Dhobaghat

Dhobaghat (Udayapurkot)
धोबाघाट (उदयपुरकोट)
Village Development Committee
Dhobaghat (Udayapurkot)
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 28°04′N 82°51′E / 28.07°N 82.85°E / 28.07; 82.85Coordinates: 28°04′N 82°51′E / 28.07°N 82.85°E / 28.07; 82.85
Country    Nepal
Region Mid-Western
Zone Rapti Zone
District Pyuthan District
VDC Dhobaghat (Udayapurkot)
Population (2001 Census[1])
 • Total 2,157
  396 households
Time zone UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

Dhobaghat -- also called Udayapurkot --- is a village and Village Development Committee in Pyuthan, a Middle Hills district of Rapti Zone, western Nepal.

Etymology

dhoba (Nepali: धोबा) - washing clothing.
ghat (Nepali: घाट) - shore or bank of a river; stone platform or steps on a river bank
Thus: place by river for washing clothes.

udaya (Nepali: उदय)- rising, ascent, dawning.
pur (Nepali: पुर)- town or city.
kot (Nepali: कोट)- guardroom, prison, police station.
Thus: Dawn city police post

Villages in VDC

WardLat.LonElev.
Anpchaurआँपचौर28°03'N82°43'E  690m
Banera Khajuriबनेरा खजुरी28°04'N82°44'E1,515
Bhanyerchaurभँयेरचौर28°03'N82°41'E  781
Bhedabariभेडाबारी28°04'N82°45'E1,250
Burdiबुर्दी28°02'N82°44'E  630
Charpaniचारपानी28°04'N82°42'E1,310
Dhobaghatधोबाघाट328°04'N82°44'E1,250
Goruleगोरुले28°03'N82°43'E  639
Mas Pokhariमास पोखरी28°03'N82°44'E1,470
Mukhchaurमुखचौर628°03'N82°42'E710
Rithekholagaunरिठेखोलागाउँ28°04'N82°42'E1,470
Salli Kharkaसल्ली खर्क828°05'N82°45'E1,315
Sirbariसिरबारी28°05'N82°44'E1,478
Udaypurkotउदयपुरकोट928°03'N82°45'E1,430

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References

  1. ↑ "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
  2. ↑ "Index of Geographical Names of Nepal, Volume IV: Mid Western Development Region, List of Settlements, Pyuthan" (PDF). Government of Nepal, National Geographic Information Infrastructure Program. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2011-03-12.
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