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District · Madhesh Province

Dhanusa District

18 local governments · P-code NP0217
Population
868k
2021 census · NSO
Area
1,189
km²
Density
730
people per km²
Share of Madhesh
14.2%
by population
Share of Nepal
2.98%
by population

Population & Demographics

How many people live in Nepal, where, and how the population is structured by age and sex. All Population & Demographics indicators →

Population

867,747

2021 census

By sex

Female437,854
Male429,893

7961 higher for women

Also published for Dhanusa

Households
177,143
What these measure
Population
Resident population. Figures for years after the last census are projections, not counts.
Households
Number of households enumerated. An institutional facility counts as one household.

Education

Literacy, schooling and educational attainment. All Education indicators →

Literacy rate

65.2%

2021 census · not additive across places

By sex

Female56.3%
Male74.6%

18.3 points higher for men

Literacy rate

2021
Literacy rate for Dhanusa, compared with its province and Nepal
Dhanusa65.2%
Madhesh63.5%
Nepal76.2%

▼ 11.0 pp below the national figure · 71 of 77 by this measure

Also published for Dhanusa

Literate population
503,476
Population aged 5 and over
772,010
What these measure
Literacy rate
Share of the population aged 5 and over who can read and write. The denominator is the 5-plus population, not the total population.
Literate population
People aged 5 and over who can read and write.
Population aged 5 and over
The denominator for literacy. Published because a rate without its base cannot be recomputed or aggregated.
Literacy status of the population aged 5 and over

The four categories the census reports, which together account for everyone counted.

Can read and write 65.2%Can read only 0.2%Cannot read or write 34.6%Not stated 0.0%

772,010 people aged 5 and over. Shares of that total; counts are in the table.

View the numbers
StatusPeople
Can read and write503,476
Can read only1,600
Cannot read or write266,797
Not stated137
Where this district sits

Every district's literacy rate, with the median marked.

57.8%89.2%

Dhanusa 65.2% · median 76.9% across 77 districts

Age and sex structure

Five-year age bands from the UNFPA 2023 projection, the only source that publishes age detail at this level. Both sides share one scale, so bar lengths are directly comparable.

FemaleMale2023 · hover a band for exact counts
10k10k20k20k30k30k2,46980+2,6513,41375-794,4047,99370-749,52911,32465-6912,91614,10060-6413,69616,40855-5914,88218,58550-5416,38524,36045-4919,37524,95340-4419,51634,79235-3925,03937,90830-3432,72646,60425-2941,67046,87320-2442,87339,94015-1945,23444,23410-1448,14246,6455-951,64747,0170-456,352
Show as table
AgeFemaleMaleTotal
80+2,4692,6515,120
75-793,4134,4047,817
70-747,9939,52917,522
65-6911,32412,91624,240
60-6414,10013,69627,796
55-5916,40814,88231,290
50-5418,58516,38534,970
45-4924,36019,37543,735
40-4424,95319,51644,469
35-3934,79225,03959,831
30-3437,90832,72670,634
25-2946,60441,67088,274
20-2446,87342,87389,746
15-1939,94045,23485,174
10-1444,23448,14292,376
5-946,64551,64798,292
0-447,01756,352103,369

Local governments

18 in this district, with 2021 census population. Each has its own page.

Janakpurdham — 194,556Mithila — 48,676Ganeshman Charnath — 44,082Chhireshwornath — 51,075Dhanushadham — 52,024Mithila Bihari — 38,273Sabaila — 62,282Hansapur — 44,949Shahidnagar — 53,812Nagarain — 38,037Bideha — 37,697Kamala — 44,597Bateshwor — 21,742Laxminiya — 31,881Aurahi — 24,053Dhanauji — 21,942Mukhiyapatti Musaharmiya — 28,208Janak Nandini — 27,146JanakpurdhamMithilaGaneshman CharnathChhireshwornathDhanushadhamMithila BihariSabailaHansapurShahidnagarNagarainBidehaKamalaBateshworLaxminiyaAurahiDhanaujiMukhiyapattiMusaharmiyaJanak Nandini
21,74227,14638,03744,59752,024194,556

Choose a measure above; hover or focus an area for its value.

Population · five classes, each holding about 4 of 18 areas. 18 local governments of Dhanusa, 2021 census.

View all 18 values
AreaPopulationHouseholdsLiteracy rateLiterate populationPopulation aged 5 and over
Janakpurdham194,55640,40976.6%135,562176,867
Sabaila62,28212,34059.3%32,08554,066
Shahidnagar53,81211,12457.8%27,22847,141
Dhanushadham52,02410,58860.5%27,66045,756
Chhireshwornath51,07510,73360.5%27,57445,545
Mithila48,67610,65672.5%32,18944,398
Hansapur44,9498,89062.5%24,68139,490
Kamala44,5978,97956.1%21,88939,005
Ganeshman Charnath44,0829,16764.9%25,38039,135
Mithila Bihari38,2737,65463.1%21,27533,723
Nagarain38,0377,92162.7%21,26433,924
Bideha37,6977,67161.8%20,45633,103
Laxminiya31,8816,30161.6%17,43128,299
Mukhiyapatti Musaharmiya28,2085,43154.6%13,75525,195
Janak Nandini27,1465,37956.8%13,43623,647
Aurahi24,0534,79363.8%13,53221,225
Dhanauji21,9424,40862.6%12,07719,277
Bateshwor21,7424,64768.7%13,39519,507

Sub-metropolitan city · 1

Municipality · 11

Rural municipality · 6

Compare the local governments of Dhanusa

Every published census measure, side by side. Rank by any column, or select rows to compare a few.

18 local governments · tick rows to pin and compare
local governments compared on Population, Households, Literacy rate, Literate population, Population aged 5 and over, ranked by Population
local governments
Janakpurdham194,55640,40976.6%135,562176,867
Sabaila62,28212,34059.3%32,08554,066
Shahidnagar53,81211,12457.8%27,22847,141
Dhanushadham52,02410,58860.5%27,66045,756
Chhireshwornath51,07510,73360.5%27,57445,545
Mithila48,67610,65672.5%32,18944,398
Hansapur44,9498,89062.5%24,68139,490
Kamala44,5978,97956.1%21,88939,005
Ganeshman Charnath44,0829,16764.9%25,38039,135
Mithila Bihari38,2737,65463.1%21,27533,723
Nagarain38,0377,92162.7%21,26433,924
Bideha37,6977,67161.8%20,45633,103
Laxminiya31,8816,30161.6%17,43128,299
Mukhiyapatti Musaharmiya28,2085,43154.6%13,75525,195
Janak Nandini27,1465,37956.8%13,43623,647
Aurahi24,0534,79363.8%13,53221,225
Dhanauji21,9424,40862.6%12,07719,277
Bateshwor21,7424,64768.7%13,39519,507

Bars are scaled within each column, so columns compare places and rows compare measures. A dash means the figure is not published for that place, which is not the same as zero. Rates are not additive across places and are never totalled.

Sources & methodology

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2024) · United Nations Population Fund (2023) · National Statistics Office (2021) · Wikidata (2026) · World Bank (1960-2024)

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