The name Amchok is also known as Barha Amchok (बाह्र आमचोक).
According to local historian Jaya Shivahang (जय शिवाहाङ्ग), there used to be 12 different villages of Mangphang Rais in this region.
When they had to demarcate their borderline to each other they called it 
Aamchak (आमचक) in Bantawa language meaning (next to you or your area).
That's how the Aamchok (आमचोक) got its name.

Balankha name also derives from local Bantawa language "Bhaglaamkha" (भाकलाम्खा).
If we break it down, the word "Bhaak" (भाक) means "pig" and Laamma" (लाममा) means "to search" and "khaa" (खा) means "place".
So it is the place where the pig was searched.
According to local legend, once upon a time this area was covered with thick jungle, and Kirat ancestors Namnu and Hangkhim chased and searched their pigs in this place.
So this place was called Bhaaklaamkhaa and over the time the pronunciation changed to Balankha.
The name Amchok is also known as Barha Amchok (बाह्र आमचोक). According to local historian Jaya Shivahang (जय शिवाहाङ्ग), there used to be 12 different villages of Mangphang Rais in this region. When they had to demarcate their borderline to each other they called it 
Aamchak (आमचक) in Bantawa language meaning (next to you or your area). That's how the Aamchok (आमचोक) got its name.
Balankha name also derives from local Bantawa language "Bhaglaamkha" (भाकलाम्खा). If we break it down, the word "Bhaak" (भाक) means "pig" and Laamma" (लाममा) means "to search" and "khaa" (खा) means "place". So it is the place where the pig was searched. According to local legend, once upon a time this area was covered with thick jungle, and Kirat ancestors Namnu and Hangkhim chased and searched their pigs in this place. So this place was called Bhaaklaamkhaa and over the time the pronunciation changed to Balankha.
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