Dharmawati

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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.{{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}}

Etymology

dharma ({{langx|sa|धर्मा}}) - Religious law or duty; a religion.

wati or vati ({{langx|sa|वती}}) - manifesting the quality.

Thus pious, observant, or religious.

Villages in VDC

class="wikitable"

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WardLat.LonElev.
Bagdulaबागदुला128°07'N82°53'E{{pad|4px}} 828m
Bangeबाङ्गे28°09'N82°53'E1,090
Batuleबाटुले28°09'N82°54'E1,010
Bhalapaniभलापानी28°09'N82°53'E1,215
Bhedabariभेडाबारी528°09'N82°53'E1,210
Chyandharaच्यानधारा28°10'N82°53'E1,230
Damtiदम्ती28°09'N82°54'E{{pad|4px}} 925
Dhaireधाइरे28°09'N82°54'E{{pad|4px}} 958
Gejbangगेजबाङ328°08'N82°54'E{{pad|4px}} 850
Githechaurगिठेचौर28°08'N82°53'E1,315
Kapdandaकापडाँडा28°07'N82°53'E1,110
Lamidharaलामीधारा28°08'N82°53'E1,210
Managaunमानागाउँ28°09'N82°53'E1,330
Padbangपाडबाङ28°09'N82°54'E{{pad|4px}} 915
Rajyanरज्यान628°08'N82°54'E1,146
Ranikamlaरानीकाम्ला28°08'N82°53'E1,075
Shivanagarशिवनगर28°08'N82°54'E{{pad|4px}} 850
Suryanagarसूर्यनगर28°08'N82°53'E{{pad|4px}} 835
Takuraटाकुरा28°08'N82°53'E{{pad|4px}} 950
Talताल28°08'N82°53'E{{pad|4px}} 838
Thapkotथापकोट28°08'N82°53'E1,243
Tikhchuliतिखचुली28°10'N82°53'E1,476
Upallo Damtiउपल्लो दम्ती28°09'N82°54'E1,130
{{Cite web

|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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References