Agyauli CLRC is one of the community Library in Nepal serving local community through various programs for educational, economical and social development of the community The district, with Parasi, as its district headquarter, covers an area of 2,162 square km and has a population (2001) of 562,870. Which belongs to the Western Region of Nepal, and lies 147 Km. west of the Capital Kathmandu. Nawal
parasi is divided into three physiographic areas: Terai Region, Pahadi(Hilly) Region and Bhitri Madhesh (Mountain). It has 4 constituencies, 1 Municipality (Ramgram Municipality of Parasi) and 73 (Seventy Three) Village Development Commeettee. Out of 73 VDCs 36 belongs to the Terai Region, 17 belongs to the Padadi Region and 16 belongs to Bhitri Madhesh Region. It is also famous for its religious sites, specially "Triveni Dham" of Susta VDC "Daunne" of Daunne Devi VDC and "Maula Kalika" of Gaidakot VDC are the most visited religious sites of this district. Every year many devotees in an around of this district visits these holy Temple to offer pooja. Migration is very rapidly increasing .Different people with different castes and language use to live in this district Tharu and Magar is the major caste people of this area. The people from Terai are staying here since long. The educational status of the district is still poor. Geographical Setting:
Geographically the library lies in Nawalparasi district at 830 40' E Longitude and 270 32’ N Latitude. The climate of this place is tropical and sub-tropical while the altitude is 129m – 1290m above from the sea level.
1.3 Area covered:
The Nawalparasi district has covered 2,162 sq km of area. Economic Status:
The main occupations for this place are agriculture, business and service. Regarding the agriculture productions, rice, maize, millet and wheat are key products. Narayanghat and Butwal is the main market area. Accessibility to library:
From both the ways i.e. airways and roadways, person can easily reach to the library. By airways, it takes 15 minutes from Kathmandu to Bharatpur and then 40Kms drive to Danda Nawalaparasi and by Roadways, it is 5 hours driving from Kathmandu. Caste and Ethnicity:
The coverage of different castes in number is Magar 228, Brahmin 2037,Tharu 5117,Dalit 1170, Chhetri 852, Muslim 28,Yadav 12, Gurung138, Kumal 72,Newar 684, Teli 25, Thakuri 49, Other4123 and Total 14535. Educational Status:
The literacy rate of this area is 52.99% %. In this area, there is one library. The descriptions of academic institutions are briefly discussed in the institutional information of the library.
