Dhanusha District

Dhanusha district (धनुषा) sits in Madhesh province, with its administrative headquarters at Janakpur. The district covers 1,180 km² and is made up of 18 local levels: 1 Sub-Metropolitan City, 11 Municipalities, 6 Rural Municipalities, split across 169 wards in total.

Local Level	Nepali Name	Type	Wards	Area (km²)
Janakpurdham	जनकपुरधाम	Sub-Metropolitan City	25	91.97
Bideha	विदेह	Municipality	9	45.51
Chhireshwarnath	क्षिरेश्वरनाथ	Municipality	10	50.85
Dhanushadham	धनुषाधाम	Municipality	9	91.64
Ganeshman Charnath	गणेशमान चारनाथ	Municipality	11	244.31
Hansapur	हंसपुर	Municipality	9	48.71
Kamala	कमला	Municipality	9	65.85
Mithila	मिथिला	Municipality	11	187.93
MithilaBihari	मिथिला बिहारी	Municipality	10	37.60
Nagarain	नगराइन	Municipality	9	39
Sabaila	सबैला	Municipality	13	64.47
Sahidnagar	शहीदनगर	Municipality	9	57.37
Aaurahi	औरही	Rural Municipality	6	25.56
Bateshwar	बटेश्वर	Rural Municipality	5	31.66
Dhanauji	धनौजी	Rural Municipality	5	22
Janaknandani	जनकनन्दिनी	Rural Municipality	6	27.62
Lakshminya	लक्ष्मीनिया	Rural Municipality	7	30.66
Mukhiyapatti Musharniya	मुखियापट्टी मुसहरमिया	Rural Municipality	6	26.84

Data sourced from the district and local-level records maintained in the Nagarik Nepal app's own database, based on Nepal's official post-2015 federal restructuring (Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration). See the Madhesh province directory for every district in the province, or the local levels guide for how the four types differ.