Background of District

Headquarter - Khalanga
Total no. of VDCs - 49
Area of District (sq.km) - 1328.9 km
Total Population - 204179
Literacy rate - 32.00% (Male - 49.00% Female - 15.00%)
Political constituencies: 2
Village Development Programme
1 Programme initiation year -1999
2 No. of VDCs covered- 5
3 No. of wards covered -45
4 Number of total settlements in covered VDCs -124
5 Covered settlements- 104
6 Number of total households in covered VDCs -3575
7 DDC contribution in LTF-100000
8 VDC contribution in LTF -260000
9 Total COs -113
10 Total savings of COs -Rs 1072508
11 Total investment - Rs 1720804