What is "khiji"

Khiji Chandeshwori is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3001 living in 590 individual households.

Khiji or Khijee and Khichee is the same. Is Koich ( Sunuwar language), Khi=House, Ji(Chee/Jee)= behind (meaning behind the house)} The Village: Khijee Chandeswory Village Development Committee (VDC) is situated in Eastern Development Region of the country. The district is Okhaldhunga and the zone is Sagarmatha. The VDC covers around 35 square kilometers with around 4000 villagers. The village has one secondary school.

Around 83% out of about 4000 villagers are from indigenous group of people. Their caste is called Sunuwar (Mukhiya) ( Kirat) Dynasty. They have their own traditions, cultures, language and customs. The rest are NEWAR (also indigenous), DAMAI (socially discriminated people, so called small caste), KAMI (socially discriminated people, so called small caste), Bhujel, Newar, SHERPA (also indigenous people).

Around 95% of villagers are dependent on agriculture. They have a little piece of land where they cultivate crops in a traditional way. The agriculture products last for only 6–8 months and the rest of the year they just live with half stomachs.