Chainpur Municipality
Chainpur
चैनपुर नगरपालिका | |
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| Country |  Nepal |
| Province | Koshi |
| District | Sankhuwasabha |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Krishna Kumar Tamang (NCP) |
| • Deputy Mayor | Alina Shrestha (NCP) |
| Area | |
• Total | 223.69 km2 (86.37 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 10th (Province No. 1) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 27,308 |
| • Density | 122.08/km2 (316.18/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (NST) |
| Postal code | 56913 |
| Area code | 029 |
| Website | www.chainpurmun.gov.np |
Chainpur is a municipality in Sankhuwasabha District in the Koshi Province 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 is an ancient market place of the eastern region of Nepal. It has been famous for hundreds of years for the Karuwa, a special kind of water mug with a 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.
Demographics
[edit | edit source]At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Chainpur Municipality had a population of 27,462. Of these, 48.4% spoke Nepali, 13.6% Tamang, 10.4% Sherpa, 9.6% Limbu, 3.3% Yakkha, 2.8% Newar, 2.0% Chamling, 1.8% Magar, 1.7% Khaling, 1.6% Rai, 1.4% Thulung, 0.9% Kulung, 0.8% Gurung, 0.4% Jerung, 0.2% Dumi, 0.2% Maithili, 0.1% Bantawa, 0.1% Nachhiring, 0.1% Puma, 0.1% Rajasthani and 0.3% other languages as their first language.[4]
In terms of ethnicity/caste, 24.7% were Chhetri, 15.1% Tamang, 10.5% Sherpa, 10.2% Limbu, 7.8% Rai, 6.1% Hill Brahmin, 6.1% Newar, 4.0% Kami, 3.7% Yakkha, 2.3% Magar, 2.0% Damai/Dholi, 2.0% Sarki, 1.0% Gurung, 0.8% Chamling, 0.8% Thulung, 0.7% Khaling, 0.6% Kulung, 0.3% Gharti/Bhujel, 0.3% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.1% Bantawa, 0.1% other Dalit, 0.1% Dhandi, 0.1% Majhi, 0.1% Marwadi, 0.1% Tharu, 0.1% Yadav and 0.5% others.[5]
In terms of religion, 48.3% were Hindu, 28.3% Buddhist, 21.4% Kirati, 1.4% Christian, 0.1% Jain, 0.1% Prakriti and 0.4% others.[6]
In terms of literacy, 71.6% could read and write, 2.5% could only read and 25.9% could neither read nor write.[7]
Climate
[edit | edit source]| Climate data for Chainpur, elevation 1,277 m (4,190 ft), (1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 18.2 (64.8) |
20.7 (69.3) |
25.1 (77.2) |
27.6 (81.7) |
28.0 (82.4) |
28.4 (83.1) |
27.6 (81.7) |
27.9 (82.2) |
27.2 (81.0) |
25.8 (78.4) |
22.6 (72.7) |
19.5 (67.1) |
24.9 (76.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 12.4 (54.3) |
14.7 (58.5) |
18.5 (65.3) |
21.0 (69.8) |
22.0 (71.6) |
23.3 (73.9) |
23.3 (73.9) |
23.3 (73.9) |
22.5 (72.5) |
20.2 (68.4) |
16.6 (61.9) |
13.7 (56.7) |
19.3 (66.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 6.6 (43.9) |
8.6 (47.5) |
11.9 (53.4) |
14.4 (57.9) |
15.9 (60.6) |
18.2 (64.8) |
19.0 (66.2) |
18.7 (65.7) |
17.7 (63.9) |
14.6 (58.3) |
10.6 (51.1) |
7.8 (46.0) |
13.7 (56.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 13.9 (0.55) |
16.4 (0.65) |
37.3 (1.47) |
94.6 (3.72) |
203.0 (7.99) |
223.8 (8.81) |
297.0 (11.69) |
275.3 (10.84) |
202.0 (7.95) |
57.6 (2.27) |
15.7 (0.62) |
10.8 (0.43) |
1,447.4 (56.98) |
| Source 1: Department of Hydrology and Meteorology[8] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Agricultural Extension in South Asia (precipitation 1976–2005)[9] | |||||||||||||
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ 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
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ NepalMap Language [1]
- ^ NepalMap Caste [2]
- ^ NepalMap Religion [3]
- ^ NepalMap Literacy [4]
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
External links
[edit | edit source]Headquarters: Khandbari Municipality | ||
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