Nepali and Hindi had the first and second rank of the highest number of second-language speakers in Nepal,  based on the 2011 census.
Nepal 36.2% of the population in the district spoke Nepali, 9.5% Hindi, 2.9% Maithili, 1.1% Urdu and 1.0% Magahi as their second language. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Dhanusha District had a population of 754,777. 
