Pyuthan Municipality

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Pyuthan
प्यूठान नगरपालिका
Pyuthan Khalanga
Municipality
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Pyuthan
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Pyuthan
Pyuthan (Nepal)
Coordinates: 28°06′N82°52′E / 28.100°N 82.867°E / 28.100; 82.867
CountryFlag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
Province Lumbini Province
District Pyuthan District
Parliamentary constituency Pyuthan 1
Provincial constituencies Pyuthan 1(A), Pyuthan 1(B)
Established2014
Government
 • Type Mayor-council
 •  Mayor Bishnu Yogi
 •  Deputy Mayor Devendra Brahma
Area
 • Total
128.96 km2 (49.79 sq mi)
Population
 (2011 [1] )
 • Total
38,449
 • Density300/km2 (770/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+5:45 (NST)
Postal code
22300
Area code 086
Website pyuthanmun.gov.np

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.

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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 Brahmin 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

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

Media

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

Ward Lat. Lon Elev.
Khairaखैरा128°04'N81°53'E1,140m
Dakhakwadiदाखाक्वाडी228°06'N82°53'E1,150m
Bijaynagarबिजयनगर328°05'N82°52'E1,305
Bijuwarबिजुवार428°05'N82°54'E1,423
Jumrikadhaजुम्रीकाँडा528°05'N82°53'E1,250
Majhkotमाझकोट628°06'N82°53'E1,287
Tikuriटिकुरी728°05'N82°53'E1,318
Dharmawatiधर्मावती828°06'N82°52'E  918
Maranthanaमरन्ठाना928°04'N82°54'E1,298
Saaribangसारीबाङ1028°06'N82°53'E1,010

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References

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