Government of Nepal Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development Ilam Municipality Ilam Preparation of GIS based Digital Base Urban Map Upgrade of Ilam Municipality, Ilam Final Report Submitted By: JV Grid Consultant Pvt. Ltd, Galaxy Pvt. Ltd and ECN Consultancy Pvt. Ltd June 2017 Government of Nepal Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development Ilam Municipality Ilam Preparation of GIS based Digital Base Urban Map Upgrade of Ilam Municipality, Ilam Final Report MUNICIPALITY PROFILE Submitted By: JV Grid Consultant Pvt. Ltd, Galaxy Pvt. Ltd and ECN Consultancy Pvt. Ltd June 2017 Table of Content Contents Page No. CHAPTER - I ..................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 NAMING AND ORIGIN............................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 LOCATION.............................................................................................................................................. 1 1.3 SETTLEMENTS AND ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS ......................................................................................... 3 CHAPTER - II.................................................................................................................................................... 4 2.1 PHYSIOGRAPHY......................................................................................................................................4 2.2 GEOLOGY/GEOMORPHOLOGY ................................................................................................................ 5 2.4 DRAINAGE/HYDROLOGY........................................................................................................................ 6 2.5 TERRAIN ................................................................................................................................................ 6 2.5.1 Elevation........................................................................................................................................... 7 2.5.2 Slope ................................................................................................................................................. 7 2.6 CLIMATE................................................................................................................................................ 8 2.7 FOREST AND BIODIVERSITY ................................................................................................................. 11 2.8 NATURAL HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT ............................................................................................ 11 CHAPTER 3.................................................................................................................................................13 SOILS AND LAND CHARACTERISTICS ................................................................................................13 3.1 LAND SYSTEM AND SOIL CHARACTERISTICS ....................................................................................... 13 3.1.1 Land System....................................................................................................................................13 3.1.2 Soil Characteristics......................................................................................................................... 14 3.2 LAND CAPABILITY OF ILAM MINICIPALITY.......................................................................................... 16 3.3 PRESENT LAND-USE............................................................................................................................. 17 3.4 AGRICULTURE PATTERN ...................................................................................................................... 19 3.5 LAND-USE ZONES ................................................................................................................................ 20 3.6 CADASTRAL DATA............................................................................................................................... 22 CHAPTER 4.................................................................................................................................................23 SOCIO-ECONOMIC SETTINGS ...............................................................................................................23 4.1 SOCIAL SETTINGS ................................................................................................................................ 23 4.1.1. Population Distribution and Density .................................................................................................23 4.1.2. Population by Caste/Ethnicity ........................................................................................................... 24 4.1.3. Religion and Language..................................................................................................................... 25 4.1.4. Literacy Status ...................................................................................................................................25 4.2 ECONOMIC SETTINGS........................................................................................................................... 25 4.2.1 Agriculture .................................................................................................................................25 4.2.1.1 Food production ................................................................................................................................26 4.2.1.2 Production of high value crops..........................................................................................................26 4.2.1.3 Livestock farming .............................................................................................................................27 4.2.1.4 Poultry and fish farming....................................................................................................................27 4.3 EMPLOYMENT/OCCUPATION................................................................................................................ 27 4.4 INDUSTRY ............................................................................................................................................ 27 4.5 REMITTANCES .....................................................................................................................................28 4.6 SOURCES OF INCOME ........................................................................................................................... 28 CHAPTER 5.................................................................................................................................................29 ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES................................................................................29 i 5.1 ROAD ................................................................................................................................................... 29 5.2 HEALTH .............................................................................................................................................. 29 5.3 DRINKING WATER AND TOILET FACILITIES ......................................................................................... 30 5.4 ELECTRICITY........................................................................................................................................30 5.5 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS .............................................................................................................. 31 5.7 COMMUNICATION FACILITY................................................................................................................. 31 CHAPTER - 6...............................................................................................................................................33 HERITAGE, CULTURE AND TOURISM .................................................................................................33 6.1 HERITAGE ............................................................................................................................................ 33 6.2 CULTURE ............................................................................................................................................. 33 6.3 TOURISM.............................................................................................................................................. 33 REFERENCES................................................................................................................................................. 34 ii List of Table Content Page No. TABLE 1: WARD-WISE DISTRIBUTION OF MAIN SETTLEMENTS IN ILAM MUNICIPALITY ............................................................... 3 TABLE 2.2: MINIMUMTEMPERATURE IN 0C (ILAM TEA ESTATE, 2005-2015) ........................................................................9 TABLE 2.3: MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE IN 0C (ILAM TEA ESTATE, 2005-2015) .....................................................................10 TABLE 2.4: RAINFALL (IN MM) (AVERAGE FROM TEN YEARS, 2005-2010) .......................................................................... 11 TABLE 3.1: LAND SYSTEM TYPE UNITES .......................................................................................................................... 13 TABLE 3.2: SOIL TAXONOMY