SFD (level 2) Report - Malangwa Municipality, Nepal

Malangwa Municipality is in Sarlahi District, Madhesh province of Nepal. It has a total of 12 wards and covers an area of 30.44 square kilometres. The municipality was established in 2 March, 1987. It is bounded by Brahmapuri rural Municipality and Sonbarsa region of India in the east, Chakarghatta, Kaudena and Bishnu rural Municipalities in the west, Kabilasi Municipality in the north and Sitamarhi District of Bihar state, India in the southern part. According to the national population and housing census 2021, the municipality has a total population of 54,550 with 10,033 households. The population density is 236 people per square kilometre.

98% of the households in the municipality have a toilet. The 2% of the households without toilet defecate in nearby farmlands. The municipality has a public toilet in a bus park area. The public toilet was constructed by the municipality and operated by an individual service provider.

The SFD graphic shows that 47% of the excreta generated are safely managed while 53% are unsafely managed. The safely managed excreta generated by this 47% 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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