Dhanusha

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Dhanusha district
Location of Dhanusha District (dark yellow) in Province No. 2 and in Nepal
Location of Dhanusha District (dark yellow) in Province No. 2 and in Nepal
Basic data
Country Nepal
province Province No. 2
Seat Janakpur
surface 1180 km²
Residents 754,777 (2011 census)
density 640 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 NP-P2
Website ddcdhanusha.gov.np

Coordinates: 26 ° 48 '  N , 86 ° 2'  E

The district of Dhanusha (also Dhanusa ; Nepali धनुषा , Dhanuṣā ) is one of 77 districts in Nepal and has belonged to Province No. 2 since the constitution of 2015 .

history

Until 2015 Dhanusha belonged to the Janakpur administrative zone , which in turn belonged to the Central Development Region .

The first President of the Republic of Nepal Ram Baran Yadav comes from the district.

geography

Dhanusha is located in the south of the country ( Terai ) on the border with India . The district capital is Janakpur .

Residents

According to the census, the district had 671,364 inhabitants in 2001, compared to 754,777 in 2011.

religion

Dhanusha is one of the most important pilgrimage destinations for Hindus in Nepal for the Hindus as it is the birthplace of the mythological Janakpurdham Sita . Sita was the adoptive daughter of King Janaka and married the son Ram Chandra of King Dasharath of Ayodhya .

The former palace of King Janak is now a temple. There is also a temple where Ram is said to have married his wife Sita, and to this day a festival called Bibaha Panchami is celebrated here every year on the occasion of the wedding of Ram and Sita. The temple is decorated for this as if for a real wedding.

Administrative division

Cities in Dhanusha District:

Gaunpalikas (rural communities):

By 2017, the district was divided into the following Village Development Committees (VDCs):

Web links

Commons : Dhanusa District  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Schedule-4 States, and Districts to be included in the concerned States. - Nepal Law Commission. Retrieved December 13, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Central Bureau of Statistics, Census 2011: National Report (pp. 51–52, Population Total and Area in Sq. Km ). ( Memento from May 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 7.8 MB)
  3. ↑ a b Bibaha Panchami - We All Nepali. Retrieved February 26, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b Dhanusha district. In: Boss Nepal. Accessed February 26, 2019 .
  5. ↑ a b Nepal: Administrative Unit - State 2 Map | UN Nepal Information Platform. Retrieved January 1, 2019 .