Pyuthan Municipality Explained

Pyuthan
Native Name:प्यूठान नगरपालिका
Other Name:Pyuthan Khalanga
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Nepal Lumbini Province#Nepal
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Nepal
Coordinates:28.1°N 134°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Nepal
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Lumbini Province
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Pyuthan District
Subdivision Type3:Parliamentary constituency
Subdivision Name3:Pyuthan 1
Subdivision Type4:Provincial constituencies
Subdivision Name4:Pyuthan 1(A), Pyuthan 1(B)
Established Title:Established
Established Date:2014
Government Type:Mayor-council
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Bishnu Yogi
Leader Title1:Deputy Mayor
Leader Name1:Devendra Brahma
Area Total Km2:128.96
Population Total:38,449
Population As Of:2011 [1]
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:NST
Utc Offset:+5:45
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:22300
Area Code:086

Pyuthan is a municipality in the Pyuthan District in the Lumbini Province of Nepal. This municipality is named after the district name Pyuthan. It is also the major market center and the administrative center of district. The municipality was established on 18 May 2014 by merging the existing VDCs Khaira, Dakha Kwadi, Bijaya Nagar, Bijuwar, Dharmawati, Maranthana and Khalanga village development committees.[2] [3] In 2017, when GoN restructured the local level bodies into 753 units, Pyuthan Municipality was also restructured excluding ward no. 1, 2, 3, 5 and 18 from old structure, further two other VDCs; Majhkot and Jumrikanda added, Khalanga separated and managed the municipality into 10 new wards.[1] Nayabajar Jumri and Bijuwar are the major markets of Pyuthan Municipality.

The town is situated about 500 meters above the intensively cultivated floodplain of Jhimruk Khola about 15 kilometers north of the Mahabharat Range in the Middle Hills. Besides expansive views of Jhimruk valley, there are limited views of a few peaks in the western part of the Dhaulagiri range off to the north. The town is populated by government officials, soldiers, and police of Magar and other "hill tribes" and their mostly Chhettri officers, by Newar merchants, by civil servants recruited mostly from local Bahun and Chhetri castes, as well as menial castes who labor as tailors, cobblers, blacksmiths and construction workers.

Before King Gyanendra was removed from office in 2008, this district center was virtually a royalist island in a republican sea. Pyuthan district was the home base of Mohan Bikram Singh who was a charter member of the Communist Party of Nepal. Singh did extensive organizational work in his home district and other parts of Rapti Zone, resulting in local opposition to the Shah dynasty that largely ran the country. Although M. B. Singh was marginalized in leftist politics before the Nepalese Civil War broke out in 1996, his organizational work helped make Rapti Zone the "heartland" of the insurgency and left the district center vulnerable and isolated for the duration.

Pyuthan has scheduled bus service via the east-west Mahendra Highway and a spur road from Bhalubang along the West Rapti River. This road has been paved for all-weather use.

Etymology

Pyuthan Khalanga (Nepali: खलङ्गा) means military barracks. It generally signifies a military post larger than a kot (Nepali: कोट).

Media

To promote local culture Pyuthan has four community radio stations; Radio Mandavi - 97.0 MHz and Radio Pyuthan - 92.0 MHz, Radio Kripalu and Radio Lisne Aawaj. Similarly weekly newspapers are also published.

Settlements that are part of Pyuthan

Ward Elev.
Khaira खैरा 1 28°04'N 81°53'E 1,140m
Dakhakwadi दाखाक्वाडी 2 28°06'N 82°53'E 1,150m
Bijaynagar बिजयनगर 3 28°05'N 82°52'E 1,305
Bijuwar बिजुवार 4 28°05'N 82°54'E 1,423
Jumrikadha जुम्रीकाँडा 5 28°05'N 82°53'E 1,250
Majhkot माझकोट 6 28°06'N 82°53'E 1,287
Tikuriटिकुरी 7 28°05'N 82°53'E 1,318
Dharmawatiधर्मावती 8 28°06'N 82°52'E 918
Maranthana मरन्ठाना 9 28°04'N 82°54'E 1,298
Saaribang सारीबाङ 10 28°06'N 82°53'E 1,010
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References

  1. Web site: स्थानीय तहहरुको विवरण . Details of the local level bodies . Nepali . 17 July 2018 . www.mofald.gov.np/en . Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development.
  2. Web site: 72 new municipalities announced. My Republica.com. 2014-06-10.
  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.

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