SFD (level 2) Report - Jaleshwar Municipality, Nepal

Jaleshwar Municipality is in Mahottari District, Madhesh Province of Nepal. It has a total of 12 wards and covers an area of 44.72 square kilometres. It shares its boundary with Mahottari District and Pipra Rural Municipality in the north, Sitamadi District of neighboring country India in the south, Matihani Rural Municipality in the east and Ekdara Rural Municipality in the west. According to the national population and housing census 2021, Jaleshwar Municipality has a total population of 63,802 and 12,380 households. The total male and female are 31,391 and 32,411 respectively. The population density of the municipality is 1,442 people per square kilometre.

84% of the households in the municipality have a toilet. The 16% of the households without toilet defecate in nearby farmlands. The municipality has public toilets in market areas and nearby temple. The public toilets were constructed by the municipality and are operated by individual service providers.

The SFD graphic shows that 51% of the excreta generated are safely managed while 49% are unsafely managed. The safely managed excreta generated by 51% of the population is temporary. So, once the containments get filled and FS from the containments is emptied, the percentage of unsafely managed excreta would increase.

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