3. BIOPHYSICAL FEATURES 3.1 Landuse Landcover in Tapli Rural Municipality
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i ii KEY EXPERTS Program Development Mr. Shailendra Kumar Pokharel Mr. Surya Man Shrestha Dr. Govinda Basnet Mr. Kanchan Dahal Mr. Juddha Bahadur Gurung Mr. Pabin Sherestha Dr. Bhuvan Keshar Sharma Dr. Bharat Subba Fellow Researchers Dr. Pushpa Pokharel Mr. Satish Chandra Poudel Dr. Krishna Raj Pant Mr. Rabindra Bhattarai Er. Pradeep Chandra Pokharel Mr. Ganga Shrestha Mr. Manish Kokh Shrestha Mr. Pashupati Gaire Mr. Damodar Bhandari Mr. Minesh Ghimire COPYRIGHT © Tapli Rural Municipality Office, Rupatar, Udayapur, Province No. 1, Nepal, 2019. WAIVER The materials of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part and in any form for educational or non-commercial uses, without permission from the copyright holder, provided acknowledgement of the source is made. No use of this publication may be made for resale or other commercial purpose without prior permission of the Tapli Rural Municipality Office, Rupatar, Udayapur, Nepal. CITATION TRM (2019). Profile: Tapli Rural Municipality. Tapli Rural Municipality Office, Rupatar, Udayapur, Nepal. TECHNICAL SUPPORT CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (CODEFUND) Nikhileshwor Marg, Koteshwor, Kathmandu, Nepal www.codefundnepal.org.np www.facebook.com/codefund [email protected] iii FOREWORD The New Constitution of Nepal in 2015 has enshrined the rights and responsibilities of the local governments to chart the path to prosperity and development of their people. Such a path to the prosperity can be materialized through the implementation of the comprehensive and integrated plan that build upon the objective analysis of the existing situations, clearly defied objectives, and action plans. Understanding the historical path of development and existing situation is essential for formulating any plan. In this context, this Profile of Tapli Rural Municipality 2019 is at our hands. This profile of the rural municipality has been prepared with the objective of assessing the current situation in terms of the biophysical features, demographic patterns, socio-economic features, and institutional features. We hope that the profile will be helpful exploring project banks, preparing comprehensive plan and providing the benchmark to assess the performance of our development interventions. This Profile has been prepared based on the Guidelines developed by the National Planning Commission of the Government of Nepal by applying the scientific tools such as integration of attribute data with the spatial data, collection of geographic coordinates of all the households, and calculation of the Gini coefficient to assess the degree of inequality among others. Several verification were also made through workshop, consultation and meeting. We would like to thank the Conservation Development Foundation and their experts Mr. Shailendra Kumar Pokharel and Dr. Govinda Basnet to jointly lead the task of preparing profile. Further, the experts namely Mr. Juddha Bahadur Gurung, Dr. Bhuvan Keshar Sharma, Dr. Bharat Subba, Mr. Manish Kokh Shrestha, Mr.Damodar Bhandari, Er. Pradeep Chandra Neupane, Dr. Puspalal Pokharel and other team members are greatly thankful for thier valuable inputs. This valuable document would not have produced unless the persistent support of the Vice Chairperson Ms. Kamal Maya Rai; Ward Chairpersons: Mr. Govinda Sen Thakuri; Mr. Dharma Dhoj Rai; Mr. Sharada Prasad Lungeli; Chitra Bahdaur Magar; and Fatte Bhadur Jyu; representatives of political parties; school teachers; officials and individuals; and more specifice to Mr. Lilraj Shrestha/CEO and Ms. Bikal Singa Takhuri/Information Officer of Tapli RM; and Mr. Sharada Bhattarai; Mr. Toya Bahadur Bidhthoki; Mr. Mohan Bahadur Buthathoki for thier momentus roles at different time in preparing this profile.. At the end but never less, we greatly acknowledge Mr. Bed Prasad Pokharel, the former President of District Development Commettee, Udayapur, and Deepak Budhathoki, District Coordinator, Save the Children International to be instrumental in many ways making this profile the great success. We hope, this profile will be a milestone to all sharing us their hands for the sustainable development of the the Tapli Rural Municipality. Uddhav Singh Thapa Chairperson April 19, 2019 iv Table of Contents FOREWORD...................................................................................................................... iv Table of Contents .............................................................................................................. a ABBREVIATION AND ACRONYMS ....................................................................................... v SAILENT FEATURE............................................................................................................vii 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Background ...................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Objectives ........................................................................................................................................ 1 1.3 Methodology..................................................................................................................................... 1 2. GENERAL FEATURES ...................................................................................................... 3 2.1 Etymology of Tapli ............................................................................................................................ 3 2.2 Location and Area ............................................................................................................................. 3 2.3 Geology, Topography and Elevation..................................................................................................... 6 2.4. Climate ........................................................................................................................................... 9 3. BIOPHYSICAL FEATURES ............................................................................................. 11 3.1 Landuse Landcover in Tapli Rural Municipality..................................................................................... 11 3.2 Forests Environment ....................................................................................................................... 17 3.3 Forests' Resources .......................................................................................................................... 20 3.4 Wildlife Environment ....................................................................................................................... 25 3.5 Forest Resource Management ........................................................................................................... 28 3.6 Water Resources ............................................................................................................................. 30 3.7. Climate Change and Disaster ........................................................................................................... 34 4. SOCIO-ECONOMIC FEATURES ...................................................................................... 37 4.1 Demography .................................................................................................................................. 37 4.2 People with disability ....................................................................................................................... 51 4.3 Education ....................................................................................................................................... 53 4.4 Occupation ..................................................................................................................................... 55 4.5 Physical Amenities .......................................................................................................................... 57 4.6 Economy ........................................................................................................................................ 64 4.7 Food Security ................................................................................................................................. 70 4.8 Foreign Employment ....................................................................................................................... 77 4.9 Household Income and Distribution ................................................................................................... 79 4.11 Tourism ....................................................................................................................................... 83 4.10 Trade........................................................................................................................................... 83 4.11 Mines........................................................................................................................................... 85 4.12 Social Infrastructures .................................................................................................................... 86 GOVERNANCE AND INSTITUTION .................................................................................... 94 5.1 Institution ...................................................................................................................................... 94 5.2 Policy Instrument of the Rural Municipality ........................................................................................