Thangmuchhyi (Chepuwa) is a village development committee in Sankhuwasabha District in the

Kosi Zone Kosi or Koshi (, ) was one of the fourteen zones of Nepal until the restructure of zones to provinces. The headquarters of Kosi Zone was Biratnagar which was also its largest city. Other cities of Kosi Zone were Inaruwa, Dharan, Dhankuta, J ...

of north-eastern

Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...

. At the time of the

1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. Working with Nepal's Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the main towns and villages of each ...

it had a population of 1949 people living in 425 individual households. Thangmuchhyi divided into 3 toles called Dhongdek, Syarkijong (Syarkidang) and Orokchhen and Gangdok and Chhulung also sub tole of Thangmuchhyi. People from Thangmuchhyi are mostly Nuppa clan of Lhomi. Among Nuppa also there are 3 main family groups called ''Mi-Ngo'' (Identity). Sonarinjen (Dhongtoek) ''Mi-Ngo'', Ueohok (lower village) ''Mi-Ngo'' and Hamo ''Mi-Ngo''. In Dhongtoek (upper household) tole, Sonarinjen clans are living and from Sonarinjen there were three brothers called Nangang Angchuk, Chhiyang Chhedar and Dhinakpa (real name forgotten). It borders

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, China. Nuppa, Shangbu.2015. ''Pahichanko Seroferoma Lhomi Jaati''. National Foundation for Development Indigenous Nationalities. Government of Nepal

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UN map of the municipalities of Sankhuwasabha District
Populated places in Sankhuwasabha District {{Sankhuwasabha-geo-stub