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Preparation of Master Plan for Developing Defined Area of Gorkha, Lamjung, and Tanahu Districts with Palungtar as Center as a Smart City: Profile of Palungtar Municipality Table of Content 1. Brief Introduction 1 2. Land Use 3 Table 2.1 Landuse 3 3. Demography 3 Table 3.1 Area and Population 3 Table 3.2: Households and population by sex 3 Table 3.3: Population by 5 years age group and sex 4 Table 3.4: Population by caste/ ethnicity 8 Table 3.5: Population by mother tongue and sex 13 Table 3.6: Population by religion and sex 16 Table 3.7: Vital Registration 16 Table 3.8: Marital status 17 Table 3.9: Age at first marriage 17 Table 3.10: Disability 18 Table 3.11: Informal Settlements 19 4. Socio Economic 19 Table 4.1: Economically active population 19 Table 4.2: Monthly income of individuals 19 Table 4.3: Occupation 20 Table 4.4: Reasons for non- employment 21 Table 4.5 Child labour 21 Table 4.6 Out-migration 21 Table 4.7 In-migration 22 Table 4.8 Medium of receiving remittance 22 Table 4.9 Social security benefits 22 Table 4.10 Social security benefits (amount in Rs. ‘000) 23 Table 4.11 Income generating skills, training 24 Table 4.12 Awareness training 25 Table 4.13 Households by types of household facilities 25 5. Household Income and Expenditure 25 Table 5.1 Annual income 25 Table 5.2 Monthly expenditure 26 Table 5.3 Income Sufficiency 26 Table 5.4 Financial Management in case of insufficient income 26 Table 5.5 Source of Loan 26 Table 5.6 Involvement in Institutions/Organizations 27 Table 5.7 Type of Institutions/ Organizations 27 Table 5.8 Savings in Institutions/ Organizations 27 6. Education 28 Table 6.1 Population aged 5 years and above by literacy status and sex 28 Table 6.2 Population aged 5-25 years by school attendance and sex 28 Table 6.3 Population aged 5 years and above by educational attainment and sex 29 Table 6.4 Reasons for not going school 30 7. Health 31 Table 7.1 Type of health services used 31 Table 7.2 Households having regular health checkups 31 Table 7.3 Health check ups for pregnant women in the last 1 year 31 Table 7.4 Child Delivery Place 31 Table 7.5 Nutrition 32 Table 7.6 Diseases 32 Table 7.7 AIDS Awareness 33 Table 7.8 Deaths due to Chronic Diseasons in the last 12 months 33 Table 7.9 Deaths due to Chronic Diseases in last 12 months according to age and sex 33 8. Social Infrastructure 34 Table 8.1 Educational Institutions 34 CEMECA- GOEC-BEAM JV ii Preparation of Master Plan for Developing Defined Area of Gorkha, Lamjung, and Tanahu Districts with Palungtar as Center as a Smart City: Profile of Palungtar Municipality Table 8.2 Description of Schools 34 Table 8.3 Description of ECD 35 Table 8.4 Health Institutions 35 Table 8.5 Physical and other infrastructures in health institutions 36 Table 8.6 Services available in health institutions 37 Table 8.7 Vaccination and Nutrition 38 Table 8.8 Major reported diseases 38 Table 8.9 Family Planning 39 Table 8.10 Child Birth 39 Table 8.11 Outreach Clinic 39 9. Building 40 Table 9.1 Building Use 40 Table 9.2 No. of Storeys 40 Table 9.3 Type of Roof 40 Table 9.4 Outer Wall 40 Table 9.5 Building Condition 41 Table 9.6 Building Age 41 Table 9.7 Type of Foundation 41 Table 9.8 Building Ownership 41 Table 9.9 Household with Separate Kitchen 41 Table 9.10 Population owning building besides current residence 42 10. Land 42 Table 10.1 Land Ownership 42 Table 10.2 Land Ownership within Municipality 42 Table 10.3 Female Ownership on Land within Municipality 42 Table 10.4 Land ownership outside municipality (use) 43 Table 10.5 Land Ownership outside Municipality (area) 43 Table 10.6 Female ownership of land outside Municipality 43 Table 10.7 Agricultural Land with Irrigation 43 Table 10.8 Land Value (Prime Locations) 43 Source: Palungtar First Nagar Sabha 2074 44 Table 10.9 Public/ Government Land 44 11. Forest 44 Table 11.1 Forest 44 Table 11.2 Community Forest 45 12. Road and Transportation 46 Table 12.1 Household adjacent to motorable road 46 Table 12.2 Household Road Access 46 Table 12.3 Airport 46 Table 12.4 Bridge 46 Table 12.5 Vehicles with route permit 47 13. Water Supply 47 Table 13.1 Main Source of drinking water 47 Table 13.2 Water Condition of Main source of drinking water 47 Table 13.3 Secondary source of drinking water 47 Table 13.4 Water condition of secondary source of drinking water 48 Table 13.5 Ownership of Household using tap/ piped water 48 Table 13.6 Drinking water fetching time 48 Table 13.7 Average water bill per month from households with private taps 48 Table 13.8 Average water collected from private taps per month 48 Table 13.9 Households with water meter 49 Table 13.10 Amount ready to pay per month for private taps 49 Table 13.11 Average daily water consumption 49 Table 13.12 Condition of water supply 49 Table 13.13 Ongoing water supply projects 49 14. Sanitation 50 Table 14.1 Drainage 50 Table 14.2 Households with drainage 50 CEMECA- GOEC-BEAM JV iii Preparation of Master Plan for Developing Defined Area of Gorkha, Lamjung, and Tanahu Districts with Palungtar as Center as a Smart City: Profile of Palungtar Municipality Table 14.3 Toilet Availability 50 Table 14.4 Type of toilet facility 50 Table 14.5 Waste water management 50 Table 14.6 Solid waste management 51 15. Energy 51 Table 15.1 Electricity 51 Table 15.2 Households by usual source of lighting 51 Table 15.3 Use of Electric Meter 51 Table 15.4 Type of Fuel for Cooking 52 16. Communication 52 Table 16.1 Use of Internet 52 Table 16.2 Telecommunication Service 52 Table 16.3 F.M./ Radio Station 52 17. Agriculture and Animal Husbandry 53 Table 17.1 Agricultural Production 53 Table 17.2 Food sufficiency from agriculture 54 Table 17.3 Suitable Crops 55 Table 17.4 Selling of agriculture products 55 Table 17.5 Place of selling agricultural surplus 55 Table 17.6 Production from animal husbandry 56 Table 17.7 Ponds and fish production 57 Table 17.8 Fishery 57 Table 17.9 Beekeeping 57 Table 17.10 Silk farming/ Sericulture 57 Table 17.11 Commercial Animal Farm 58 Table 17.12 Agrovet 58 Table 17.13 Agriculture and animal husbandry related community institution and groups 58 18. Business and Enterprises 59 Table 18.1 Registered Enterprises 59 Table 18.2 Agriculture and enterprise savings group 63 Table 18.3 Commercial bank, Development bank, Finance, Micro finance and Co-operatives 64 Table 18.4 Women's Group 64 Table 18.5 Commercial Centers 65 19. Tourism, Culture and Recreation 65 Table 19.1 Main Festivals and Events 65 Table 19.2 Tourism attraction 65 Table 19.3 Homestay 66 Table 19.4 Park, Picnic and Recreational Space 66 20. Gender Inclusiveness 66 Table 20.1 Gender inclusivity in household decisions 66 Table 20.2 Female Ownership of fixed assets 68 21. Disaster Risk Reduction and Management 68 Table 21.1 Disaster Risk Reduction and Management 68 Table 21.2 Earthquake damage (2015) 68 Table 21.3 Earthquake-relate death and injuries (2015) 69 Table 21.4 Population affected by epidemic 69 Table 21.5 Landslide affected areas 69 Table 21.6 River Training 69 Table 21.7 Security 69 22. Municipality Office 69 Table 22.1 Distance from Municipality Office to each Ward Center 69 Table 22.2 Estimated time taken for farthest settlement of Ward to Municipality Office 70 Table 22.3 Municipal Resources 70 Table 22.4 ICT Infrastructures in Ward Offices 70 Table 22.5 Software/ Applications used in the Municipality 70 Table 22.6 Hardware in Municipality 71 Table 22.7 Estimated Income of Palungtar Municipality (FY 2075/76) 71 CEMECA- GOEC-BEAM JV iv Preparation of Master Plan for Developing Defined Area of Gorkha, Lamjung, and Tanahu Districts with Palungtar as Center as a Smart City: Profile of Palungtar Municipality Table 22.8 Projected Internal Revenue of Palungtar Municipality (FY 2075/76) 71 Table 22.9 Budget Allocation of Palungtar Municipality ( F.Y. 2075/76) 72 23. Administrative Institutions and Political Parties 72 Table 23.1 Municipality, Government Offices and Unit 72 Table 23.2: Location of ward office building 73 CEMECA- GOEC-BEAM JV v Preparation of Master Plan for Developing Defined Area of Gorkha, Lamjung, and Tanahu Districts with Palungtar as Center as a Smart City: Profile of Palungtar Municipality 1. Brief Introduction Palungtar Municipality (area: 158.62 sq. km) is located in Gorkha District in Province 4. The municipality, in its earlier form, was formed by amalgamating erstwhile four Village Development Committees (VDCs), namely Aanppipal, Chyangli, Gaikhur, and Palungtar. Later three more VDCs – Dhunwakot, Khoplang, and Mirkot – were added to form Palungtar Municipality in its present form. Figure 1 Location map of Palungtar Municipality Source: Commission for Determining the Number and Demarcation of Gaunpalika, Municipality and Special, Protected or Autonomous Region. The political boundary of Palungtar Municipality is defined as follows: East: Gorkha Municipality West: Marsyangdi River / Bhanu Municipality North: Siranchok Gaupalika South: Marsyangdi River, Bandipur Gaunpalika Palungtar Municipality is approximately 144 km away from the capital city of Kathmandu, and is accessible via Prithivi Highway.

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