Background of District

1

District

Syangja

2

Headquarter

Syangja Bazar

3

Total no. of VDCs

60

4

Area of District (sq.km)

1,075.79

5

Total Population

371,794

6

Literacy rate

64%

Male

76%

Female

55%

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

Implementation of plans in Redbook:

2058/59

3

Coordination and Linkage

NGO Coordination Committee:

Formed

4

Information and publication

Bulletins

Published

District profile

Published

NGO profile

Published

Profile of resource persons

Not Published

Sectoral situation analysis reports

Published

Institutional reports

Published

Financial reports

Published

GIS maps

Published

Resource maps

Not Published

III

Village Development Programme

1

Programme initiation year

1994

2

No. of VDCs covered

22

3

No. of wards covered

194

4

Number of total settlements in
covered VDCs

674

5

Covered settlements

653

6

Number of total households in
covered VDCs

18,521

7

Covered households

16,711

8

population coverage

109,505

9

DDC contribution in LTF (NRs.)

400,000

10

VDC contribution in LTF (NRs.)

2,326,000

11

Total COs

622

12

Total savings of COs (NRs.)

16,810,900

13

Total investment (NRs.)

88,670,600

Total credit capital disbursed (NRs.)

3,918,000

15

No. of completed seed grant projects

94

16

No. of beneficiaries
   

6942

IV

People to contact:

DDC chairman

Ram Bdr Thapa

LDO

Prem Pd Subedi

SRM

S.P. Shrestha

DDA
  

Deo Krishna Yadav
 

V

Other involved agencies:

Care Nepal, CBRS, MARD, RIP,NRCS