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°ECoordinates: 28°04′N 82°51′E / 28.07°N 82.85°E
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	Nepal Time (UTC+5:45)

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	Lat.	Lon	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. "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. 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. Retrieved 2011-03-12.

External links

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