Background of District

1

District

Baglung

2

Headquarter

Baglung bazar

3

Total no. of VDCs

59

4

Area of District (sq.km)

1,841.29

5

Total Population

318,594

6

Literacy rate

42.4%

Male

57.3%

Female

27.5%

7

Political constituencies:
  

3

II

Management Support Unit:

1

Programme Sections Established

HRD Section

established

Information Section

established

Infrastructure and physical development section

established

Social development section

established

Forest, environment, Agri & Industries

established

2

Participatory Planning Process

Periodic plans

-

District development plans prepared in:

2058 BS

Implementation of plans in Redbook:

2058/59 BS

3

Coordination and Linkage

NGO Coordination Committee:

Formed

4

Information and publication

Bulletins

Published

District profile

Published

NGO profile

Published

Profile of resource persons

Published

Sectoral situation analysis reports

Published

Institutional reports

Published

Financial reports

Published

GIS maps

Published

Resource maps0

Published

III

Village Development Programme

1

Programme initiation year

1996

2

No. of VDCs covered

6

3

No. of wards covered

45

4

Number of total settlements in
covered VDCs

87

5

Covered settlements

87

6

Number of total households in
covered VDCs

2,743

7

Covered households

2,560

8

population coverage

16,460

9

DDC contribution in LTF (NRs.)

125,000

10

VDC contribution in LTF (NRs.)

460,070

11

Total COs

90

12

Total savings of COs (NRs.)

3,143,278

13

Total investment (NRs.)

7,220,787

Total credit capital disbursed (NRs.)

5,435,068

15

No. of completed seed grant projects

41

16

No. of beneficiaries
   

2144

IV

People to contact:

DDC chairman

Lil B. Thapa Magar

LDO

Bindu Raj Sigdel

SRM

S.P. Shrestha

DDA
  

Laxmi Sharma

V

Other involved agencies:

BBLL, RCIW, RIDP, WFP, ADB