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°E / 28.07; 82.85Coordinates: 28°04′N 82°51′E / 28.07°N 82.85°E / 28.07; 82.85
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

^[2]

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

Pyuthan District
Headquarter: Pyuthan
Arkha Bandikot Bangemarkot Bangesal Baraula Barjibang Belbas Bhingri Bijaya Nagar Bijuwar Bijuli Chuja Dakha Kwadi Damri Dangbang Dharmawati Dharampani Dhobaghat Dhubang Dhungegadhi Gothibang Hansapur Jumrikanda Khaira Khabang Khung Kochibang Ligha Libang Lung Majhakot Maranthana Markabang Narikot Naya Gaun Okharkot Pakala Phopli Puja Pyuthan Municipality Rajwara Ramdi Raspurkot Sari Swargadwarikhal Syaulibang Torbang Tiram Tusara