North Latitude

: 27⁰ 28" - 28⁰ 0"

East longitude

: 28⁰ 50" - 86⁰ 32"

Region

: Central development region.

Zone

: Janakpur

District

: Dolakha

Head quarter

: Charikot .

Distance for capital

: 133 km.

No of constituency

: 2

No of Illaka (Area)

: 11

No of Municipality

: 1

No of VDCs

: 51

Total arable land

: 56683 (26.45%)

Total forest area

: 101500 (47.37%)

Total pastureland

: 29500 Ha. (13.77%)

Total snow land

: 5665 Ha. (2.64%)

Total barren land

: 13740 Ha (6.41%)

Area coverage by water

: 7068 Ha (3.30%)

Others

: 131 Ha (0.06%)

Total

: 214287 Ha (100%)

Ladles

: 398 HH

Land with 3 Ropanies

: 7100 HH

Land with 3 to 10 Ropaniss

: 14412 HH

Land with 11 to 20 Ropanis

: 10979

Land with 20 to 30 Ropanis

: 4932 HH

More than 30 Ropanis

: 2124 HH

Total

: 39945 HH

10. Population

: 217218 (2001(A.D. )

Male

: 108170

Female

: 109048

Total House holds

: 39945

Average femily Size

: 5.43/HH

Population density

: 91.14 Person/ sqkm.

Population grwth rate

: 2.5 %

Agriculture

: 91.90%

Administration

: 0.8%

Technician

: 1.40 %

Industries/Productive

: 4.70%

Others

: 1.2%

S.N

Caste

HH

Population

1.

Chhetri

15164

82796

2.

Tamang

5990

32699

3.

Brahman

4085

22300

4.

Newar

3592

19609

5.

Thami

2875

15695

6.

Sherpa

2284

12468

7.

Kami

1397

7626

8.

Jirel

870

4749

9.

Damai

822

4487

10.

Magar

627

3423

11.

Sharki

602

3286

12.

Sunuwar

426

2326

13.

Gurung

281

1534

14.

Yogi

215

1175

15.

Majhi

95

519

16.

Bhujel

50

273

17.

Surel

33

180

18.

Others

537

2073

Total

39945

217218

Nepali

: 71.71 %

Tamang

: 15.03 %

Sherpa

: 5.73 %

Jirel

: 2.18 %

Newari

: 1.75%

Sunwar

: 1.07%

Others

: 2.53 %

Hindu

: 71.05 %

Boudha

: 28.53 %

Others

: 0.36%

Literacy Rate

: 48.98

Male

: 61.74

Female

: 36.23

Number of Primary School

: 297

Number of lower secondary School

: 34

Number of Secondary School

: 39

Number of higher Secondary School

: 5

Number of Campus

: 3

Number of technical School

: 2

Number of Pre-Primary/Primary Students

: 45678

Number of Lower secondary students

: 8527

Number of secondary school

: 3159

Number of Higher secondary Students

: 469

Number of campus students

: 433

Number of technical school student

: 309

Number of total teachers

: 1283

Number female teacher

: 172

Number of Sub health post

: 43

Number of health post

: 10

Number of primary health center

: 1

Number of hospital

: 2

Family Planning

: 11.3 %

Crude birth rate

: 35.6/ Thousand

Crude mortality rate

: 10.1/Thousand

Child mortality rate

: 66/Thousand

Infant Mortality Rate

: 49.5/thausannd

Fertility Rate

: 4.385

Maternal mortality rate

: 350 / Lakh

HH with toilet

: 31.9 %

Average marriage age (girls)

: 19.5 Year

Drinking water by pipeline

: 73.79%

Others

: 26.21 %

Post Offices (District, Illaka & VDC level)

: 54

Number of telephone

: 500

Black topped road

: 86.06 KM

Graveled road

: 20.00KM.

Earthen road

: 73KM

Tracked road

: 40 km.

National Greed

: 4772 HH

Micro-hydro

: 361 HH

Peltric Set

: 50 HH

Solar

: 40 HH

Crop

Area (Hac.)

Product (Mt.)

Paddy

3100

7751

White

5400

8640

Maize

5356

9855

Millet

3593

3887

Potato

2403

16821

Vegetable

1200

8344

Fruit

4530

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S.N

Description

Quanity

1

Cheese

39000 kg.

2

Milk

12161 mt.

3

Meat

2166 mt

4

Eggs

1119100 Nos

5

Makhan

12500 kg.

6

Woll

11188 kg.

7

Leather

6174 kg.

Bear on Agriculture based

: 268

Bear on Forest based

: 76

Bear on Service based

: 283

Bear on Tourism

: 10

Bear on Mine

: 9

Bear on Others

: 61

Total

: 707

S.N.

Indicator of development

Position of Dolakha district

Rank of dolakha district

1.

Ranked according to the overall composite index of development

24

Worst district

2.

Ranked according to the poverty and deprivation

23

Worst district

3.

Ranked according to the women empowerment index

29

Intermediate district

4.

Ranked according to the natural resources endowment index

43

Intermediate district

5.

Ranked according to the socioeconomic infrastructure index

18

Worst district

6.

Child literacy rate (illiterate children of 10- 14 years as a percent of the total children in the same age group )

38.11

Intermediate district

7.

Child labor rate (working children of 10- 14 years as a percent of the total children in the same age group )

35.64

Intermediate district

8.

Child marriage rate (Married children of 10- 14 years as a percent of the total children in the same age group )

2.28

Best district

9.

Gender imbalance ratio in literacy status (Ratio of females to males among the literatre population of 15+ years ,multiplied by their sex ratio of the same age group )

22.85

Worst district

10.

Gender imbalance ratio in non agricultural occupation (Ratio of females to males among the literate population of 15+ years engaged in non agricultural occupations ,multiplied by their sex ratio of the same age group )

20.20

Intermediate district

11.

Percentage of educationally disadvantaged population (Educationally disadvantage ethnic population as a percent of the total population )

23.85

Intermediate district

12.

Percentage of ladles and marginal farm household (Ladles and marginal farm household (<0.5ha )as a percent of the total farm household multiplied by the proportion of agricultural labor force )

48.22

Worst district

13.

per capita food production (Caloric values of food production divided by the rural population ,adjusted for adult equivalence )

1164

Worst district

14.

Overall literacy rate (Literate population 6 years and above as a percent of the total population in the same age group )

34.40

Intermediate district

15.

Infant mortality rate (average number of deaths under one year of age per 1000 live births )

64

Best district

16.

Contraceptive prevalence rate (The number of fertile couples using contraceptives per 100 married women of reproductive age )

19.90

Intermediate district

17.

Drinking water coverage (Percentage of population who have access to safe drinking water)

57.87

Intermediate district

18.

Board occupational structure (Ratio of labor force(economically active population of 15+ years ) engaged in non agricultural occupations to those engaged in agriculture)

7.99

Worst district

19.

Agricultural credit (Percent of farm households reported to have institutional agricultural credit)

7

Worst district

20.

Farm size (Operational area divided by the number of farm households)

0.64

Worst district

21.

Livestock per farm household (Sum of Weighted livestock (cattle ,buffalo ,goat, sheep and chauri ) divided by farm households)

3.24

Worst district

22.

cropping intensity (Area under temporary crops, cash crops( food crops, cash crops, pluses and vegetables ) divided by arable area )

148.21

Worst district

23.

percentage of irrigated area (Year round irrigated land area as a percent of net cultivated area)

8.61

Intermediate district

24.

Road density (Weighted sum of different categories of road in KM. as a percent of 100sq Km of total surface area )

4.42

Intermediate district

25.

Banks (Number of bank per population divided by population distance)

0.01

Best district

26.

cooperatives (Number of cooperatives per population divided by population distance)

0.25

Best district

27.

Health institution(Number of health institutions per population divided by population distance)

0.19

Intermediate district

28.

Per capita regular budget

364

Intermediate district

29.

Per capita development budget allocation

465

Intermediate district

30.

Post office (Number of post office per population divided by population distance)

0.18

Worst district

31.

Percentage of forestry user household (Percent of total households who are members of forestry user groups)

17.08

Intermediate district

32.

Percentage share of females in literacy (Literate female population of 10+ years as a percent of the total literate population in the same age group)

24.03

Intermediate district

33.

Percentage share of females in non agricultural occupations ( Females population of 15+ years engaged in non agricultural occupations as a percent of the total population in the same age group engaged in the same activities )

19.10

Worst district

34.

Percentage share of elected females at district level ( Number of female elected on to VDCs ,DDCs, and municipalities as a percent of the total members elected )

0.16

Worst district

35.

Percentage share of females teachers at primary level ( Number of female teachers in primary schools as a percent of the total primary teachers )

13.57

Worst district

36.

Percentage share of girl enrolled in primary level ( Number of girls enrolled as a percent of total enrollment at a primary level )

35.05

Intermediate district

37.

Percentage of girl dropouts at primary level ( Average percentage of girls dropouts from grades 1to 5 )

18.79

Worst district

38.

Percentage of area with slopes above 30 degrees ( Land with slopes above 30 degrees as percent of the total surface area )

69.65

Worst district

39.

Per capita forest area ( Per capita forest area with more than 10 percent crown density )

0.43

Intermediate district

40.

Percentage of sloping terrace area ( Percentage of mapped area of sloping terraces ( slopes 4-30 degrees ) in the total mapped cultivated area )

13.17

Intermediate district

41.

Percentage of grassland area (Grassland area as a percent of the total surface area )

15.93

Best district

42.

Percentage of cultivated area(Net cultivated area as a percent of the surface area )

11.22

Worst district

43.

Ratio of non-cultivated area to cultivated area (Ratio of non- cultivated area (forests, shrub land , grass landsand non cultivated inclusions within the mapped cultivated area ) to cultivated area )

6.22

Best district

44.

Gross rural population density(Density of Rural population )

0.81

Best district

45.

Ranked by child deprivation index

41

Intermediate district

46.

Ranked by gender discrimination index

24

Worst district

47.

Ranked by health and development index

49

Intermediate district

48.

Ranked by primary sector development index

33

Intermediate district

49.

Ranked by infrastructure development index

27

Intermediate district