Country Nepal District Okhaldhunga District Population 3,001 (1991) | Zone Sagarmatha Zone Time zone Nepal Time (UTC+5:45) | |
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Khiji Chandeshwori is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3001 living in 590 individual households.
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Khiji or Khijee and Khichee is the same. Is Koich (Sunuwar language), Khi=House, Ji(Chee/Jee)= behind (meaning behind the house)} The Village: Khijee Chandeswory Village Development Committee (VDC) is situated in Eastern Development Region of the country. The district is Okhaldhunga and the zone is Sagarmatha. The VDC covers around 35 square kilometers with around 4000 villagers. The village has one secondary school.
Around 83% out of about 4000 villagers are from indigenous group of people. Their caste is called Sunuwar (Mukhiya) (Kirat) Dynasty. They have their own traditions, cultures, language and customs. The rest are NEWAR (also indigenous), DAMAI (socially discriminated people, so called small caste), KAMI (socially discriminated people, so called small caste), Bhujel, Newar, SHERPA (also indigenous people).
Around 95% of villagers are dependent on agriculture. They have a little piece of land where they cultivate crops in a traditional way. The agriculture products last for only 6–8 months and the rest of the year they just live with half stomachs.
Education
Education is the light of life. In Khijee Chandeswory Village Development Committee, there is not even a university. After the completion of lower secondary and high secondary education the students need to walk at least 90 minutes to reach the 10+2 which are situated in other villages. There are very few students who have the luck to see college and university. They can be counted on fingers.
Developmental activities
The district headquarters is situated around 35 kilometers far from the village. All most all local development administrations are situated in the headquarters of the district. Being an uneducated people there are no one to support for the development of the village. There is no any infrastructural development in the village except a health post and a lower secondary school. It takes around 18 hours to reach the close road transportation from the village. Many people even just day dream about motor-bus and airplanes. They did not see the real motor buses and airplanes in their life. There is no electricity so the villagers have to depend on wood fuel. There is no safe drinking water and irrigation for agriculture. There is no any scientific cultivation system. People just follow traditional agriculture system and depend on rainfall for cultivation. All the above-mentioned truths are the true story of Khijee Chandeswory Village.
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