SFD (level 2) Report - Janakpurdham Sub-Metropolitan City, Nepal

Janakpurdham Sub-Metropolitan City is situated in Dhanusa District of Madhesh Province in the southern region of Nepal. Formerly, it was established as Janakpur Sub-metropolitan City on 1960. Later on 2014, it was re-named as Janakpurdham and changed the sub-metropolitan city to sub-metropolitan city. It is divided into 25 wards

As per the national population and housing census conducted in 2021, Janakpurdham Sub-Metropolitan City has a total population of 194,556 with 99,764 male and 94,792 female population. It has altogether 40,409 households (National Statistics Office, 2023). The annual population growth rate of Janakpurdham Sub-Metropolitan City is 2.2% (Janakpurdham Sub-Metropolitan City, 2023).

The SFD graphic shows that excreta generated from 33% of the population are safely managed while 67% of the population are unsafely managed. The safely managed FS generated from 33% of population is temporary as the FS has not been emptied. With the current practice of Faecal Sludge Management (FSM), the proportion of safely managed FS will become unsafely managed once the containments start filling up.

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