Lalmonirhat Located in the North of Bangladesh, Lalmonirhat District Lies Under Rangpur Division, and Has an Area of 1,241 Square Kilometres

Lalmonirhat Located in the North of Bangladesh, Lalmonirhat District Lies Under Rangpur Division, and Has an Area of 1,241 Square Kilometres

Lalmonirhat Located in the north of Bangladesh, Lalmonirhat district lies under Rangpur division, and has an area of 1,241 square kilometres. It is bounded by West Bengal of India on the north, Rangpur district on the south, Kurigram district on the east, Nilphamari and Rangpur districts on the west. The main rivers in the area are the Dharla and Photo credit: BRAC/Shehzad Noorani Teesta. A girl child stands outside a BRAC pre-primary school in a rural village. BRAC operates in Lalmonirhat with a few programmes, such as microfinance, education Human rights and (BEP), health, nutrition and At a glance legal aid services population (HNPP), community (as of December, 2015) empowerment (CEP), human Human rights and legal education rights and legal aid services Microfinance (HRLE) shebikas 300 (HRLS), targeting the ultra poor HRLE graduates 54,331 Branches 20 (TUP), and water, sanitation and Legal aid clinics 5 Village organisations 1,534 hygiene (WASH). Members 96,996 Water, sanitation and hygiene Borrowers 36,388 Committee members 9,548 Progoti Sanitation coverage 54% Small enterprise clients 1,764 Loans for sanitary latrines 1,843 Tenant farmers’ development Sanitary latrines installed project in school 59 Village organisations 392 Population covered 7,306 Targeting the ultra poor General information Education Specially targeted ultra poor Population 1,256,099 (STUP) members 19,690 Primary schools 132 Other targeted ultra poor Unions 45 Pre-primary schools 157 (OTUP) members 4,063 Villages 478 ADP centres 184 Asset and training received 16,690 Children (0-15) 503,787 Community libraries 50 Healthcare availed 19,690 Primary schools 763 Literacy rate 65% Health, nutrition Community empowerment Hospitals 20 and population Community-based organisation NGOs 57 Health workers (polli shomaj) 226 Banks 49 (shasthya kormi) 230 Union-based organisation Bazaars 101 Health volunteers (union shomaj) 22 (shasthya shebika) 1,655 Popular theatre 5 Although every effort has been made to include and verify the accuracy of relevant information in this fact sheet, users are urged to check independently on matters of specific interest. Report any discrepancies/suggestions to [email protected]. This document was last updated on 31 December 2015, is revised yearly and made available on www.brac.net/visitors..

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