Where is Chainpur Municipality located?

Chainpur Municipality is located in Sankhuwasabha District, Koshi Province, Nepal.

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Chainpur Municipality

चैनपुर

Municipality in Kosi Zone, Nepal

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Chainpur (Nepali: चैनपुर नगरपालिका, Chainpur Nagarpalika; in Nepali)

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Type: ward of Nepal, municipality of Nepal wd
Located in: Sankhuwasabha District (district of Nepal) › Koshi Province (province of Nepal) wd
Area: 223.69 km² wd
Official website: chainpurmun.gov.np wd
Coordinates: 27.3000° N, 87.3200° E wd

About

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. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4933 people in 948 households.

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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Where is Chainpur Municipality located?: Chainpur Municipality is located in Sankhuwasabha District, Koshi Province, Nepal.

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Last updated 31 October 2026 · facts checked 3 November 2026

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