Background of District

1

District

Kanchanpur

2

Headquarter

Mahendranagar

3

Total no. of VDCs

19

4

Area of District (sq.km)

1610

5

Total Population

339152

6

Literacy rate

57.60%

Male

70.53%

Female

44.19%

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

2000

District development plans prepared in:

2000

Implementation of plans in Redbook:

2000

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

not published

Institutional reports

published

Financial reports

not published

GIS maps

published

Resource maps

published

III

Village Development Programme

1

Programme initiation year

2001

2

No. of VDCs covered

5

3

No. of wards covered

45

4

Number of total settlements in covered VDCs

144

5

Covered settlements

54

6

Number of total households in covered VDCs

9804

7

Covered households

8

population coverage

68190

9

DDC contribution in LTF:

250,000

10

VDC contribution in LTF

200,000

11

Total COs

54

12

Total savings of COs

63,469

13

Total investment

Total credit capital disbursed

15

No. of completed seed grant projects

16

No. of beneficiaries
   

IV

People to contact:

DDC chairman

Rishi Raj Lamsali
(099-21147)

LDO

Madhav R.Gautam
(099-21109)

SRM

Shesh Kanta Kafle
(099-21328)

DDA
  

V

Other involved agencies:

CARE/Nepal;
Action Aid;
NPLAP,
Helen Keller;
Save the
Children(US);
INSEC; BASE;
NNSWA