Daanchhi

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Danchhi
डाँछी
Nickname(s): 
Thali, Danchhi
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Danchhi
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 27°44′N85°25′E / 27.73°N 85.41°E / 27.73; 85.41
CountryFlag of Nepal.svg   Nepal
Province No. 3
District Kathmandu
Government
  Type Municipality
   Member of Parliament Madhav Kumar Nepal
   Mayor Krishna Hari Thapa
Population
 (2011)
  Total
11,246
Time zone UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)
Postal code
44600
Area code 01
Website https://www.kageshworimanoharamun.gov.np/en

Danchhi is a village and former Village Development Committee that is now part of Kageshwari-Manohara Municipality in Kathmandu District in Province No. 3 of central Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, it had a population of 11,246 and had 2,593 households in it. [1] Danchhi is now included in Kageswori Manohara Municipality. Danchhi/Thali is bounded by Bagmati and Manohara river. The major places include Thali/थली, Nayapati, Bhadrawas, Hariyalinagar, Dumakhal, and Gajarkot. The major government schools are Shree Sahid Aadarsha Uchha MaVi, Shree Kanti Bhairab MaVi, and Shree Chaulanarayan PraVi. Private schools include Miniland English High School, Mount Everest Secondary School, Pragya Sadan School, Alpine Academy, and Hindu Vidhya Peeth.[ citation needed ]

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Kathmandu valley outer ringroad will pass through this place.

Toponymy

Language origin

Etymology

“Daan” means offering, donation, or charity. “Chhi/Chi” may be a toponymic suffix denoting place or settlement. Therefore, Daanchhi could be interpreted as “the place of offerings” or “the village of charity.”

Daan (दान) means “gift, donation, offering” and comes from Sanskrit दान (dāna) meaning “act of giving, alms, donation. -chhi / -chi (छि / ची) is likely a local or regional suffix for place names, possibly of Tibeto-Burman substrate origin, adapted into Nepali toponymy.

The toponym Daanchhi thus probably means “settlement of giving/offering,” combining a Sanskrit lexical root with a local place-forming suffix.

Industries and Economy

Hindu temples

Tourist attractions

References

  1. "National Population and Housing Census 2011" (PDF). Government of Nepal, National Planning Commission Secretariat, Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-01-24. Retrieved November 1, 2012.