Chitlang is a VDC located in Makwanpur District

Makwanpur District

Makwanpur District of 392,604. Bhimfedi market of the district was the traditional route to enter Kathmandu valley from the south.-Village Development Committees :*Agara*Ambhanjyang*Bajrabarahi*Basamadi*Betini*Bhaise*Bharta Pundyadevi*Bhimfedi...

, Narayani Zone

Narayani Zone

- Geography :Narayani contains parts of the Terai, Inner Terai, and Hill regions of Nepal, but it does not contain any of the Mountain or Himalayan region. Narayani is rich in flora and fauna...

, CDR, Nepal.

Geography

Chitlang is located to the south west of Kathmandu valley in mid-hills called Mahabharat range.

The VDC is bounded by-

• North : Naubise
  Naubise
  Naubise is a village development committee in Dhading District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 12312 and had 2164 houses in it....
  
   VDC, Thankot
  Thankot
  Image:sunset.jpg|Caption1Image:kill.jpg|Caption2Thankot is a large village lies in the west of Kathmandu District in the Bagmati Zone in central america. It lies in the bed of 'Chandragiri hill'. According to the 1980 Nepal census it has a population of 5,755 and has 1,075 households...
  
   VDC, Mahadevsthan
  Mahadevsthan
  Mahadevsthan may refer to:*Mahadevsthan, Bagmati, Nepal*Mahadevsthan, Janakpur, Nepal*Mahadevsthan, Mahakali, Nepal*Mahadevsthan, Seti, Nepal...
  
   VDC
• South : Markhu
  Markhu
  Markhu is a village development committee in Makwanpur District in the Narayani Zone of southern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3137 people living in 581 individual households....
  
   VDC
• East : Fakhel
  Fakhel
  Fakhel is a village development committee in Makwanpur District in the Narayani Zone of southern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4451 people living in 772 individual households....
  
   VDC, Matatirtha
  Matatirtha
  Matatirtha is a village in Kathmandu District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2799 and had 506 households in it.-Etymology:...
  
   VDC
• West : Bajrabarahi
  Bajrabarahi
  Bajrabarahi is a village development committee in Makwanpur District in the Narayani Zone of southern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 7427....
  
   VDC

History

Chitlang VDC is located in ancient Newar settlement. Inscriptions dating back to Lichchavi era have been found in this place.

An inscription was found in Toukhel, Ward 6 of Chitlang VDC, established by king Amshubarma (in sambat 37). According to the inscription, Amshubarma had given the land to shepherds and established a settlement for shepherds in Toukhel, Nhulgaun, Kunchhal etc. of Chitlang. Some historians believe that these people called Gopalis are the descendants of rulers of Gopal era.

Demographics

According to 2001 census of Nepal, there were 1170 houses in Chitlang and 5830 people. The main ethnic population are Newar

Newar

The Newa , Newār or Newāl) are the indigenous people and the creators of the historical civilization of Nepal's Kathmandu Valley. The valley and surrounding territory have been known from ancient times as Nepal Mandala, its limits ever changing through history.Newas have lived in the Kathmandu...

, Tamang

Tamang

The Tamangs are the ancient and original inhabitants of the mountains and plains of the Himalayan regions of Nepal and India. Their ancient capital being Yambu - modern day Kathmandu. They have their own distinct culture, language and religion. Their ancestral domain is popularly known as...

, Khas

Khas

Originally the Khas / Khasas or Khasiyas are the mountain dwellers living in the southern shadow of the Himalayan range from Kashmir to Bhutan, but mostly in Nepal, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, North Bengal, Sikkim and Bhutan,...

 etc.

Culture

Chitlang has a rich Newar culture. The Chitlang dialect of Nepal Bhasa is spoken almost exclusively in this region.
One of such language is Balami language.