Dagatundanda — recorded as Daga Tumdada in the census — is a large former village development committee in Baglung district, named by the Nepal Chhantyal Sangh among the district’s Chhantyal settlements, where Chhantyal families live within a wider hill community.
Trace-back
Dagatundanda belongs to the Baglung homeland of the Chhantyal, sharing the community’s long history of copper mining and hill farming across the Dhaulagiri country.
At the time of the 1991 census
The Daga Tumdada VDC recorded 4,874 people in 897 houses — a sizeable settlement, its Chhantyal families part of a larger population.
What people do
Life rests on farming the terraced slopes, livestock, and income from family working abroad.
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