Chepang communities

Overview

Nepal’s National Foundation for Development of Indigenous Nationalities identifies Chepang among the country’s listed Indigenous nationalities. Its account places their present homeland across connected Mahabharat hills in Makwanpur, Chitwan, Gorkha and Dhading. It explicitly distinguishes competing origin stories from verified written history; those stories should not be collapsed into one established genealogy.

The Institute for Indigenous Affairs and Development describes grassroots work begun with Chepang communities in 2012, including poultry farming as a livelihood initiative. Its One Chepang Child Sponsorship program supports education, supplies and personal development. These named programs show contemporary institutional activity, without defining every Chepang family by one livelihood or a narrative of deficiency.

History & identity

Living Indigenous communities through selected public institutional accounts.

Sources & representation

Selected public institutional passages retained.

Selected bibliography

Documented works and useful reading. This is not a list of every appearance.

1. 01

   Chepang

   National Foundation for Development of Indigenous Nationalities

2. 02

   About the Institute for Indigenous Affairs and Development

   Institute for Indigenous Affairs and Development

Language & cultural connections

Source-supported language and cultural connections have not yet been compiled for this profile.

References

Sources supporting this profile. Linked pages have their own scope and editorial standards.

1. Government Indigenous-nationalities accountChepangResearch access: 2026-10-11
2. Indigenous-led development institution accountAbout the Institute for Indigenous Affairs and DevelopmentResearch access: 2026-10-11

Image credits

Imagined hill-context diagram linking poultry livelihoods and educational supplies.

Setting, tools and layout imagined; not ethnographic evidence.