Pyuthan District

Pyuthan District( , is a "hill" district some west of Kathmandu in Lumbini Province in midwestern Nepal. Pyuthan covers an area of with population of 212,484 in 2001 and 226,796 in 2011. Pyuthan Khalanga is the district's administrative center.
Geography and Climate.
Pyuthan borders Dang Deukhuri District to the southwest along the crest of the "Mahabharat Range" and extends about northeast through the Middle Hills to a 3,000+ meter ridge that is both Pyuthan's border with "Baglung district" of "Dhaulagiri Zone" and the main watershed between the (west) "Rapti" and "Gandaki River" basins. Pyuthan borders "Rolpa district" to the west. Of the two upper tributaries of the West Rapti River, Pyuthan contains all of "Jhimruk Khola" and the lower part of "Madi Khola" after it exits Rolpa. The Madi-Jhimruk confluence is in southern Pyuthan, in the Mahabharat Range.
The valley of Jhimruk Khola is the core of Pyuthan district. Its alluvial plain is intensively planted in rice during the summer monsoon. Wheat is grown as the winter crop. Madi Khola has eroded an inner gorge and is less suited to traditional irrigated agriculture.
Demographics.
At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Pyuthan District had a population of 228,102. Of these, 96.1% spoke Nepali, 2.3% Magar and 0.7% Newari as their first language.
Administrative Divisions.
Pyuthan District is divided into 9 local level bodies in which two are municipalities and seven are rural municipalities: