Representative image of the region — not this specific village.

Jhingkhani is one of the Chhantyal “khani” (mine) villages of Myagdi named on the Nepal Chhantyal Sangh’s own history of the community. It does not appear in earlier English-language sources, and its exact location and figures have yet to be confirmed.

Trace-back

The name ends in “-khani”“mine” — placing Jhingkhani among the copper settlements that gave the Chhantyal their defining craft. Across Myagdi the old workings now lie buried and unused, abandoned over the last century as state taxes and cheap imported utensils undercut the copper trade.

What people do

The village’s own figures, location and present-day life are not yet recorded here. Like its neighbours, it would have lived by farming the hill slopes and, in earlier times, copper mining.

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Photos

Pictures of the village and its surroundings. Many are representative views of the area while we gather verified photographs — tap any photo to enlarge.

  • A copper bell — the metal whose mining first drew families to these slopes. Photo: Sajansharma · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
  • Mt. Dhaulagiri, the great massif that watches over the homeland. Photo: Ayrahca Saaz · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
  • The Beni–Jomsom road winding through Myagdi along the Kali Gandaki. Photo: Saddam19 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Copper mines nearby

The mining heritage that first drew families to these slopes.

  • Jhingkhani workings

    Historical (named for its mine)

    The name ends in "-khani" — Nepali for "mine" — marking Jhingkhani as one of the copper-mine settlements from which the Chhantyal community grew. The workings are not separately documented in English-language sources.

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