Pyuthan Municipality

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Pyuthan is a municipality in the Pyuthan District in the Lumbini Province of Nepal. This municipality is named after the district name Pyuthan. It is also the major market center and the administrative center of district. The municipality was established on 18 May 2014 by merging the existing VDCs Khaira, Dakha Kwadi, Bijaya Nagar, Bijuwar, Dharmawati, Maranthana and Khalanga village development committees.[2][3] In 2017, when GoN restructured the local level bodies into 753 units, Pyuthan Municipality was also restructured excluding ward no. 1, 2, 3, 5 and 18 from old structure, further two other VDCs; Majhkot and Jumrikanda added, Khalanga separated and managed the municipality into 10 new wards.[1] Nayabajar Jumri and Bijuwar are the major markets of Pyuthan Municipality.

Pyuthan
प्यूठान नगरपालिका
Pyuthan Khalanga
Pyuthan is located in Lumbini Province
Pyuthan
Pyuthan
Location in Nepal
Pyuthan is located in Nepal
Pyuthan
Pyuthan
Pyuthan (Nepal)
Coordinates: 28°06′N 82°52′E / 28.100°N 82.867°E / 28.100; 82.867
Country   Nepal
ProvinceLumbini Province
DistrictPyuthan District
Parliamentary constituencyPyuthan 1
Provincial constituenciesPyuthan 1(A), Pyuthan 1(B)
Established2014
Government
 • TypeMayor-council
 • MayorBishnu Yogi
 • Deputy MayorDevendra Brahma
Area
 • Total128.96 km2 (49.79 sq mi)
Population
 (2011 [1])
 • Total38,449
 • Density300/km2 (770/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (NST)
Postal code
22300
Area code086
Websitepyuthanmun.gov.np

The town is situated about 500 meters above the intensively cultivated floodplain of Jhimruk Khola about 15 kilometers north of the Mahabharat Range in the Middle Hills. Besides expansive views of Jhimruk valley, there are limited views of a few peaks in the western part of the Dhaulagiri range off to the north. The town is populated by government officials, soldiers, and police of Magar and other "hill tribes" and their mostly Chhettri officers, by Newar merchants, by civil servants recruited mostly from local Bahun and Chhetri castes, as well as menial castes who labor as tailors, cobblers, blacksmiths and construction workers.

Before King Gyanendra was removed from office in 2008, this district center was virtually a royalist island in a republican sea. Pyuthan district was the home base of Mohan Bikram Singh who was a charter member of the Communist Party of Nepal. Singh did extensive organizational work in his home district and other parts of Rapti Zone, resulting in local opposition to the Shah dynasty that largely ran the country. Although M. B. Singh was marginalized in leftist politics before the Nepalese Civil War broke out in 1996, his organizational work helped make Rapti Zone the "heartland" of the insurgency and left the district center vulnerable and isolated for the duration.[citation needed]

Pyuthan has scheduled bus service via the east-west Mahendra Highway and a spur road from Bhalubang along the West Rapti River. This road has been paved for all-weather use.

Etymology

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Pyuthan Khalanga (Nepali: खलङ्गा) means military barracks. It generally signifies a military post larger than a kot (Nepali: कोट).

Media

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To promote local culture Pyuthan has four community radio stations; Radio Mandavi - 97.0 MHz and Radio Pyuthan - 92.0 MHz, Radio Kripalu and Radio Lisne Aawaj. Similarly weekly newspapers are also published.

Settlements that are part of Pyuthan

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Ward Lat. Lon Elev.
Khaira खैरा 1 28°04'N 81°53'E 1,140m
Dakhakwadi दाखाक्वाडी 2 28°06'N 82°53'E 1,150m
Bijaynagar बिजयनगर 3 28°05'N 82°52'E 1,305
Bijuwar बिजुवार 4 28°05'N 82°54'E 1,423
Jumrikadha जुम्रीकाँडा 5 28°05'N 82°53'E 1,250
Majhkot माझकोट 6 28°06'N 82°53'E 1,287
Tikuri टिकुरी 7 28°05'N 82°53'E 1,318
Dharmawati धर्मावती 8 28°06'N 82°52'E   918
Maranthana मरन्ठाना 9 28°04'N 82°54'E 1,298
Saaribang सारीबाङ 10 28°06'N 82°53'E 1,010

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References

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  1. ^ a b "स्थानीय तहहरुको विवरण" [Details of the local level bodies]. www.mofald.gov.np/en (in Nepali). Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  2. ^ "72 new municipalities announced". My Republica.com. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  3. ^ "Government announces 72 new municipalities". The Kathmandu Post. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  4. ^ "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2011-03-12.
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