# Chhintang

_Village development committee in Dhankuta District in the Kosi Zone of eastern Nepal_

Canonical: https://diginpl.com/places/chhintang
Last updated: 2026-11-04

> Chhintang is a village in Shahidbhumi Rural Municipality in the Dhankuta District of Province No. 1 in eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 8071 people living in 1374 individual households. The Chintang language is primarily spoken in Chhintang.

## Quick facts

- **Type:** human settlement; ward of Nepal ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3413949#P31))
- **Located in:** Dhankuta District (district of Nepal) › Koshi Province (province of Nepal) ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3413949#P131))
- **Coordinates:** 26.9400, 87.2000

## About

The village was the site of the Chhintang massacre. On January 12, 2018, the Government of Nepal officially declared the 16 people killed in the November 13, 1979 massacre as national martyrs.

## Questions

**Where is Chhintang located?**  
Chhintang is located in Dhankuta District, Koshi Province, Nepal.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Chhintang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chhintang) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): छिन्ताङ](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9B%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%99) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q3413949](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3413949) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

## Licence and attribution

Text from the Wikipedia article Chhintang, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

## Cite this page

"Chhintang". DigiNepal. Last updated 4 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/chhintang. Retrieved 5 November 2026.