Bhojpur district (à¤ोजपुर जिल्ला), a part of Koshi Zone, which lies in province no 1., is one of the seventy five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country in South Asia. The district, with Bhojpur as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,507 km² and has a population (2001) of 203,018. Traditionally, the inhabitants of this area have been the indigenous Rai ethnic group is mostly populated in this district;besides Rai; Tamang, Sherpa, Newar, Gurung, Chhetri, Bahun, etc. Where the Newar ethnic group being the main people in the Bhojpur town. Bhojpur forms part of Majh Kirat/Kirant (Middle Kirat). It is one of the richest districts in Nepal in biodiversity. 
To the northern part of this district lies the beautiful small city of Dingla. Various hill castes, Brahmin (bahun in Nepali), Kshetriya (Chhettri in Nepali), and ethnic groups like Rai reside within this beautiful area. This is the place where rudraksha trees are grown naturally in the forest as well as individually on people's land. The religious leader, women's rights activist and poet Yogmaya Neupane was born in 1860 in Dingla.
Champe is the other small town where people from surrounding villages come and sell their products. This happens every week and is called Hatiya.
Balankha (Walangkha) is one of the growing towns in the southwest area of Bhojpur. Another town Ghoretar, southeast of Bhojpur, has been a center point of trade, education and administration for a long time. It is famous as Hatuwa Gadi "a powerful Fort of Kirat king Sunahang" in Kirat history.
Balankha borders with neighboring Khotang district's Bopung village. Balankha is slowly emerging as another hub of education, communication, health and trade. The most distinctive thing about Balankha is its famous Chhongkha Chandi celebration. It is the Kirat Rai festival when Rais go to 'Chandi(Sakewa) Than' at Dammarkhu village of Khotang (across the river Buwa Khola), pray for good harvest and rain. Then they flock back to the open space of Chandi bazar to dance and celebrate with great joy
In the Bhojpur one of the largest VDC is Dovane and then Timma. Recently announced dignitary Mr Durja Kumar Rai aslo from Bhojpur, he is inhabitant of VDC Nagi Kattike 4. It lies under the lap of Temke Dada. Temke is situated in border of Khotang and Bhojpur district . Its height is nearly 3110m, from this Temke peak we can see panoramic view of Himalayan range and also sun rising scene . In this Temke seasonal festival has been started twice a year, there are two temple in this peak one is Maheshor and another one is Shiv. Its natural beauty really entice to those visitor who visit here.
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