As soon as Lamjung is mentioned, the name of a tourist district comes to the forefront. Then there is talk of the hydroelectric projects being built here. Transport access to the district is gradually improving with the Mid-Hill (Pushpalal) Highway and other routes. The road to the Himalayan district of Manang also passes through this.

According to the district objective description 2074, Ramghatar, located in Madhya Nepal Municipality-4 of Lamjung, is also the lowest place in Nepal at an altitude of 385 meters above sea level. It is located in the middle of Nepal from the east to the north and south. That is why the local level that includes this area is named Madhya Nepal.

Another name that comes to mind when hearing Lamjung is Ghalegaun Bhujung and other tourist villages. Kholasothar (according to the latest survey, it is in Kaski) at the foot of the Annapurna mountain range is the original place of the Gurung tribe. From where it is believed that the Gurung tribe came to various places in Lamjung 1,000 years ago. The place where the Lam (Lama) clan of the Gurung tribe established Chu (established) is found in the histories of the Gurung community, which evolved from Lamchu to Lamjung over time. There is also a legend that Lamjung was formed because people with long moustaches came from above or that it originated from the Magar language.

During the Chaubise reign, King Kulmandan Khan of Kaskeli sent his younger son Kalu Shah to become king in Lamjung. After he was killed by King Ghale, the Duras of Lamjung, including Kusumakar Ghimire, Khaje Dura, Sukubhar Kyauch, Chamu Dhingal and Laxman Dura, went to ask for a son. They kept their 5 sons sleeping on the same bed, but they picked up one. He was the youngest, Yashobram Shah. He was brought and installed on the throne on Asar 15, 1550 BS, after performing a ceremony at the Thuloswara Dhunga. After that, the Shah kingdom expanded, and Lamjung is also considered the birthplace of the Shah dynasty kings.

Lamjung is a hilly district located at the foot of the Annapurna and Lamjung Himals as well as Manaslu Himal, Dr. Hark Peak and others. This district, which has mostly hilly terrain, includes riverside plains and tars, gorges, valleys and high mountainous areas. Most of the land lies in the Mahabharata mountain range, and this district can be divided into 3 categories: mid-hills, high hills and high mountains. In summer, the tars here are as hot as the Terai.

The Marsyangdi River flowing through the middle of Lamjung separates Eastern Lamjung and Western Lamjung. When turning north, the left bank of the Marsyangdi River enters Lamjung from Dumre in Tanahun through Paundi. The same Marsyangdi is called 'Mharsyon' by the Gurungs. Since ‘Mara’ means ‘gold’ and ‘Syon’ means ‘river’, it means Sunkhola. Since ‘Di’ comes after it, its name is also said to have come from the Magar language. This river has divided Lamjung into East and West. Kunchha, which is located between this river and the Madi River, is the old headquarters of Lamjung, which is almost connected to Tanahun.

The mountains in this district are Manaslu (8,162 m), Annapurna II (7,939 m), Manaslu South (7,937 m), Himalchuli (7,647 m), Lamjungchuli (6,988 m), Buddha Himal (6,674 m). Spread over an area of ​​1,692 square kilometers, this district has a total population of 155,852, including 74,077 males and 81,775 females, according to the 2078 census. The population growth rate is -0.70. In 2068, the population was 167,724. In the last 10 years, it has decreased by 11,872. According to the latest statistics, there are a total of 44,170 families in this district with an average family size of 3.53. The sex ratio is 90.59. The population density is 92.

In 2028, after the headquarters of Besisahar was shifted from Kunchha, houses started being built in the Patigharis of Besisahar. It also became the main commercial center of the Himalayan district of Manang. It became the starting point of the Annapurna Cycle Trail. Around 2030, the water from ponds, streams and wells was managed and used. Around 2033, a public tap was constructed in Besisahar by searching for nearby water sources. Around 2050, private taps were installed in every house.

The road in the middle of Lamjung district headquarters, Besisahar, is now 7-7 meters wide. According to Besisahar Municipality Mayor Guman Singh Aryal, this road standard was established when Lekhnath Adhikari was the chairman of the Municipal Development Committee in 2045. The Road Act of 2034 stipulated that the district road standard would be 10-10 meters, and the Road Department set it at 7-7 meters instead of 10-10 meters, so houses were built in the market area accordingly, says Mayor Aryal.

‘The road has not reached the mark yet. Citizens do not agree to widening it, the government cannot compensate,’ he said. ‘A case has even been filed in the Supreme Court against widening this road.’ He said that now that the road connecting another district has been declared a highway, the Besisahar market will be overcrowded if the standard is established.

Another problem is garbage. Initially, a tender was called to organize garbage, but they refused to make an agreement twice. He said that the garbage was being disposed of from Gauthali Danda and it was arranged near the Marsyangdi River. According to him, the villagers around the area protested even at the place that was rented and tried to be bought. There is a conflict of interest in places where one's own and relatives' land is located. He says that now they are trying to manage the garbage by building a wall.

Health posts and schools are in almost all wards. Social security allowance has provided some relief to low-income families. Its distribution and service quality are still challenging. The biggest problem in remote settlements is infrastructure construction. Many people also demand roads in infrastructure. It is said that roads should have been brought to homes. It is said that they should have been brought quickly, and they should have been paved.

Prakash Thapa, ward chairman of Besisahar Municipality-6, said that the demands of the people are too high and the demands of the citizens cannot be met due to the small budget. 'A village where people do not live.' It costs Rs 100 million to build a road in a village with two to four houses. The budget here does not even come up with Rs 10 million,' he said. According to him, rural roads are still unpaved and difficult to access during the rainy season. Due to lack of drainage management, some roads are washed away by floods and landslides as soon as it rains. Attention has not been paid to this.

Lamjung district headquarters Besisahar is 175 kilometers from the capital Kathmandu. It is 105 kilometers from the provincial capital Pokhara. The road construction work that started in 2029 from Dumre took a decade and a half to reach Besisahar. The 42-kilometer road track was opened in 2046. Blacktopping began in 2052. A decade after the road track was opened, it was blacktopped in 2054.

According to the then chairman of the District Development Committee elected at that time, the road was not blacktopped properly at the beginning. ‘The road should have been widened, but it was not. Then the ‘Lamjung Development Plan’ was made. The shortsightedness of the elected parliamentarians and the recent armed conflict did not allow development,’ he said, ‘development work has progressed since 2064.’ When he was the chairman, he promoted the villages in the rural areas of Lamjung as tourist villages and made them free from smoking, alcohol and gambling.
Currently, there is 18 kilometers of blacktop from Dumre to Paundi, Lamjung section, to the district headquarters, Besisahar.

There is blacktop from Besisahar to Bhulbhule, the center of Marsyangdi rural municipality, towards Manang. Road blacktop and slope work are underway towards Manang, and road bridges have been built in places. The road from Nepaldanda in Tanahun via Tarkughat to Dhamilikuwa or from Paundi in Lamjung via Dhamilikuwa to Rainas Municipality Center Tinpiple to Borangkhola has been blacktopped.

Paundi to Sundarbazar Municipality Center Sundarbazar Khatrithanti and Siundibar to Sundarbazar are also blacktopped. The road from Satrasay to Duradanda Archalyan on the Mid-Hill Highway in Sundarbazar Municipality is also blacktopped. Most of the road from Udipur to Dordi Rural Municipality Center Nauthar Shera and from Bhoteodar to Nauthar Shera and road bridges have been built in all places. The road from Nauthar Shera to rural areas has also been blacktopped.

There are 3-4 checkpoints entering Lamjung. An 8-kilometer road from Dumre towards Lamjung has been made into a two-lane road. Currently, work is underway to widen the second section by 9 kilometers. According to Dumre-Besisahar-Chame Road Planning Office Chief Engineer Satish Subedi, a budget has been requested for widening the third section up to Paundi. After that, the 18-kilometer widening work of the Lamjung section will begin.

There is 32 kilometers of blacktop from Damauli in Tanahun to Bhorletar, the center of Madhya Nepal Municipality in Lamjung. According to Rajkumar Shrestha of Duipiple, Madhya Nepal Municipality-4, the blacktop of the Tanahun section was completed around 2060. The blacktop from Risti Khola towards Lamjung was completed only around 2064. From Risti Khola to Bhorletar, it is about 12 kilometers towards Lamjung.

The road from Pokhara to Karaputar-Rambazaar is blacktopped. On top of that, the road slopes in many places towards Gilung and there is blacktop in some places. The road from Mungrebensi in Kaski to Charagaun, Pasgaun, and Singdi is being sloped and upgraded.

All but 2 of the 8 rural municipalities in Lamjung have been blacktopped to the local level centers. Most of the roads from Besisahar to Maling in the Kholasothar rural municipality center are blacktopped. The road from Kapurgaun, where the Pumabhir section and Ghalegaun separate, to Maling is gravel. The road from Tarkughat in Rainas to Mohoriya area towards the center of Dudhpokhari rural municipality is blacktopped and then there are some unpaved, gravel, and slopes. Apart from Besisahar and the center of Central Nepal, the Gandaki Province government has blacktopped, sloped, and upgraded the rural roads connecting the centers of 6 other municipalities after 2074 BS.

Most of the roads from Duipiple in Madhya Nepal Municipality-4 to Kunchha and from Khatrithanti in Sundarbazar Municipality-6 to Kunchha have been blacktopped. Blacktopping and road upgrading are ongoing. Some roads leading to villages are still unpaved.

The Mid-Hill (Pushpalal) Highway connects Lamjung from Palungtar in Gorkha, through Chepekhola in the border area, Dhamilikuwa, Tarkughat, Paundidhik-Sundarbazar, Bhorletar, Karaputar-Rambazar, Kalyangbensi, and Mungrebensi in Kaski. This road is 48.22 kilometers long in the Lamjung section. Except for Sundarbazar and Bhorletar Bazaar, the Lamjung section of the Mid-Hill Highway has been blacktopped in other places.

According to Mahesh Subedi, the coordination officer of the District Coordination Committee, apart from the Mid-Hill Highway and Dumre-Besisahar road, 77 kilometers of local level internal roads have been blacktopped in Lamjung till the last fiscal year. He said that although the road blacktopping was completed in the current fiscal year, no information has been received about it. In the current fiscal year, the road connecting Dordi and roads in Besisahar Municipality-2 and 9 have been blacktopped.

Electricity was first introduced in Ishaneshwor and Bhorletar in Lamjung in 2041 BS. When electricity was introduced in this place, the commercial center of western Lamjung, there was no electricity even in the district headquarters Besisahar. There was no electricity in the old district headquarters Kunchha either.

Ishaneshwor Kusum Valley Cooperative Society had generated electricity from Midim Khola in 2041 BS with the help of the Agricultural Development Bank. Along with electricity generation, locals also used the water to irrigate their fields. After the subsidy on cooperatives was stopped, electricity stopped burning. At that time, the 40 kilowatts of electricity generated was used not only by Ishaneshwor and Bhorletar in Lamjung but also by the residents of Piple and Kaldhunga in Kaski. Electricity was generated from one of the turbines inside the power house, while the other was used for threshing and grinding. At that time, 400 households consumed electricity.

Although the construction of small hydropower projects started in Lamjung around 2055/056, small hydropower projects were built at most from 2060 to the 70s. Non-governmental organizations were responsible for building small hydropower. Then, it was distributed through electricity consumer organizations and cooperatives on the national transmission line. Now, the responsibility of distributing electricity from all these organizations has come under the distribution center of the Nepal Electricity Authority. The national transmission line has reached villages where electricity was previously supplied by micro-hydropower. In some places, electricity is still supplied by micro-hydropower.

According to Sobit Bahadur Chhetri, head of the Lamjung Distribution Center of the Nepal Electricity Authority, there are 41,358 customers of the national transmission line in Lamjung. Some of them have even supplied electricity to two houses from one meter. In some places, electricity is still being supplied by micro-hydropower. According to him, electricity has reached 99 percent of houses in Lamjung. The central transmission line has reached 95 percent of places. Electricity is supplied by micro-hydropower in the remaining places. After the Gandaki Province launched the 'Ujyalo Pradesh' program in 2074, work was done to connect the central transmission line to villages in Lamjung and to provide electricity to places where electricity was not available.

Geography of Besisahar and Sundarbazar Municipality The 70 MW Madhyamsyangdi Hydropower Project was built on the Marsyangdi River in 2065. The project was built with a joint investment of 80 percent by the German government and the Nepal Electricity Authority. About a decade ago, a 50 MW hydropower project was built in Bhulbhule, Marsyangdi. The project was built with a 90 percent investment by the Chinese company Sino Hydro and 10 percent by the Nepali Sagarmatha Power Company. Only 3 years ago, the Super Dordi Hydropower Project 'K' was built with 54 MW of hydropower. All of this was built with domestic investment.

Lamjung, which has been building large projects for about 2 decades, is now building hydropower projects along rivers and creeks. Known as a district rich in water resources, Lamjung is also striving to become rich in hydropower. More than 15 hydropower projects have been built in the last decade. More than 325 megawatts of hydropower have been connected to the national transmission line from these projects alone.

Construction of the 102 Upper Marsyangdi 1 has begun in the Syange area (Marsyangdi River) of Marsyangdi Rural Municipality. Construction of the 50-megawatt Marsyangdi Valley Hydropower Project has also begun in the Marsyangdi and Besisahar Municipality areas. Construction of the 40.27-megawatt Super Nyadi Hydropower Project in Nyadi has reached the final stage. Hydropower is also being built in Chepe Khola. Studies are also being conducted for the construction of hydropower projects in the upper reaches of Dordi Khola. Investors have already invested more than 20 billion in hydropower in the Dordi Corridor alone.

Lamjung has been promoted as an investment-friendly 'hydromodel' district in hydropower. The first meeting of the elected chief and deputy chief of the first-term District Coordination Committee, Lamjung, has decided to promote the district as a 'hydromodel district'. Earlier, in 2065, all political parties had unanimously signed a memorandum to make the district an investment-friendly environment in hydropower.

A decade ago, on the occasion of the Lamjung Festival, the Lamjung Chamber of Commerce and Industry had declared the district an investment-friendly district in hydropower. According to Bharat Kumar Shrestha, President of the Lamjung Chamber of Commerce and Industry, hydropower has brought road networks to villages. It has also been supporting health, education and sports infrastructure. The locals have also got employment. The locals have been given investment opportunities. There are also protests from time to time saying that hydropower has caused more destruction than development.

Basic drinking water has reached Lamjung. Earlier, drinking water was managed in villages through programs run by drinking water and sanitation offices. Similarly, drinking water projects were run by national and international NGOs.

Recently, since 2074, Gandaki Province has introduced the 'One House, One Stream' program. In villages where drinking water is not available, drinking water project construction programs have been progressing with the support of the provincial government, local governments and NGOs. Earlier, the federal government had constructed and upgraded drinking water projects for city residents by building large projects, but the provincial government has brought a medium-sized plan to provide basic drinking water to villages.

According to Purna Bahadur Gurung, head of the District Coordination Committee, all houses in Lamjung now have access to basic drinking water. He said that the local level has coordinated and taken forward the work of managing drinking water in households in areas where there is an increasing population and dilapidated projects and insufficient water.

The Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science (Lamjung Campus) was established in Sundarbazar, Lamjung in 2028. Currently, studies up to BSCAG are being conducted here. This campus, where students from all over the country come to study, also has a quota for Lamjung and Sundarbazar municipalities.

Marsyangdi Multiple Campus was established in the district headquarters, Besisahar, in 2047. This campus, which is part of Tribhuvan University, offers studies up to master's degree. About 600 students are studying here.
Campuses have also been opened in the district headquarters, Besisahar, Sundarbazar, Bhoteodar, Madhya Nepal and other places. According to Diwakar Sharma, Head of the Education Development and Coordination Unit, there are 342 schools in Lamjung, including 309 community schools and 33 institutional schools. There are 28,879 students, including 19,255 in community schools and 9,624 in institutional schools. There are more than 80 schools and 18 institutional schools providing education up to grade 10. He claimed that no school children are out of school. About 3,000 students participate in SEE annually. Some study in campuses in Lamjung. Some go to the capital Kathmandu, the provincial capital Pokhara, and Chitwan to pursue higher education. According to the 2078 census, the literacy rate in Lamjung is 77.49 percent. To improve the quality of education, the local levels of Lamjung have been running student support programs including student scholarships. Similarly, they have also been providing parent education. The impact of urbanization in Lamjung is that the number of students is decreasing in rural areas. Especially in the lower grades of community schools around the city, there are no students. Local level heads admit that the number of students in the lower grades of community schools is decreasing due to poor teaching in community schools, the obsession with boarding, and other reasons, such as mothers going to the city market to send their children to boarding schools.

A provincial hospital is in operation in Lamjung district headquarters Besisahar. This hospital, which was previously operated as a community hospital, has been operating under Gandaki Province after the federal government did not renew it. There is a Sundarbazar Hospital in Sundarbazar under the government, a primary health center in Chyanapata Duradanda in Sundarbazar, and a primary health center in Gaunda in Dudhpokhari.

Community and private sector hospitals are in operation in Besisahar Bazaar, Sundarbazar, Rainas, and Madhya Nepal Municipality. According to Shailendra Kumar Singh, head of the Provincial Public Health Office, there are more than 100 health institutions in Lamjung. The provincial hospital has a 5-bed ICU facility with specialist doctors. Medical and pharmacies are privately operated in some places.

There are health posts in the previous wards. All 75 wards currently have some kind of health institution. In places where there are no health posts, there are urban health units, basic health centers, etc.

Recently, hospitals have been built in local levels that do not have hospitals in accordance with the concept of one municipality, one hospital. Although the construction of hospital buildings has been completed in Rainas Municipality, Bhulbhule in Marsyangdi and Bichaur in Dudhpokhari Rural Municipality, they have not been able to come into operation. It is under construction in Gilung in Kholasothar. The construction of Dordi is in progress. However, citizens have been complaining that they are not able to get health services easily.

In some places, women are forced to be taken to the city market by helicopter to give birth. Ishwori Dawadi, 75, of Dudhpokhari Rural Municipality-2, Bichaur Tallathok, complained that there was no doctor even though the hospital was built. ‘The hospital building was built. There is neither a doctor nor medicine. We had to send him quickly,’ he said, ‘Does the building alone provide facilities? Nor does it make roads better. Ministers are ministers.’ According to Singh, head of the Provincial Public Health Office, permission is being sought for the operation of hospitals built at the local level.

Lamjung is considered a district with great potential for agriculture. Here, there are fields from rural areas where rice, corn and millet grow. Recently, even places where potatoes and chillies grow have been called Lamjung. Melon and watermelon, which grow in the Terai, are also grown in Lamjung.
Rabindra Adhikari of Dordi Rural Municipality-2 Archalbote said that he has grown 39 quintals of Akbare in 15 ropanis. He has earned about Rs. 1.2 million by selling it at Rs. 200 to Rs. 400 per kilo. In Dordi Rural Municipality, about 200 households, individually and collectively, have grown Akbare chillies in 700 ropanis. They have sold about 120,000 kilos of chillies. The rural municipality does not have a record of chillies sold voluntarily. The farmers of Dordi have earned about Rs. 2.5 million this year by cultivating chillies. Along with Dordi, Marsyangdi Rural Municipality has started cultivating Fani Akbare chillies.

Farmers of Lamjung have been earning a good income from cardamom for about a decade and a half. According to leading farmer Ajay Tamang, cardamom farmers have earned an income of about Rs 2 million per person by selling cardamom seeds.

The National Agricultural Modernization Project Implementation Unit has stated that they have earned an income of Rs 243 million by selling cardamom seeds this year. According to Agriculture Officer Hari Bahadur Mijar, 135 metric tons of cardamom have been produced in the current fiscal year. Farmers have sold them for Rs 1,800 to Rs 2,500 per kilogram.

Cardamom from Lamjung reaches the Indian market through Lamjung's own traders via Birtamod in Jhapa. Cardamom has been cultivated in about 750 hectares in Lamjung. Of this, only 375 hectares are being produced.

According to the office, cardamom is cultivated in Besisahar Municipality, Marsyangdi, Kholasothar, Dudhpokhari and Dordi Rural Municipality, said Som Bahadur Tamang, President of the Nepal Cardamom Entrepreneurs Federation, Lamjung. A decade ago, suntala cultivation was also doing well in Lamjung, but its production has been declining in the last decade. Coffee cultivation has been expanding in Lamjung recently.

According to the Agricultural Development Office, the total cultivable land in Lamjung is about 45,500 hectares. In recent years, due to migration, inconvenience of irrigation and shortage of manpower, some land has been becoming barren.

Rice is being cultivated on about 14,260 hectares in Lamjung. Rainastar, Dhamilikuwa, Chatratirtha, Bhorletar, Kunchha, Sundar Bazaar are some of the rice pocket areas. Maize is cultivated on 10,098 hectares. Millet is cultivated on 7,915 hectares. Lamjung, which has a temperate climate, produces almost all types of food crops. Farmers have also been cultivating avocados and dragon fruit. In rural areas, they have also been cultivating satuwa.

The Lekali forests here contain many useful and valuable herbs such as Niramasi, Pakhanved, Panchaunle, Chiraito, Jatamasi, Gurjo, Sarpagandha, Yarchagumbu, Kutki, Sugandhawal. The residents here raise sheep in the Lekali highlands. They also raise goats. They raise buffaloes in the central region. Similarly, they have been raising cows, chickens, and pigs commercially.

There are also large irrigation projects in Lamjung. There are large irrigation projects in places such as Rainastar Irrigation Project, Bhorletar, Parewadanda, Ramchowk and others. However, those irrigation projects have not been fully operational. There has been no government investment in those dilapidated projects. Even with government investment, they have not been properly maintained.

Lamjung's Bhirmah Sikar is an adventurous and ancient tradition famous in the world. It is not just about extracting honey, but also has a deep connection with the culture, courage and nature of the Gurung community of Lamjung. Honey hunting is done on the hills of various rural areas of Lamjung including Bhujung, Ghalegaun, Ghanpokhara, Mipra, Chyamche, Chipla, Tapgaun, Tanje and other villages. Honey is extracted from the Chhangachur cliff with the help of a rope ladder made of reeds.

Since honey is extracted from the Chhangachur cliff by hanging on a strong rope, tourists also flock to see this sight. Honey is considered a medicine. It has greatly contributed to the promotion of tourism. Suk Bahadur Gurung of Tapgaun, Dordi Rural Municipality-8 said that income is also generated from honey.

In 2054, the then Chairman of the District Development Committee, Jamindraman Ghale, and UML leader Prithvisubba Gurung introduced the concept of 'Lamjung Development Model', and rural tourism promotion programs were started. In 2056, homestays were started in 10 houses in Ghalegaun, Lamjung, under the leadership of Prem Bahadur Ghale. To make this more effective, the 'First Ghalegaun Festival' was organized on Baisakh 23, 2057. The Ghalegaun Art Festival was organized on Chaitra 17 and 18, 2058. Currently, 44 homestays are operating in Ghalegaun alone. At least one family earns 50,000 rupees per month from homestays.

Lamjung is considered the mother of rural tourism in Nepal. The homestays here provide a unique experience of natural beauty as well as organic food and Gurung culture. In 2064, Ghalegaun was declared a model village of South Asia (SAARC Model Village) at the initiative of Prithvi Subba Gurung, who was the Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation in the then interim government.

Ghalegaun is now also known by the nicknames Smart Village and Sukhi Village. Along with Ghalegaun, the tourist village of Bhujung is attracting increasing tourist attraction. According to Tul Bahadur Gurung, Chairman of the Tourism Management Committee, Bhujung was previously known as a single village and a single VDC. Now it has become a single ward. Bhujung is a large village with a dense population. There are 33 homestays operating in Bhujung, which has about 400 houses. There is a rush of tourists now.

Kaulepani and Rainaskot are also model homestay villages. Kaulepani village is a village that has been declared excellent by the Nepal Tourism Promotion Forum (VTOF). Rainaskot is a village that was reconstructed after the earthquake and homestays are operating. Homestays are also operating in villages such as Pasgaun, Khasur, Siurung, Khanigaun-Rockgarden, Mipra, Puma Village, Gahate, Majhagaun, Bhushme, Turlungkot.

Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP) also has a big hand in rural tourism. After the establishment of ECAP in Bhujung in 2059 BS, it has contributed greatly to tourism and livelihood. ECAP has been working in the fields of conservation, tourism and livelihood by making Kholasothar Rural Municipality-3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 of Lamjung as protected areas, as well as 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Marsyangdi Rural Municipality. At the same time, it has been working to prevent poaching of wild animals and the import and export of herbs. It has also been organizing cleanliness and training in villages.

In recent times, many places in Lamjung have become tourist destinations. The religious and touristic Dudh Pokhari, Ilampokhari, Memepokhari and Bahrapokhari here are famous. Religious tourist sites include Gaunsahar Kalika Temple, Kaulepani Devi Temple, Turlungkot, Purankatot Gadhi, Rainaskot's Kuleshwor Mahadev, Karaputar's Ishaneshwor Mahadev, Udipur Kalika in Udipur, Bhoteodar's Akala Temple, Jitakot, etc. Lamjung is also a district rich in terms of ethnicity and culture. The Gurung, Magar, Tamang, Brahmin, Kshetri, Newar and other castes here have their own culture, customs and traditions. Ghanthu, Sorathi, Serka, Thado Bhaka, Jhyaure, Chudka, Bhajan and other ethnic identities are among the ethnic identities here.

Lamjung's economy is based on agriculture, animal husbandry and foreign employment. Paddy, maize, vegetables and potatoes are the main livelihoods of the farmers here. The lack of local markets, low prices and production costs have not been able to accelerate economic prosperity. The absence of large-scale industries, small handicrafts and industrial activities have also been limited, which has not resulted in the creation of sustainable employment.

People have not stopped coming to Chitwan, Pokhara and Kathmandu in search of quality education, health and a comfortable life. According to Haribabu Thapa, head of Marsyangdi Multiple Campus, roads, education, health, drinking water supply, and electricity generation are being developed. People's lives are also improving than before. However, he says that if animal husbandry and herbal cultivation in the high hills, sour fruits and rural tourism in the mid-hills are managed, the standard of living here will improve. If quality schools and hospitals are established, the citizens of this district will stay in their own district.

Local youth are migrating to India, Gulf countries and cities for employment, quality lifestyle and studies. ‘It is difficult to support a family with agriculture alone, young people are forced to go abroad for employment,’ he said.

The number of people from Lamjung who are recruited into the British, Singaporean, French, and Indian armies is also high. The number of people who go to developed countries is also high. More than that, there are people who have gone to Europe and the Gulf countries. According to the 2078 census, there are 16,871 people abroad for foreign employment or other purposes. There are 14,762 men and 2,109 women. Rural areas, some villages a little closer to the city are empty. Only the elderly are found in some villages.

Lack of employment, weak basic infrastructure, and delays in good governance are highlighted as the weaknesses of Lamjung. Hydropower, tourism, and agricultural modernization are the main possibilities of this district. According to hotelier Ram Kumar Shrestha, local residents expect employment, quality education and health facilities, transparent governance and sustainable infrastructure development. ‘This district is rich in natural resources, but its utilization and prosperity of the community should be through people-oriented planning,’ he said. He emphasized the need to create permanent employment in the future, connect local products to the market network and make services accessible. ‘It’s not that it’s not happening here, we shouldn’t even make that statement,’ he said, ‘The more opportunities we can provide, the more opportunities we can create, the more the people of Lamjung will benefit.’

Citizens complain that the expectation of good governance is not met due to paperwork, irregularities and time-consuming practices in the local service process. Citizens complain that in some government works, they are not working according to their capacity and qualifications, they are working in departments other than their own, and there are problems even when technical employees are doing administrative work.

Complaints have been filed with the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority against local levels in Lamjung. According to the latest annual report of the Authority, there have been complaints about receiving more money for doing less work or not doing more work and about contractors working in the name of the Consumers' Committee.

Complaints have also been received about not following the standards while digging roads, using substandard materials and passing bills by technicians after making incorrect assessments. There have also been complaints about disbursing social security allowances in the names of deceased or migrated people, and about fuel and repairs of vehicles.

Almost all municipalities had issued a press release regarding the issue of social security allowance withdrawal and informed that the problem had been resolved. Similarly, there have been complaints about exploiting rivers like Marsyangdi, Dordi, and Chepe by violating environmental impact assessments. There have also been complaints about hiring close people on contracts without following the procedure and appointing teachers in collusion with the school management committee and the municipality.

There is no local level in Lamjung that is not corrupt. According to the latest data from the Auditor General's Office, the total amount of uncollected funds in Lamjung municipalities is over 210 million as of the end of the fiscal year 2080/81. The largest number of uncollected funds are in Rainas Municipality, Madhya Nepal Municipality, Besisahar Municipality, and Sundar Bazaar Municipality.

In development construction, non-payment of the payment to the consumer committee on time, non-deduction or double-counting of social security allowances, travel expenses of employees and public representatives, fuel, meeting allowances exceeding the specified standards, and revenue outstanding from stone, ballast, and sand contracts have been seen. Most of the uncollected funds are of the nature of 'documents to be submitted and regularized' rather than 'recovery'.