465,37956.8%
Aurahirural municipality24,0534,79363.8%
Dhanaujirural municipality21,9424,40862.6%
Bateshworrural municipality21,7424,64768.7%

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 →