Lakshmanpur Explained

Official Name:Lakshmanpur
Native Name:लक्ष्मणपुर
Settlement Type:Village development committee
Pushpin Map:Nepal Lumbini Province# Nepal
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Lumbini Province
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Nepal
Subdivision Type1:Zone
Subdivision Name1:Bheri Zone
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Banke District
Population As Of:1991
Population Total:3416
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:Nepal Time
Utc Offset:+5:45
Coordinates:27.91°N 81.91°W

Lakshmanpur is a town in Banke District in the Bheri Zone of south-western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3,416 and had 668 houses in the town.[1]

Government

The purpose of Village Development Committees like Lakshmanpur is to organise village people structurally at a local level and creating a partnership between the community and the public sector for improved service delivery system. A VDC has a status as an autonomous institution and authority for interacting with the more centralised institutions of governance in Nepal. In doing so, the VDC gives village people an element of control and responsibility in development, and also ensures proper utilization and distribution of state funds and a greater interaction between government officials, NGOs and agencies. The village development committees within a given area will discuss education, water supply, basic health, sanitation and income and will also monitor and record progress which is displayed in census data.[2]

In VDCs there is one elected chief, usually elected with over an 80% majority. From each ward, there is also a chief that is elected along with these there are also four members elected or nominated.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nepal Census 2001 . Nepal's Village Development Committees . . 2008-08-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081012163506/http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/nepalcensus/form.php?selection=1 . 2008-10-12 .
  2. News: Village Development Committee . Society for Community Support for Primary Education in Balochistan . 2008-11-25 . . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090201014059/http://www.scspeb.sdnpk.org/village_development_committee.htm . 2009-02-01 . .