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| ACHHAM
DISTRICT Achham district lies in the mountain belt of Seti
zone in the far western Out of 75 VDCs RCIW directly covers 12 VDCs and indirectly
one The project area covers the most food-deficit VDCs in the district. |
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region. It is surrounded by Doti in the west, Dailekh and Kalikot in the
east; Surkhet in south and Bajura and Bajhang in the north. There are
75 VDCs in 13 Ilaka and two parliamentary constituencies. The population
of Achham is 2,21,611 (49% women). 
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The total population of the project area is 37,167 from 6,289 households
with an average family size of 6 and a population density of 122 per km.
The literacy rate is 38%. The main castes of the area are Brahman, Chhetri,
Thakuri and Kami. The main products are paddy, maize, wheat and potatoes.
Farmers are still practicing traditional farming depending on rainfall.