title: Dhobaghat
text: # Dhobaghat
  
  Dhobaghat -- also called Udayapurkot --- is a village and Village Development Committee in Pyuthan, a Middle Hills district of Rapti Zone, western Nepal.
  
  ## Etymology
  
  dhoba (Nepali: धोबा) - washing clothing. ghat (Nepali: घाट) - shore or bank of a river; stone platform or steps on a river bank
  
  Thus: place by river for washing clothes.
  
  udaya (Nepali: उदय)- rising, ascent, dawning. pur (Nepali: पुर)- town or city. kot (Nepali: कोट)- guardroom, prison, police station. Thus: Dawn city police post
  
  ## Villages in VDC
  
  | | | Ward | Lat. | Lon | Elev. |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Anpchaur | आँपचौर | | 28°03'N | 82°43'E | 690m |
  | Banera Khajuri | बनेरा खजुरी | | 28°04'N | 82°44'E | 1,515 |
  | Bhanyerchaur | भँयेरचौर | | 28°03'N | 82°41'E | 781 |
  | Bhedabari | भेडाबारी | | 28°04'N | 82°45'E | 1,250 |
  | Burdi | बुर्दी | | 28°02'N | 82°44'E | 630 |
  | Charpani | चारपानी | | 28°04'N | 82°42'E | 1,310 |
  | Dhobaghat | धोबाघाट | 3 | 28°04'N | 82°44'E | 1,250 |
  | Gorule | गोरुले | | 28°03'N | 82°43'E | 639 |
  | Mas Pokhari | मास पोखरी | 28°03'N | 82°44'E | 1,470 |
  | Mukhchaur | मुखचौर | 6 | 28°03'N | 82°42'E | 710 |
  | Rithekholagaun | रिठेखोलागाउँ | | 28°04'N | 82°42'E | 1,470 |
  | Salli Kharka | सल्ली खर्क | 8 | 28°05'N | 82°45'E | 1,315 |
  | Sirbari | सिरबारी | | 28°05'N | 82°44'E | 1,478 |
  | Udaypurkot | उदयपुरकोट | 9 | 28°03'N | 82°45'E | 1,430 |
  