Pyuthan Khalanga

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Coordinates: 28°06′N 82°52′E / 28.100°N 82.867°E / 28.100; 82.867Coordinates: 28°06′N 82°52′E / 28.100°N 82.867°E / 28.100; 82.867
Country	Nepal
Development Region	Mid-Western
Zone	Rapti Zone
District	Pyuthan District
District Center and VDC	Pyuthan Khalanga
Population (2001 Census[1])
• Total	5,061
	1,066 households
Time zone	Nepal Time (UTC+5:45)
Postal code	22300
Area code(s)	086

28°05′15″N 082°53′00″E / 28.08750°N 82.88333°E / 28.08750; 82.88333 (Pyuthan Khalanga)

Pyuthan Khalanga or Pyuthan is a bazaar town and the administrative center of Pyuthan District, a Middle Hills district of Rapti Zone, western Nepal. It is also a Village development committee (VDC).

The town is situated on a mountainside 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, by soldiers and police of Magar and other "hill tribes" and their mostly Chhetri officers, by Newar merchants, by civil servants recruited mostly from local Bahun 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 Khalanga 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

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

Media

To Promote local culture Khalanga has two Community radio Station. one is Radio Mandavi - 97.0 MHz and other is Radio Pyuthan 92.0 MHz..

Towns and Villages in this VDC

References

1. ↑ "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Retrieved 21 September 2008. 
2. ↑ "Index of Geographical Names of Nepal, Volume IV: Mid Western Development Region, List of Settlements, Pyuthan". Government of Nepal, National Geographic Information Infrastructure Program. Retrieved 2011-03-12. 

External links

• UN map of VDC boundaries, water features and roads in Pyuthan District

v t e Pyuthan District Capital: Pyuthan Khalanga Arkha Badikot Bangesal Baraula Barjiwang Belwaspur Bhingri Bijaya Nagar Bijubar Bijuli Chuja Dakhakuwadi Salghari Damri Dangwang Dharamawati Dharampani Dhobaghat Dhuwang Dungegadi Gothiwang Hansapur Jumrikanda Khaira Khawang Khung Kochiwang Ligha Liwang Lung Majhakot Maranthana Markawang Narikot Naya Gaun Okharkot Pakala Phopli Puja Rajbara Ramdi Ruspur Kot Sari Swargadwarikhal Syauliwang Tarwang Tiram Tusara Wangemarkot