Chainpur, Sankhuwasabha
Chainpur is a municipality in Sankhuwasabha District in the Kosi Zone of north-eastern Nepal. It was formed by merging five villages i.e. Chainpur, Siddhakali, Siddhapokhari, Baneshwar and Kharang. The municipality was implemented on 18 May 2014.[1][2] At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4933 people in 948 households.[3]
Chainpur चैनपुर नगरपालिका | |
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Chainpur Location in Nepal | |
Coordinates: 27.30°N 87.32°E | |
Country | |
Zone | Kosi Zone |
District | Sankhuwasabha District |
Government | |
• Mayor | Bharat Khatri (NCP) |
• Deputy Mayor | Muna Shrestha (NCP) |
Area | |
• Total | 223.69 km2 (86.37 sq mi) |
Area rank | 10th (Province No. 1) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 27,308 |
• Density | 120/km2 (320/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+5:45 (NST) |
Postal code | 56913 |
Area code(s) | 029 |
Website | www.chainpurmun.gov.np |
Chainpur is an ancient market place of the eastern region of Nepal. It has been famous for hundreds of years for karuwa, a special kind of water mug with pipe tap sculptured with artistic carving on exterior of it.
It used to be district headquarters of Sankhuwasabha before it was shifted to Khandbari.
Chainpur is famous for making Khukuri.
References
- 72 new municipalities announced Archived June 18, 2014, at the Wayback Machine My Republica
- Govt announces 72 new municipalities Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine The Kathmandu Post
- "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
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