Chainpur
चैनपुर नगरपालिका | |
|---|---|
  Chainpur Location in Nepal | |
| Coordinates: 27°18′N 87°19′E / 27.30°N 87.32°E | |
| 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 | 120/km2 (320/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.
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- ^ "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 19 November 2008.