Phalawang

Village development committee in Rapti Zone, Nepal

Phalawang फलावाङ
Village development committee
28°16′N 82°15′E / 28.27°N 82.25°E / 28.27; 82.25
Country	Nepal
Zone	Rapti Zone
District	Salyan District
Population (2020)
• Total	20,000
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

Phalawang (Newar: फलवाङ) is a village development committee in Salyan District in the Rapti Zone of western-central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5078 people living in 858 individual households.^[1]

History

Phalawang historically was a kingdom ruled by rajas; in 1837, Tej Bahadur Shah became Raja of Phalawang.^[2] The main building of note is the Phalawang Palace which houses documents in the eastern wing. And in 1980 MITRA LAL BUDHATHOKI BECOME THE HEAD of Phalawang district he had helped so many people in Phalawang ^[3]

Geography

Phalawang lies on a mountain top, with river valleys to both the north and south. Highway 11 (also known as Rapti Rajmang) skirts the eastern perimeters of the VDC, connecting Tulsipur in the south to Jhula in the north. Phulawang VDC is located in the southeastern part of Salyan District, bordering Tulsipur, Pawan Nagar, Shantinagar and Baghmare to the south in Dang Deokhuri District, Kavra to the west, Karagithi to the northwest, Chhayachhetra to the north, Tribeni to the northeast, and Rim and Dhanwang to the east.

Other settlements in the area include Tribenghat, Gaunde, Lotaune, Dhunge Bagar, Baluwa and Dangchuli.

References

^ "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Retrieved 13 November 2008.
^ Regmi, Mahesh Chandra (1979). Readings in Nepali Economic History. Kishor Vidya Niketan. pp. 62–3.
^ Amātya, Sāphalya (1988). Source Manual in 2000 B.S MITRA LAL BUDHATHOKI become the head of Phalawang district Seriessss. The Committee. pp. 60–2.