Dhobaghat Explained

Dhobaghat (Udayapurkot)
Native Name:धोबाघाट (उदयपुरकोट)
Settlement Type:Village Development Committee
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:Dhobaghat (Udayapurkot)
Subdivision Type5:Wards
Population As Of:2001 Census[1]
Population Note:396 households
Population Total:2157
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:Nepal Time
Utc Offset:+5:45
Coordinates:28.07°N 82.85°W

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

Ward Elev.
Anpchaur आँपचौर 28°03'N 82°43'E 690m
Banera Khajuri बनेरा खजुरी 28°04'N 82°44'E 1,515
Bhanyerchaur भँयेरचौर 28°03'N 82°41'E 781
Bhedabari भेडाबारी 28°04'N 82°45'E 1,250
Burdi बुर्दी 28°02'N 82°44'E 630
Charpani चारपानी 28°04'N 82°42'E 1,310
Dhobaghat धोबाघाट 3 28°04'N 82°44'E 1,250
Gorule गोरुले 28°03'N 82°43'E 639
Mas Pokhari मास पोखरी 28°03'N 82°44'E 1,470
Mukhchaur मुखचौर 6 28°03'N 82°42'E 710
Rithekholagaun रिठेखोलागाउँ 28°04'N 82°42'E 1,470
Salli Kharka सल्ली खर्क 8 28°05'N 82°45'E 1,315
Sirbari सिरबारी 28°05'N 82°44'E 1,478
Udaypurkot उदयपुरकोट 9 28°03'N 82°45'E 1,430
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References

  1. Web site: Nepal Census 2001 . Nepal's Village Development Committees . . 21 September 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081012163506/http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/nepalcensus/form.php?selection=1 . 12 October 2008 .
  2. 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 .

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