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Dhobaghat (Udayapurkot)
धोबाघाट (उदयपुरकोट)— Village Development Committee — Location in Nepal
Dhobaghat (Udayapurkot)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 
NepalRegion Mid-Western Zone Rapti Zone District Pyuthan District VDC Dhobaghat (Udayapurkot) Wards 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.
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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 postVillages in VDC[2]
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 References
- ^ "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/nepalcensus/form.php?selection=1. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
- ^ "Index of Geographical Names of Nepal, Volume IV: Mid Western Development Region, List of Settlements, Pyuthan". Government of Nepal, National Geographic Information Infrastructure Program. http://www.ngiip.gov.np/pdf/vol4pyuthan.pdf. Retrieved 2011-03-12.
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Categories:- Populated places in Pyuthan District
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