Dhodhana

Dhodhana
ढोढना
Village development committee
Dhodhana

Location in Nepal

Coordinates: 26°49′N 86°29′E / 26.81°N 86.48°E / 26.81; 86.48Coordinates: 26°49′N 86°29′E / 26.81°N 86.48°E / 26.81; 86.48
Country    Nepal
Zone Sagarmatha Zone
District Siraha District
Population (1991)
  Total 3,814
Time zone Nepal Time (UTC+5:45)

Dhodhana is a village development committee in Siraha District in the Sagarmatha Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3814 people living in 689 individual households.[1]Majority of the people are from Tharu community. Although small in size, Dhodhana is famous for its Rajdevi temple. Every year on the day of Baishakh purnima, thousands of pilgrims pay visit to this holy temple.Recently, Dhodhana has been merged to Lahan municipality.

References

  1. "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Retrieved 17 November 2008.

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