Dhungegadhi Explained

Dhungegadhi is a town and Village Development Committee in Pyuthan, a Middle Hills district of Rapti Zone, western Nepal.

Etymology

dhunge (ne|ढुङ्गे) - stony, made of stone
gadhi (ne|गढी) - tower, fortress
Thus: stone tower or fortress

Villages in VDC

		Ward			Elev.
Baddanda	बडडाँडा	3	27°58'N	82°50'E	892m
Bahundanda	बाहुनडाँडा		27°56'N	82°47'E	790
Barapani	बरापानी		27°57'N	82°46'E	950
Beldanda	बेलडाँडा		27°57'N	82°49'E	750
Biringkot	बिरिङकोट		27°56'N	82°47'E	1,030
Budhichaur	बुढीचौर		27°58'N	82°48'E	1,270
Chhabise	छबिसे		27°57'N	82°49'E	770
Dansingdanda	दानसिङडाँडा		27°58'N	82°49'E	1,090
Dhankot	धनकोट		27°58'N	82°49'E	1,270
Dhungegadhi	ढुङ्गेगढी	8	27°57'N	82°50'E	938
Dobichaur	दोबीचौर		27°58'N	82°46'E	1,010
Ganaunepani	गनाउनेपानी		27°57'N	82°48'E	770
Goldhara	गोलधारा		27°58'N	82°46'E	1,150
Hattikhal	हात्तिखाल		27°57'N	82°46'E	710
Jaspur	जसपुर		27°57'N	82°48'E	970
Lugluge	लुग्लुगे		27°56'N	82°47'E	730
Mandre	मान्द्रे		27°59'N	82°49'E	970
Mandredhunga	मान्द्रेढुङ्गा		27°59'N	82°50'E	710
Mitheamp	मिठेआँप		27°57'N	82°49'E	490
Pakhapani	पाखापानी	7	27°57'N	82°47'E	850
Pelimati	पेलीमाटी		27°58'N	82°47'E	1,310
Rangbhang	राङभाङ		27°56'N	82°48'E	850
Shrikharka	श्रीखर्क		27°58'N	82°49'E	1,050
Swarakot	स्वाराकोट		27°58'N	82°47'E	1,322
Tarike	तारिके		27°57'N	82°47'E	970

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References

1. Web site: Nepal Census 2001 . Nepal's Village Development Committees . . 21 September 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081012163506/http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/nepalcensus/form.php?selection=1 . 12 October 2008 .
2. 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 .

External links

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