Gadhawa

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Gadhawa (Gadawa) is a village in the Gadhawa Rural Municipality of Dang Deukhuri District in Lumbini Province, south-western Nepal. It was, prior to September 2015, also a Village Development Committee in Dang Deukhuri District, Rapti Zone. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census the VDC had a population of 11,430 persons living in 2,176 households,{{Cite web |title=National population and Housing Census 2011 (Village Development Committee/Municipality) |date=November 2012 |publisher=Central Bureau of Statistics, Government of Nepal |page=86 |url=http://cbs.gov.np/image/data/Population/VDC-Municipality%20in%20detail/VDC_Municipality.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005234846/http://cbs.gov.np/image/data/Population/VDC-Municipality%20in%20detail/VDC_Municipality.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2018-10-05 |df=dmy |access-date=23 September 2018 }} up from the 2001 Nepal census of 7,877 persons living in 1,188 households.Census figures for 1991{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/nepalcensus/form.php?selection=15 |title=Nepal Census 2001 |work=Nepal's Village Development Committees |publisher=Digital Himalaya |access-date=21 September 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012163506/http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/nepalcensus/form.php?selection=15 |archive-date=12 October 2008 |df=dmy }}

It is surrounded by the former Gangapraspur VDC to the east, Koilabas VDC to the south, Bela VDC to the west and Chailahi VDC to the north. The North-South Damodar road runs through Gadhawa and communicates with the Indian border via Koilabas VDC and to the East-West highway (Mahendra highway) via Chailahi VDC. The majority of the population consists of Tharu, Khas Brahmin, and Yadav. There are a few Muslims. Most people are agriculturalists; however, a few are employed in small businesses.