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below school going age and children attending school, 168 persons are in the age group of
16-45 years and are eligible for Livelihood Enhancement Skill Training (LEST), 64 persons
are in 46-60 years age group and 41 persons are above the age of 60 years.
Table 4: Age Category of Project Affected Population
Age Group Male Percent Female Percent Total Percent
0-6 21 5.07 24 5.80 45 10.87
6 - 15 41 9.90 55 13.29 96 23.19
16-45 79 19.08 89 21.50 168 40.58
46-60 35 8.45 29 7.00 64 15.46
Above 60 23 5.56 18 4.35 41 9.90
Total: 199 48.07 215 51.93 414 100.00
Source: Field Study 2011(Update March 2012)
3.3 Cast Ethnicity
30. Multi- cast ethnic groups live in the project area. Brahmin, Chhetri, Janajati and Dalit
are major ethnic groups in the district. The project area is dominated by Janjatis accouting
for three fourth of the total population. Among other affected ethnic households, Brahmins
are 4.05 percent, Dalit and Chhettris are 8.11 percent each, and population of Chepang is
5.41 percent. Table 5 shows the ethnic composition of project-affected households.
Table 5: Cast Ethnic Composition of Affected Household
Brahmin Chhetri Dalit Janajati Chepang
VDCs
No. % No % No. % No. % No. % Total
Kabilash 0 0.00 1 1.35 4 5.41 39 52.70 1 1.35 45
Dahakhani 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 6 8.11 0 0.00 6
Chandibhanjyang 1 1.35 4 5.41 2 2.70 10 13.51 3 4.05 20
Darechok 2 2.70 1 1.35 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 3
Total: 3 4.05 6 8.11 6 8.11 55 74.32 4 5.41 74
Source: Field Study 2011(Update March 2012)
3.4 Education and Literacy
31. The total number of academic institutions in Chitwan district is 987 including 511
primary schools, 238 lower secondary schools, 163 secondary schools, 53 higher secondary
schools and 22 campuses. The overall literacy rate of the Chitwan district is 80 percent,
which is higher than the national literacy rate of 54 percent.
32. The lliteracy rate of affected population is about 73 percent which is much higher
than the national literacy rate of 54 percent. Educational status of school going age and
above of affected population is given in Table 6.
Table 6: Educational Status of Affected Population
Illiterate
Informally
Literate Primary Secondary SLC & +2
Graduate
& +
VDCs
No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % Total
Kabilash 64 15.46 51 12.32 66 15.94 63 15.22 17 4.11 11 2.66 272
Dahakhani 16 3.86 2 0.48 4 0.97 2 0.48 0 0.00 0 0.00 24
Chandibhanjyang 31 7.49 34 8.21 17 4.11 12 2.90 9 2.17 2 0.48 105
Darechok 2 0.48 2 0.48 0 0.00 3 0.72 5 1.21 1 0.24 13
Total: 113 27.29 89 21.50 87 21.01 80 19.32 31 7.49 14 3.38 414
Source: Field Study, 2011(Update March 2012)
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