Darchula residents still spend months every year in Taklakot, which is bordering Tibet, and do business. This kind of business used to be on a large scale until a decade ago. It has been more affected due to the ban in the neighborhood for a long time after the covid. At present, the traditional trade from Nepal to Taklakot in Tibet is only going on in a small way.

Now, especially the Shoka caste has adopted the traditional business even if it is little. Until a decade and a half ago, Nepalis used to go to Tibet every year during the summer season to sell the sweet stuff Gund, Veli and Misri. It is believed that such trade has been going on for generations. The people of Darchula say, 'This is a business that has been running traditionally. How long has it been going on, I don't know .'

The difference is that until the 1960s, goods were taken from here and most of the sheep's wool, sheep's wool, goats and salt were brought from there . It was believed that the sheep's wool would be of good quality. But now, even if the item is the same, the quantity is small. 

is left to fetch wool and salt . Now ready-made clothes, shoes and cosmetic goods have been brought in . Gund, Veli and Misri were bought in India and taken to Tibet. Because, Nepali production does not meet the demand of Taklakot . The Nepalese used to build a shed in Taklakot and stay there for 6 months. Tibetans used to come from far away to buy goods taken by Nepalis. According to the locals, there was a kind of hot market in Taklakot during the summer season.

Now India has completed a road near Taklakot . The Tibetan government has made Taklakot a market. Since many goods have started to be brought from the main city of Tibet to Taklakot, the order of Nepalis going for business has stopped a lot. India also delivers its goods to Taklakot.

Since the cultivation in Taklakot was low, the goods carried by Nepalis were easily sold at that time. The people of Darchula used to carry the sheep and carry the goods produced by themselves and purchased in India to Taklakot . Now those who go there also use mules . To get to Taklakot from Sadumukam Khalanga in Darchula, you have to cross the suspension bridge towards India.

From India, Nepalese territory reaches Changru and Tinker. Some used to farm for a few days as a tinker . As the summer season has started, people who go to tinkering and farming can be found. At that time, they used to farm and go to Tibet for business. Tinkers and Changruvasi live in places including the headquarters during the winter season and return to their ancestral lands in the summer to do farming .

Some of them used to go to Taklakota for business. In the winter season, it is customary to close the door of everyone's house and let it fall. That custom has not disappeared even now . Kurua is kept in some houses. You can't stay there in the winter season because it snows a lot. 

Until 32 years ago, one person from Darchula kept more than 100 sheep. They used to carry heavy loads of sheep to take the merchandise to Taklakot . They used to bring salt, wool, shoes and clothes from there. One Nepali businessman used to stay in Taklakot for 6 months to sell goods. Sheep was the means of transportation to carry goods from here to there. The Tibetan authorities used to needle the heavy sheep after reaching the border, believing that foreign animals bring disease.

In the 1950s, the traders of Darchula used to pay an entry fee of one rupee for four bulls to enter Tibet through Tinkar Pass, while a fee of four rupees was charged for each needle injected into a sheep. The border Tibetan authorities used to take 50 rupees as a bail of Pratibheda and Bhari . Long ago, it was said that there was no government presence at the border between India and Tibet. Because, no one was watching in the neighborhood . 

The residents of Darchula used to say, 'The business done in Taklakot runs our household expenses.' Every year, hundreds of Nepalis used to go to Taklakot for business. They used to trade in Tibet during the winter season and used to go to Bajhang, Acham, Dipayal, Dadeldhura, Baitadi by carrying food on sheep in the summer. While living in Tibet, they have the experience of slaughtering and eating the sheep themselves because the price of heavy sheep is very low.

If the sheep were old, the Nepalese would cut them and sell them cheaply if they could not eat them. There was a tradition of teasing that "Darchula residents are always behind sheep" because they carry food within the country during the winter and trade in Tibet during the rainy season. At present there is no sheep rearing in Darchula. There are very few traders who go to Tibet for business . Those who go also use mules for transportation.