Profile of Binduri District
The Binduri District is one of the 2012 two newly created districts in the Upper East Region of Ghana curved out of the Bawku Municipal. It is located in the North-Eastern part of the Upper East Region of Ghana. It covers a total land area of 402 square kilometers. It shares boundaries to Burkina Faso to the north, Garu district to the south, Bawku Municipality to the east and Bawku West district to the west.
The district has six (6) sub-districts namely: Aniisi/Kukparigu, Atuba/Nafkolga, Bazua, Binduri Central, Manga/Goore, and Zawse/Bansi. There are 82 communities with 164 active innovative health volunteers in the district. Binduri Central is the district capital located in the approximate geographical Centre of the district.
The district has 41 health facilities; two private hospitals, 4 health centres, 33 CHPS, 2 clinics. The district has a total workforce of 281 staff.
The projected district population for the year 2024 stood at 81,968. This was projected from the 2021 population and housing census. The district has gender population ratio of 51.3% for females and 48.7% for males, expected pregnancy of 327, WIFA of 19672 and under-five population of 15164. The district has a total fertility rate of 3.6 percent which is higher than the regional fertility rate of 3.4 percent
The climate of the district is characterized by two main seasons; dry and wet, which are influenced by North-East trade winds and South-West Monsoon winds respectively.
There are four major tribes dominating in the Binduri district. These include: Kusasi, Bimobas, Bossasi, and Moshi.
The majority of the people in the district are not able to read and write in any language. Of a literate population of 17,228 persons who are 11 years and older, 65.8 percent can read and write English language only, 31.1 percent are literate in English and Ghanaian language, while 2.9 percent are literate in Ghanaian language only.
The Binduri District has a high proportion (80.9%) of its population 15 years and older being economically active with only 19.1 percent being economically not active. The employment situation in the district is very good with as high as 99.1 percent being employed with less than one percent (0.9%) being unemployed.
Agriculture is the mainstay of the economy employing as high as 84.3 percent of the employed population. The agriculture, forestry and fishing industry has the majority of the employed (83.9%) population 15 years and older. Majority of the employed population in the district are self-employed, with those who have no employees constituting 65.6 percent. Majority of households in the district (50.6%) drink borehole/tube well /pump follow by protected well (22.2%) and unprotected well 12.1 percent. Borehole (49.3%) is the main source of water for other domestic use follow by protected well (22.4%) and unprotected well 12.0 percent. Majority of households in the district (83.7%) have no toilet facilities. The proportion using the public toilet is 6.4% whiles 5.3 percent use pit latrine.
There are many forms of waste disposal methods in the district with public dump (open space) accounting for (31.5%) follow by burned by the household (27.3%) whiles dump indiscriminately and collected constitute 15.8 and 11.1 percent respectively.
Binduri District Health Directorate
P. O, Box 18
Bawku. Upper East Region
GPS Address: UU-0306-3998
Tel: 0243447548, 0208775471
Email Address: binduridhd@gmail.com ,binduri.dhduer@ghs.gov.gh
