Background of District

1

District

Baitadi

2

Headquarter

Khalanga

3

Total no. of VDCs

62

4

Area of District (sq.km)

1482

5

Total Population

216812

6

Literacy rate

41%

Male

57%

Female

25%

7

Political constituencies:
  

2

II

Management Support Unit:

1

Programme Sections Established

HRD Section

Established

Information Section

Established

Infrastructure and physical development section

not established

Social development section

Established

Forest, environment, Agri & Industries

not established

2

Participatory Planning Process

Periodic plans

in process for preparation

District development plans prepared in:

2000 (last prepared)

Implementation of plans in Redbook:

95%

3

Coordination and Linkage

NGO Coordination Committee:

not formed

4

Information and publication

Bulletins

published

District profile

published

NGO profile

not published

Profile of resource persons

not published

Sectoral situation analysis reports

not published

Institutional reports

published

Financial reports

published

GIS maps

published

Resource maps

published

III

Village Development Programme

1

Programme initiation year

1996

2

No. of VDCs covered

20

3

No. of wards covered

177

4

Number of total settlements in covered VDCs

500

5

Covered settlements

456

6

Number of total households in covered VDCs

12558

7

Covered households

9979

8

population coverage

49208

9

DDC contribution in LTF:

50000

10

VDC contribution in LTF

685000

11

Total COs

510

12

Total savings of COs

4697162

13

Total investment

6367300

Total credit capital disbursed

23010500

15

No. of completed seed grant projects

31

16

No. of beneficiaries
   

50% of
covered HHs

IV

People to contact:

DDC chairman

LDO

SRM

Krishna Bahadur Bhandari
(096-20174)

DDA
  

Narendra Singh Bista
(095-20175)

V

Other involved agencies:

REDP, MEDP, COPE,
CBED, Nepal Participatory Learning and Advisory Project
UNESCO