Dedgaun

Dedgaun
Village development committee
Dedgaun

Location in Nepal

Coordinates: 27°51′N 84°05′E / 27.85°N 84.08°E / 27.85; 84.08Coordinates: 27°51′N 84°05′E / 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 Nepal Time (UTC+5:45)

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. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
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