Background of District

1

District

Kaski

2

Headquarter

Pokhara

3

Total no. of VDCs

43

4

Area of District (sq.km)

2,094.67

5

Total Population

356,625

6

Literacy rate

70.7%

Male

Female

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

year

Periodic plans

2000

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

Not Published

Profile of resource persons

Published

Sectoral situation analysis reports

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

23

3

No. of wards covered

177

4

Number of total settlements in
covered VDCs

525

5

Covered settlements

431

6

Number of total households in
covered VDCs

15,767

7

Covered households

10,452

8

Population coverage

59,226

9

DDC contribution in LTF (NRs.)

600,000

10

VDC contribution in LTF (NRs.)

1,048,875

11

Total COs

412

12

Total savings of COs (NRs.)

8,287,970

13

Total investment (NRs.)

14,167,827

Total credit capital disbursed (NRs.)

17,684,000

15

No. of completed seed grant projects

38

16

No. of beneficiaries
   

3,387

IV

People to contact:

DDC chairman

Punya Pd. Poudel

LDO

Rudra Poudel

SRM

S.P.Shrestha

DDA
  

Shambhu Dev
Baral

V

Other involved agencies:

UNCDF,UNICEF,
UNDP,World Bank