Bidur, a municipality is situated in Nuwakot district of Bagmati Province, Nepal which is located at 69 km northwest of Kathmandu Valley. It comprises of 13 political wards and spread over an area of 130.01 square kilometres consisting of plains and hilly plateaus (Bidur Municipality, 2024). It has a total population of 59,227 individuals across 15,234 households (NSO,2021). It has subtropics and sub-humid climate, with maximum temperature ranges from 23°C in June to 11°C in January (Climate-Data, 2024). This section provides a quick summary of the various sanitation technologies used across the municipality's sanitation value chain. All data in this section are from the household and institutional surveys conducted for this study. Despite municipality being declared as Open Defecation Free (ODF), still 1% of the total population are deprived from access to basic sanitation facilities and defecate in open places (ENPHO, 2023).

• Prepared by: ENPHO
• Date of production: 09/01/2026
• Last update: 09/01/2026