Bijaya Nagar Explained

Bijaya Nagar
Native Name:	बिजय नगर
Pushpin Map:	Nepal
Pushpin Label Position:	bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:	300
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Nepal
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Nepal
Subdivision Type1:	Region
Subdivision Name1:	Mid-Western
Subdivision Type2:	Zone
Subdivision Name2:	Rapti Zone
Subdivision Type3:	District
Subdivision Name3:	Pyuthan District
Subdivision Type4:	VDC
Subdivision Name4:	Bijaya Nagar
Subdivision Type5:	Wards
Population As Of:	2001 Census^[1]
Population Note:	697 households
Population Total:	3295
Population Density Km2:	auto
Population Blank1 Title:	Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:	Religions
Timezone:	Nepal Time
Utc Offset:	+5:45
Coordinates:	28.1°N 82.85°W

Bijaya Nagar is a town and market center located in Pyuthan Municipality in Pyuthan, a Middle Hills district of Lumbini Province, western Nepal. The formerly Village Development Committee along with Pyuthan Khalanga, Bijubar, Dakha Kwadi, Bijaya Nagar, Dharmawati, Maranthana and Khaira was merged to form the new municipality since 18 May 2014.^{[2] [3]}

Etymology

Bijaya (Nepali: बिजय) or Vijaya (Sanskrit: विजय) - victory.
Nagar (Sanskrit: नगर) - settlement or city.
Thus Victory City.

Villages in VDC

		Ward			Elev.
Daili Simal	दैली सिमल		28°7'N	82°50'E	990m
Ghurchane	घुर्चौने		28°8'N	82°50'E	1,050
Jhungakholagaun	झुङखोलागाउँ		28°8'N	82°49E	1,085
Kumalgaun	कुमालगाउँ		28°6'N	82°51'E	938
Kuwapani	कुवापानी		28°8'N	82°50'E	1,016
Mandrechaur	मान्द्रेचौर	6	28°8'N	82°49'E	1,490
Okharbot	ओखरबोट	6	28°9'N	82°49'E	1,689
Ratamata	रातामाटा	3	28°6'N	82°51'E	798
Richi	रिची		28°8'N	82°48'E	1,490
Sapdanda	सापडाँडा	4	28°7'N	82°50'E	925
Sepung	सेपुङ	8	28°8'N	82°49'E	1,470
Sirbari	सिरबारी		28°8'N	82°49'E	1,662
Timilepata	तिमिलेपाटा		28°8'N	82°48'E	1,635

^[4]

Education

• Mukti High School

References

1. Web site: Nepal Census 2001 . Nepal's Village Development Committees . . 21 September 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081012163506/http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/nepalcensus/form.php?selection=1 . 12 October 2008 . dead .
2. Web site: 72 new municipalities announced . My Republica.com . 2014-06-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140618191026/http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=74336 . 2014-06-18 .
3. Web site: Government announces 72 new municipalities. The Kathmandu Post. 2014-06-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20141006084717/http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2014/05/08/news/govt-announces-72-new-municipalities/262559.html. 2014-10-06. dead.
4. Web site: Index of Geographical Names of Nepal, Volume IV: Mid Western Development Region, List of Settlements, Pyuthan . Government of Nepal, National Geographic Information Infrastructure Program . 2011-03-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110724190123/http://www.ngiip.gov.np/pdf/vol4pyuthan.pdf . 2011-07-24 .

External links

• UN map of VDC boundaries, water features and roads in Pyuthan District