AGRICULTURAL ASPECT

Agriculture seems a major economic sector in Lekhnath Municipality. The facts are presented in terms of ownership of agricultural land or ‘Ghadari’ inside or outside municipality area, size of land and livestock information. Additional information on female ownership of land and house and structure of land are also included in this section. In Lekhnath, it can be observed that less than 25% of households do not have any kind of land in any areas whereas 9% of the households have agricultural land and ‘Ghadari’ in both areas i.e. inside and outside the municipality area. Similarly, more than 61% of households have ownership of land in residing municipality followed by less than 5% of households have outside the municipality area. It is observed that more than 81% households have less than 0.5 hector of land; more than 13% households have land with greater than 0.5 hector and less than 1 hector. Similarly, more than 4% of household have more than 1 hector and less than 5hector of land in the municipality areas. Further, 0.5% of households could not mention the area of agricultural land and negligible percentage of households has greater 5-10 hector of land in study area.
It is found that size of less than 0.5hectors situated in 64%of households, 0.5 to less than 1 hector in more than 21% of households and 1-5 hectors in more than 11% of households. Whereas 5-10 hectors of land contained in negligible percentages of households those residing in the Lekhnath Municipality. The information on gender aspects especially on ownership of land and house are also collected in the survey. These information are not only important for exploring the gender based discrimination but also provides a size and structure of gross assets in terms of land and house distributed in the country by female members. Households of ward no.8,10,12,14 accounted that higher percentage of female ownership on land and house than total. Whereas households of ward no.1 reported around 19% having female ownership on land and house. Likewise, households of other remaining wards followed the same pattern as total for female ownership on land and house.
The livestock information are also collected in the municipality area by administrating questions on number and type of livestock. More than 54%of households have engaged for rearing livestock in Lekhnath Municipality in which more than 75% households in ward 4 and 10 are rearing livestock not only big heads but also small heads and poultry. It is found that livestock rearing is very popular among the households of ward no.2,4,6,9,10,11 and15. It can be seen that livestock rearing is less popular in wards 1 and7, where less than 40% households attracted towards livestock rearing activities. Households of ward no.9 &10 are rearing more than two big heads on the average of 2. Households in other remaining wards reared either one big head or small head on average which clearly shows that households of Lekhnath municipality have reared on average of more than a big heads and a small head only. Besides the big heads, small heads and birds/poultry are also reared by residing households in the municipality area. It is found that households of municipality area have on the average of more than a small heads and 14 birds and poultry. Rearing poultry is very popular in wards 7,8,12&15 where households reared more birds than average. In addition, rearing poultry and birds are less popular in ward6 with comparing to other wards in Lekhnath municipality.