Dhanushadham

धनुषाधाम
Province: Madhesh (2)/District: Dhanusha/Municipality: Dhanushadham
60.45%
Literacy Rate

Dhanushadham Municipality is one of the 18 municipalities in Dhanusha District of Madhesh Province. As per the 2021 census, the municipality has a total population of 52,024, comprising 25,185 males (48.4%) and 26,839 females (51.6%), with a literacy rate of 60.45%. Spanning 91.64 square kilometers, Dhanushadham Municipality exhibits the population density of 568 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 9 wards.

According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Dhanushadham has 46 schools. Of these, 14 are private and 28 are public. The breakdown includes 30 pre-schools, 46 basic schools, and 12 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 4 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the municipal area include Shree Secondary School Pritpur Parwata, Bhanu Secondary School Kisanpur, Super Sense English Boarding Secondary School, Shree Secondary School Mulabari Bhiman, and Sunrise English Boarding School.

Educational Institutions

Click the links below to view complete lists of educational institutions in this area.

Institution Statistics

School

Total: 46
Private
14
Public
28
Religious
4

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD30
BasicGrades 1-846
SecondaryGrades 9-1212
+2Grades 11-124

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate60.45%
Male Literacy Rate70.64%
Female Literacy Rate51.21%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)52,024
Male Population25,185
Female Population26,839
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)93.84
Population in 201145,585
Population Growth Rate1.27

Geographic Information

Area91.64 sq.km
Population Density568 per sq.km
Number of Wards9

Household Information

Total Households (2021)10,588
Household Size4.91
Households in 20118,715

Sources

Center for Education and Human Resource Development. (2081 BS). IEMIS Report 2081. CEHRD.

Central Bureau of Statistics. (2021). National Population and Housing Census 2021. CBS Nepal.

YIPL, MoFaLD, & OKN. (n.d.). Nepal local level map [Dataset]. GitHub. https://github.com/younginnovations/nepal-locallevel-map