This sub-metropolitan city is a central hub for the Maithili language, as well as for religious and cultural tourism in Nepal.

The city was founded in the early 18th century but was designated as the location of the capital of the Videha kingdom, although there is no archaeological evidence to support this.

[citation needed] Janakpurdham, popularly known as Janakpur is named after the ancient King of the Videha kingdom in the Mithila region - Janaka.

The rulers of the Videha kingdom were accorded the title Janaka, meaning 'father' in Sanskrit, and this character is the best-known bearer of the same.

[2] Until the 1950s, Janakpur was a cluster of rural hamlets inhabited by farmers, artisans, priests, and clerks who worked for the monasteries that controlled the land.

After the Independence Act in India, Janakpur expanded into a commercial center and became the capital of Dhanusa District in the 1960s.

[6] Gautama Buddha and Vardhamana Mahavira, the 24th and final Tirthankara of the Jain religion, are said to have lived in Janakpur.

[10] The city has good healthcare facilities, several parks, private schools, colleges, and internet service providers.

Janakpur attracts migrants from the surrounding areas, who move to the city for medical care, education, and jobs.

A few bus services operate to the Indian cities of Sitamarhi, Patna, Delhi and Ayodhya as part of the Ramayan Circuit, promoting religious tourism in Nepal and India.

It connects Janakpur to Siraha at the Nepal-India border and continues further to the Indian city of Jaynagar, Bihar.

[11] Janakpur has a domestic airport (IATA: JKR, ICAO: VNJP) with most flights connecting to Kathmandu.

[20] The temple is architecturally unique in Nepal: its inner sanctum contains a flower-covered statue of Sita which was found in the Sarayu River near Ayodhya.

[20](citation does not exist, false claim) Pilgrims also visit over 200 sacred ponds in the city for ritual baths.

On the night of the full moon in February or March, before the festival of Holi, a one-day Parikrama (circumambulation) of the city is observed.

Janakpur has educational facilities where several of the country's elites went to school, including the first president of the Federal Republic of Nepal, Ram Baran Yadav, and former DPM (Deputy Prime Minister), Bimalendra Nidhi.

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