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|name = Okharkot |
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|subdivision_type4 = [[Village development committee|VDC]] |
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{{Pyuthan District}} |
{{Pyuthan District}} |
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[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Pyuthan District]] |
[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Pyuthan District]] |
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Revision as of 02:52, 17 May 2010
Okharkot
ओखरकोत | |
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Village Development Committee | |
| Country |  Nepal |
| Development Region | Mid-Western |
| Zone | Rapti Zone |
| District | Pyuthan District |
| VDC | Okharkot |
| Population (1991) | |
| • Total | 4,484 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time) |
Okharkot (Nepali: ओखरकोत) is a town and Village Development Committee in Pyuthan District, in the 'hills' of mid-western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4,484 persons living in 836 individual households.[1]
Okhar means walnut tree (Juglans regia -- English Walnut native from the Balkans through Western China including foothills of the Himalaya. Kot means fortress.
Machcchi Village is the VDC's administrative center at the confluence of Dharmawati River and Gartang Khola. The kot sits on a ridgetop 2 km. east and some 675 meters (2200 feet) higher. It is listed in IUCN's inventory of historic sites. [2]
References
- ^ "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
- ^ Bishnu Bhandari (1997) Inventory of heritage sites in Nepal (Gland, Switzerland:IUCN)
