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Table I.

Detail of study sites

Item	Plains/Terai	Middle hills	High mountain
District name	Chitwan	Gorkha	Dolakha
Location (Province)	Central Development Region	Western Development Region	Central Development Region
Main livelihoods	Agriculture, livestock, poultry, wage/salary,	Agriculture and livestock, foreign employment, daily wage labor	Agriculture and livestock, businesses, government jobs
Total area	2238 sq. km	3610 sq. km	2191 sq.km
Poverty Rate	8.89%	20.41%	25.99%
Population	579,984	271,061	186,557
GDP (in million US$)	338.98	106.72	65.34
Infrastructure and accessibility	88.90 km national highway, 83.49 km feeder road and 61.00 km postal road 96.2% of households have improved source of drinking water 94.1% of households have toilet facility 86.3% of households have electricity for lighting	279.24 km feeder road and 31 km mid hills road 65.4 % of households have improved source of drinking water 73% of households have toilet facility 76.7% of households have electricity for lighting	258.75 km feeder road 78.5% of households have improved source of drinking water 69.5 % households have toilet facility 82.1% of households have electricity for lighting

Item	Plains/Terai	Middle hills	High mountain
District name	Chitwan	Gorkha	Dolakha
Location (Province)	Central Development Region	Western Development Region	Central Development Region
Main livelihoods	Agriculture, livestock, poultry, wage/salary,	Agriculture and livestock, foreign employment, daily wage labor	Agriculture and livestock, businesses, government jobs
Total area	2238 sq. km	3610 sq. km	2191 sq.km
Poverty Rate	8.89%	20.41%	25.99%
Population	579,984	271,061	186,557
GDP (in million US$)	338.98	106.72	65.34
Infrastructure and accessibility	88.90 km national highway, 83.49 km feeder road and 61.00 km postal road96.2% of households have improved source of drinking water94.1% of households have toilet facility86.3% of households have electricity for lighting	279.24 km feeder road and 31 km mid hills road65.4 % of households have improved source of drinking water73% of households have toilet facility76.7% of households have electricity for lighting	258.75 km feeder road78.5% of households have improved source of drinking water69.5 % households have toilet facility82.1% of households have electricity for lighting

Source: Adapted from: GoN (2013, 2014a, 2014b and 2016a)