SFD (level 1) Report - Paikgachha Municipality, Bangladesh

Paikgachha Municipality is situated within the Paikgachha Upazila of the Khulna District in the Division of Khulna. The geographical coordinates of Paikgachha are 22°35'20.04"N and 89°20'9.96"E . Paikgachha Municipality is situated in the Khulna District. Its northern and southern boundaries are Tala and Dumuria Upazilas, its southern and eastern boundaries are Batiaghata and Dacope Upazilas, and its western boundary is Tala and Assasuni Upazilas.According to the population census in 2011 by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), the population of Paikgachha Municipality was 16,017. The urban population growth in Paikgachha is 1.2% per year. As per information obtained from a Key Informant Interview (KII) at the municipality, the present population is around 19,551. The household survey results show that majority of the occupation is business (41%), followed by private service (22%), government job (8%) and agriculture (5%) .

The city does not have a dedicated sewerage system and most sanitation systems available in the town are classified as onsite systems (99.5%). The main types of toilet facilities are septic tanks connected to a soak pit, to an open drain, or to a water body, lined tanks or lined pits, with no outlet or overflow and unlined pits.

The outcome of the SFD graphic shows that only twenty four percent (24%) of the excreta flow is classified as safely managed, and the remaining seventy six percent (76%) is classified as unsafely managed.

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