Dedgaun

Dedhgaun
Village development committee
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Coordinates: 27.85°N 84.08°E / 27.85; 84.08
Country	Nepal
Zone	Lumbini Zone
District	Nawalparasi District
Population  (1991)
• Total	2,975
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

Dedhgaun (or Dedgaun) is a village development committee in Nawalparasi District in the Lumbini Zone of southern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2975 people living in 513 individual households.[1]

Dedgaun lies on the bank of the Holy Kali Gandaki River and is surrounded by mountains in all sides.

The Dedgaun area, including the new hydro-electricity project at Baundi Khola, was heavily damaged by floods in September 2008.

References

1. "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2008.

• Districts at a glance: Nawalparasi by UD Bimala, 2006.
• Introduction of Nepali village: John David Wilson, 2002
• Centre for rural studies, Tribhuvan University