# Chanai

_Place in Lumbini Zone, Nepal_

Canonical: https://diginpl.com/places/chanai
Last updated: 2026-11-03

> Chanai  is a town in Shivaraj Municipality in Kapilvastu District in the Lumbini Zone of southern Nepal. The former village development committee was transformed into Municipality from 18 May 2014 by merging the existing Birpur, Nepal, Chanai, Bishunpur, Jawabhari and Shivapur village development committees. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 6141 people living in 1023 individual households.

## Quick facts

- **Type:** ward of Nepal ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3413377#P31))
- **Located in:** Kapilvastu District (district of Nepal) › Lumbini Province (province of Nepal) ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3413377#P131))
- **Coordinates:** 27.6400, 82.8900

## Questions

**Where is Chanai located?**  
Chanai is located in Kapilvastu District, Lumbini Province, Nepal.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Chanai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanai) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): चनै](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%88) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q3413377](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3413377) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

## Licence and attribution

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## Cite this page

"Chanai". DigiNepal. Last updated 3 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/chanai. Retrieved 4 November 2026.