URBAN INFRASTRUCTURES

Literacy or educational attainment are the important determinants of an individual welfare which in turns impacts directly on social and economic development of a country. In common sense, literacy is the ability of reading and writing. According to the information collected in Lekhnath, it is found that 84%population are literate according to which the literacy rate is highest for age group 10- 14 years (more than 99%) and lowest for age group 75-79 years (less than 23%). Educational attainment of a person refers to the highest level of his/her education completed. The proportion of people who are literate with no formal education is found to be 10%, gone through primary level is 28%,Lower secondary level is 18%,Secondary level ( including SLC) is 27%.Intermediate level is 10%, Bachelors and above is 6% in this municipality. Data on current status of school helps to know what % of population of 5-25 yrs. of age are attending school. The overall current attendance of persons, 5-25 yrs. Of age in educational institution(below SLC level)is 80.7%(83% males and78.4%females) in Lekhnath.
Information on various aspects of health issues collected through the survey in Lekhnath helps and provide guidelines in planning,implementing, monitoring and evaluating health programmes. It also plays a vital role in improving health and residing population by concentrating efforts on various health facilities in local level. The information on natal care during pregnancy, immunization of children and death information in last 12 months, constraints of not receiving prenatal care, various reasons of death and level of knowledge on HIV/AIDS can be included in this topic. There are various treatment facilities available where household members are going for treatment during illness and reported that they are using multiple health facilities. Mostly, they have consulted major health facilities such as public, private,medicinal shopes and traditional treatments. The ministry of health and population along with other partner agencies in Nepal are trying to deliver adequate maternity care services to all pregnant women. The national maternity care guideline recommended pregnant women to attend at least four ANC(Antenatal Care Visit) visits during the pregnancy. According to the findings on several aspects of maternal health, antenatal care, delivery and post natal care as well as problems in accessing health care where 8% household women were exposed for delivery. More than 87% household reported that their children aged 0-4 yrs. are immunized It is reported that children under 5 yrs.have died exactly 0.13% in average. After research, it is concluded that 85% household in this area have heard about HIV/AIDS where 15% aren’t aware, more than 75% have acquired knowledge on it while 67% are aware about it in this municipality.
Road facility is also one of the important feature for development.86% household in this municipality have connectivity facility to different types of motor roads where 48.70% has earthen road and is followed by 30.68% black topped road. The percentage of graveled andbrick paved road nexus are 3.89 and 3.23 respectively.
Solid waste disposal is one of the important environmental issues. In lekhnath,36% households dispose their solid waste inside their household compound,30% use the solid waste to make compost for kitchen garden and other agricultural purposes, 15% use specific place or dustbin, some use river/rivulet as their dumping side and 5% have no any specific way to dispose waste. About 95% households in Lekhnath use natural drainage for rain water and sewage. It is also found that 8.67%household use river, 1.15% use road,31.68%use soak-pit,53.03% use kitchen garden and 5.47%use other places for the disposal of waste water.