Chainpur Municipality
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
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.
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.
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.
In terms of literacy, 71.6% could read and write, 2.5% could only read and 25.9% could neither read nor write.
Climate
Climate data for Chainpur, elevation 1,329 m (4,360 ft), (1976–2005) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 18.5 (65.3) |
20.6 (69.1) |
25.2 (77.4) |
27.8 (82.0) |
28.1 (82.6) |
28.6 (83.5) |
27.7 (81.9) |
28.1 (82.6) |
27.4 (81.3) |
25.8 (78.4) |
23.1 (73.6) |
19.9 (67.8) |
25.1 (77.1) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 7.5 (45.5) |
9.1 (48.4) |
12.6 (54.7) |
15.4 (59.7) |
16.9 (62.4) |
19.1 (66.4) |
19.5 (67.1) |
19.5 (67.1) |
18.6 (65.5) |
15.5 (59.9) |
11.8 (53.2) |
8.8 (47.8) |
14.5 (58.1) |
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: Agricultural Extension in South Asia |