Dharmawati is a town and market center in

Pyuthan Municipality 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 esta ...

Pyuthan 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 esta ...

, a ''Middle Hills'' district of

Rapti Zone Rapti Zone ( ) was one of the fourteen List of zones of Nepal, zones, located in the Mid-Western Development Region, Nepal, Mid-Western Development Region of Nepal. It was named after the West Rapti River which drains Rolpa District, Rolpa, Pyut ...

, western

Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...

. The former Village Development Committee along with

Pyuthan Khalanga 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 esta ...

, Bijubar,

Dakha Kwadi Dakha Kwadi is a town and market center in Pyuthan Municipality of Pyuthan, a ''Middle Hills'' district of Rapti Zone, western Nepal. The former Village Development Committee along with Pyuthan Khalanga, Bijubar, Dakha Kwadi, Bijaya Nagar, Dhar ...

Bijaya Nagar Bijaya Nagar is a town and market center located in Pyuthan Municipality in Pyuthan, a ''Middle Hills'' district of Lumbini Province, western Nepal. The formerly Village Development Committee along with Pyuthan Khalanga, Bijubar, Dakha Kwadi, ...

, Dharmawati,

Maranthana Maranthana is a town and market center in Pyuthan Municipality in Pyuthan, a ''Middle Hills'' district of Rapti Zone, western Nepal. The formerly Village Development Committee along with Pyuthan Khalanga Pyuthan is a municipality in the Pyutha ...

and Khaira were merged to form the new municipality since 18 May 2014.

Etymology

dharma Dharma (; , ) is a key concept in various Indian religions. The term ''dharma'' does not have a single, clear Untranslatability, translation and conveys a multifaceted idea. Etymologically, it comes from the Sanskrit ''dhr-'', meaning ''to hold ...

'' () - Religious law or duty; a

religion Religion is a range of social system, social-cultural systems, including designated religious behaviour, behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, religious text, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics in religion, ethics, or ...

.
''wati'' or ''vati'' () - manifesting the quality.
Thus ''pious, observant'', or ''religious''.

Villages in VDC

{{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

References

External links

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