Background of District

1

District

Tanahu

2

Headquarter

Damauli

3

Total no. of VDCs

46

4

Area of District (sq.km)

1,546

5

Total Population

307,460

6

Literacy rate

70%

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

Periodic plans

2000 July

District development plans prepared in:

2058 BS

Implementation of plans in Redbook:

2058/59 BS

3

Coordination and Linkage

NGO Coordination Committee:

fomed

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 maps

Published

III

Village Development Programme

1

Programme initiation year

1995

2

No. of VDCs covered

5

3

No. of wards covered

45

4

Number of total settlements in
covered VDCs

140

5

Covered settlements

136

6

Number of total households in
covered VDCs

4228

7

Covered households

4,028

8

population coverage

29,075

9

DDC contribution in LTF (NRs.)

600,000

10

VDC contribution in LTF (NRs.)

280,555

11

Total COs

148

12

Total savings of COs (NRs.)

3,087,155

13

Total investment (NRs.)

2,933,345

Total credit capital disbursed (NRs.)

5,817,000

15

No. of completed seed grant projects

81

16

No. of beneficiaries
   

2,614

IV

People to contact:

DDC chairman

Bishwa B. Adhikary

LDO

Purna C.   Bhattarai

SRM

S.P. Shrestha

DDA
  

Pawan Raj Adhikary
   

V

Other involved agencies:

REDP, RUPP, RIDP, RCIW, DPCP, RWSSP, BBLL, DMDP