Bijuwar
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|native_name = बिजुवार
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|subdivision_name1 = Mid-Western
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|subdivision_name2 = Rapti Zone
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|subdivision_name3 = Pyuthan District
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Bijuwar 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=74336 |title=72 new municipalities announced |publisher=My Republica.com |accessdate=2014-06-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140618191026/http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=74336 |archivedate=2014-06-18 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2014/05/08/news/govt-announces-72-new-municipalities/262559.html|title=Government announces 72 new municipalities|publisher=The Kathmandu Post|accessdate=2014-06-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006084717/http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2014/05/08/news/govt-announces-72-new-municipalities/262559.html|archive-date=2014-10-06|url-status=dead}} Bijuwar is the main commercial center in the valley of Jhimruk Khola.
To Promote local culture Bijuwar has one FM radio station Radio Lisne Awaj - 103.6 MHz Which is a Community radio Station.
Villages in VDC
class="wikitable"
! | Ward | Lat. | Lon | Elev. | |
Bhitrikot | भित्रीकोट | 28°08'N | 82°51'E | 1,550m | |
Bijuwar | बिजुवार | 28°06'N | 82°51'E | {{pad|4px}} 830 | |
Dadi Pokhari | डाडी पोखरी | 28°08'N | 82°51'E | 1,505 | |
Dharampani | धरमपानी | 28°08'N | 82°52'E | 1,310 | |
Githechaur | गिठेचौर | 28°08'N | 82°52'E | 1,350 | |
Indredanda | इन्द्रेडाँडा | 8 | 28°07'N | 82°51'E | {{pad|4px}} 999 |
Kanthebahar | काँठेबहर | 28°08'N | 82°50'E | 1,070 | |
Khadkadera | खड्काडेरा | 28°08'N | 82°50'E | 1,130 | |
Khamaldi | खमाल्दी | 28°07'N | 82°52'E | {{pad|4px}} 790 | |
Khanikholagaun | खानीखोलागाउँ | 28°07'N | 82°51'E | {{pad|4px}} 882 | |
Phulbari | फूलबारी | 28°07'N | 82°52'E | {{pad|4px}} 815 | |
Punyakholagaun | पुण्यखोलागाउँ | 4 | 28°08'N | 82°52'E | {{pad|4px}} 975 |
Seti Pokhari | सेती पोखरी | 28°08'N | 82°51'E | 1,042 | |
Takura | टाकुरा | 1 | 28°07'N | 82°52'E | {{pad|4px}} 950 |
Tari | 7 | ||||
Tarkichaur | तार्कीचौर | 1 | 28°08'N | 82°51'E | 1,470 |
Tikuri | टिकुरी | 28°07'N | 82°53'E | {{pad|4px}} 815 |
|url=http://www.ngiip.gov.np/pdf/vol4pyuthan.pdf
|title=Index of Geographical Names of Nepal, Volume IV: Mid Western Development Region, List of Settlements, Pyuthan
|publisher=Government of Nepal, National Geographic Information Infrastructure Program
|accessdate=2011-03-12
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724190123/http://www.ngiip.gov.np/pdf/vol4pyuthan.pdf
|archivedate=2011-07-24
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Radio: Radio Lisne Awaj 103.6 MHz
References
External links
- [http://www.un.org.np/sites/default/files/maps/district_maps/Pyuthan.pdf UN map of VDC boundaries, water features and roads in Pyuthan District]