Dharmawati

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Dharmawati
धर्मावती
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Dharmawati
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 28°07′N82°53′E / 28.12°N 82.88°E / 28.12; 82.88 Coordinates: 28°07′N82°53′E / 28.12°N 82.88°E / 28.12; 82.88
CountryFlag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
Region Mid-Western
Zone Rapti Zone
District Pyuthan District
VDC Dharmawati
Population (2001 Census [1] )
  Total 4,186
 861 households
Time zone Nepal Time (UTC+5:45)

Dharmawati is a town and market center in Pyuthan Municipality in Pyuthan, a Middle Hills district of Rapti Zone, western Nepal. The former Village Development Committee along with Pyuthan Khalanga, Bijubar, Dakha Kwadi, Bijaya Nagar, Dharmawati, Maranthana and Khaira were merged to form the new municipality since 18 May 2014. [2] [3]

Pyuthan Municipality Municipality in Mid-Western, Nepal

Pyuthan is municipality in Pyuthan District, a Middle Hills district of Rapti Zone, id-western Nepal. It is also the District Headquarter and the administrative center. The municipality was established on 18 May 2014 by merging the existing Pyuthan Khalanga, Bijubar, Dakha Kwadi, Bijaya Nagar, Dharmawati, Maranthana and Khaira village development committees.

Pyuthan District District in Nepal

Pyuthan District (Nepali: प्युठान जिल्लाListen , is a "hill" district some 250 km west of Kathmandu in Province No. 5 in midwestern Nepal. Pyuthan covers an area of 1,309 km² with population of 212,484 in 2001 and 226,796 in 2011. Pyuthan Khalanga is the district's administrative center.

Rapti Zone Zone in Nepal

Rapti Zone was one of the fourteen zones, located in the Mid-Western Development Region of Nepal. It was named after the West Rapti River which drains Rolpa, Pyuthan and part of Dang districts. The remainder of Dang and part of Salyan district are drained by the Babai. The remainder of Salyan and all of Rukum districts are drained by the Bheri.

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Etymology

dharma (Sanskrit : धर्मा) - Religious law or duty; a religion.
wati or vati (Sanskrit : वती) - manifesting the quality.
Thus pious, observant, or religious.

Dharma Key concept in Indian philosophy and religion

Dharma is a key concept with multiple meanings in Indian religions like Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and others. There is no single-word translation for dharma in Western languages.

Religion is a cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, morals, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that relates humanity to supernatural, transcendental, or spiritual elements. However, there is no scholarly consensus over what precisely constitutes a religion.

Villages in VDC

Ward Lat. Lon Elev.
Bagdula बागदुला 1 28°07'N 82°53'E   828m
Bange बाङ्गे 28°09'N 82°53'E 1,090
Batule बाटुले 28°09'N 82°54'E 1,010
Bhalapani भलापानी 28°09'N 82°53'E 1,215
Bhedabari भेडाबारी 5 28°09'N 82°53'E 1,210
Chyandhara च्यानधारा 28°10'N 82°53'E 1,230
Damti दम्ती 28°09'N 82°54'E   925
Dhaire धाइरे 28°09'N 82°54'E   958
Gejbang गेजबाङ 3 28°08'N 82°54'E   850
Githechaur गिठेचौर 28°08'N 82°53'E 1,315
Kapdanda कापडाँडा 28°07'N 82°53'E 1,110
Lamidhara लामीधारा 28°08'N 82°53'E 1,210
Managaun मानागाउँ 28°09'N 82°53'E 1,330
Padbang पाडबाङ 28°09'N 82°54'E   915
Rajyan रज्यान 6 28°08'N 82°54'E 1,146
Ranikamla रानीकाम्ला 28°08'N 82°53'E 1,075
Shivanagar शिवनगर 28°08'N 82°54'E   850
Suryanagar सूर्यनगर 28°08'N 82°53'E   835
Takura टाकुरा 28°08'N 82°53'E   950
Tal ताल 28°08'N 82°53'E   838
Thapkot थापकोट 28°08'N 82°53'E 1,243
Tikhchuli तिखचुली 28°10'N 82°53'E 1,476
Upallo Damti उपल्लो दम्ती 28°09'N 82°54'E 1,130

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