Musikot is named as a village of Baglung district with a Chhantyal settlement, lying toward the Dhorpatan side of the district. It should not be confused with the larger Musikot towns of Rukum or Gulmi; this smaller Baglung settlement is not separately listed in the gazetteers we have checked, so its exact location and details are treated as unverified for now.
Trace-back
Musikot carries one of the community’s origin traditions: some hold that the name “Chhantyal” itself comes from a village called “Chhyantu” in Baglung, near Dhorpatan, from which the people are said to have dispersed. Whether or not the link is exact, it echoes the wider memory of a homeland — Chhentu / Chhyantu — from which the Chhantyal spread along the Dhaulagiri hills.
What people do
Specific figures are not yet recorded here. As across Baglung, families live by farming, animal husbandry and income from abroad.
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