RURAL MUNICIPALITY PROFILE Office of Rural Municipality Arughat Province no. 4 2074 , ii , Abbreviation Acronyms Full Form VDC Village Development Committee RM Rural Municipality FY Fiscal Year M Meter Mm Millimeter Km Kilo meter DDC District Development Committee DCWB District Child Welfare Board DRCN District Road Core Network Ha Hector ECD Education for Child Development SLC School Leaving Certificate DEO District Education Office DHO District Health Office CLC Community Learning Center PS Primary School LSS Lower Secondary School SS Secondary School DCWB District Child Welfare Board iii , Contents 1 METHODOLOGY ................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Background ...................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Objective .......................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Method ............................................................................................................................. 1 1.4 Limitation of Study .......................................................................................................... 2 2 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................. 3 2.1 Background ...................................................................................................................... 3 2.2 Geo-Physical Characteristics............................................................................................ 4 2.2.1 Location .................................................................................................................... 4 2.2.2 Administrative and Political Division ....................................................................... 4 2.2.3 Physiography............................................................................................................. 5 2.2.4 Geomorphology and soil texture ............................................................................... 6 2.2.5 Land Use Pattern Of Aarughat RM .......................................................................... 6 2.3 Cultural Aspects ............................................................................................................... 6 2.4 Important Religious, Mythological and Historic places................................................... 6 2.5 Main Festivals .................................................................................................................. 8 2.6 Eleted Personnel ............................................................................................................... 9 3 DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS ............................................................................ 13 3.1 Population Profile and Analysis ..................................................................................... 13 3.1.1 Population and households ..................................................................................... 13 3.1.2 Population by 5 years age group and sex ................................................................ 13 3.1.3 Population by caste/ethnicity .................................................................................. 14 3.1.4 Population by Mother Tongue ................................................................................ 15 3.1.5 Registration ............................................................................................................. 16 4 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................................... 17 4.1 Financial income and expenditure in the past fiscal years ............................................. 17 4.2 Agriculture and Livestock .............................................................................................. 17 4.2.1 Yearly Production of Agricultural Products ........................................................... 18 4.2.2 Description of Pocket areas .................................................................................... 21 iv , 4.2.3 Fertilizer suppliers in Aarughat .............................................................................. 22 4.2.4 Description of agriculture groups ........................................................................... 23 4.3 Business and Commerce ................................................................................................ 29 4.3.1 Industrial and business organizations ..................................................................... 29 4.3.2 Bank and financing organization ............................................................................ 30 4.3.3 Description of trade centers .................................................................................... 30 4.3.4 Population by types of household facilities ............................................................ 31 4.4 Tourism and Further Potential........................................................................................ 32 5 SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT.................................................................................................. 35 5.1 Education ........................................................................................................................ 35 5.1.1 Population detail above 5 years according to Literacy ........................................... 35 5.1.2 Population detail on different education level ........................................................ 36 5.1.3 Details of Educational Institution ........................................................................... 37 5.1.4 Details of School Students ...................................................................................... 37 5.1.5 ECD Schools In RM With Total Population Of Boys And Girls ........................... 38 5.1.6 Students Studying in Classes 1-5 ............................................................................ 41 5.1.7 Students Studying In Classes 6-8 ............................................................................ 44 5.1.8 Students Studying In Classes 9-10 .......................................................................... 46 5.1.9 Students Studying In Classes 11-12 ........................................................................ 47 5.1.10 Post-Earthqake School Status and Rehabilitation Procedures and Contributing Organizations in Aaruarwang ............................................................................................... 48 5.1.11 Post-Earthqake School Status and Rehabilitation Procedures and Contributing Organizations in Aaruchanaute ............................................................................................. 50 5.1.12 Post-Earthqake School Status and Rehabilitation Procedures and Contributing Organizations in Aarupokhari ............................................................................................... 51 5.1.13 Post-Earthqake School Status and Rehabilitation Procedures and Contributing Organizations in Thumi ........................................................................................................ 53 5.1.14 Post-Earthqake School Status and Rehabilitation Procedures and Contributing Organizations in Manbu ........................................................................................................ 56 5.1.15 Details of Out Of School Children.......................................................................... 59 5.1.16 Description of number of students studying in special classes ............................... 59 5.1.17 Details of Teachers ................................................................................................. 60 v , 5.1.18 Abundance of teachers and classes ......................................................................... 60 5.2 Health ............................................................................................................................. 64 5.2.1 Organizational Structure of Health Post and PHCC ............................................... 64 5.2.2 Health Institutions In Aarughat RM ....................................................................... 65 5.2.3 Human Resources at the health institutions ............................................................ 65 5.2.4 Immunization description ....................................................................................... 68 5.2.5 Dropout Rate of immunization ............................................................................... 68 5.2.6 Status of nutrition of last three years ...................................................................... 69 5.2.7 Iron and Antihelmenthis distribution to Pregnant woman ...................................... 70 5.2.8 Family Planning ...................................................................................................... 70 5.3 Drinking Water and Sanitation ....................................................................................... 71 5.3.1 Household by main source of drinking water ......................................................... 71 5.3.2 Household by type of toilet ..................................................................................... 71 5.4 Targeted Groups ............................................................................................................. 71 5.4.1 Population