Madhesh Province
Dhanusha
धनुषा
Provincial capital and Mithila's cultural centre. Rail link to India, religious tourism, and the province's largest urban consumer market.
Economic profile
What is published about Dhanusha's economy
Janakpurdham — the provincial capital, a pilgrimage economy, and the cross-border rail link to Jayanagar.
The largest absentee population abroad of any district in the province: 73,688 people.
Convert visitors and the rail line into year-round work rather than seasonal work.
Figures: National Economic Census 2018 and National Population and Housing Census 2021; agricultural holdings are sample-based estimates from the 2021/22 agriculture census. The three readings above are Madhesh Next's own judgement, not data. See the economic map for sources.
What is not published about Dhanusha
These four numbers would tell you more about this district's economy than everything above. None of them is published here, or anywhere else in the province.
Jobs created last year
No local government in Madhesh Province publishes an annual count of jobs created.
New businesses registered last year
Registrations are recorded municipality by municipality, but not published or compared.
Days to register and open a business
No municipality publishes how long its own process actually takes.
Share of budget spent on economic development
Budgets are published; the share going to economic development is not broken out comparably.
Local governments of Dhanusha
18 local levels — 12 municipal and 6 rural. Headquarters: Janakpurdham.
| Local level | Type |
|---|---|
Janakpurdham जनकपुरधाम | Sub-Metropolitan City |
Chhireshwarnath क्षिरेश्वरनाथ | Municipality |
Ganeshman Charnath गणेशमान चारनाथ | Municipality |
Dhanusadham धनुषाधाम | Municipality |
Nagarain नगराइन | Municipality |
Bideha विदेह | Municipality |
Mithila मिथिला | Municipality |
Shahidnagar शहीदनगर | Municipality |
Sabaila सबैला | Municipality |
Kamala कमला | Municipality |
Mithila Bihari मिथिला बिहारी | Municipality |
Hansapur हंसपुर | Municipality |
Janaknandini जनकनन्दिनी | Rural Municipality |
Bateshwar बटेश्वर | Rural Municipality |
Mukhiyapatti Musharniya मुखियापट्टी मुसहरमिया | Rural Municipality |
Lakshminiya लक्ष्मीनिया | Rural Municipality |
Aurahi औरही | Rural Municipality |
Dhanauji धनौजी | Rural Municipality |
Questions for Dhanusha
Every district chapter starts here. These are the questions a Madhesh Next chapter puts to local government, and publishes the answers to.
- How many new businesses registered in each of our 18 local levels last year — and how many survived?
- What does Dhanusha produce that it could sell competitively across the border?
- How long does it take to register a business in Janakpurdham, in days?
- What do our campuses teach, and what do our employers actually need?
- How many young people left this district last year, and what would have made them stay?