What’s happening in Pajang?

Pajang is on the border of Sukoharjo and at the entrance of the city. There are many educational institutions and small-scale batik producers. North Pajang has much better services and access to the city than south Pajang.

This Mini Atlas collects information about Pajang so everyone can see and understand what is going on. Information about the condition of services can help

A S S E T S

PAJANG NEIGHBORHOOD MAP

PA JA N G AT L A S

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Pajang’s Location in Solo

Family income is spread among different employment sectors. This is an asset as income diversity means even if one sector has a crisis, not everyone in the Kelurahan is negatively affected.

Sungai Jenes in Pajang

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JL. K

AGOKAN

JL. SEKARJGAT

JL. TRANSITO I

0 250 500 m.

Population = 24,292# Households (HH) = 5,079Average HH size = 4.7

PAJANG FAMILIES PROFILE

Good transportation connections

High number of poor families compared to other Kelurahan

Pollution and flooding along the river is bad for health

Institutional and commercial center

What are Pajang’s assets? What are potential issues?

Public water service is lowBalanced workforce, batik factories, skilled batik workers

JL. TRANSITO

JR. DR. RAJMAN

JL. J

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KIR

Sungai Brojo

Sungai Jenes

Pop. by Age60+50 – 5940 – 4930 – 3920 – 2910 – 190 – 9

EDUCATION

% AGE 7 – 18 NOT IN SCHOOL

OUT OF SCHOOL

5% of children

5% of children are

out of school, a little

above the Kecamatan

average of 4%.

Public schools are

well distributed

throughout

Pajang.

How can education

opportunities be

improved for Pajang’s youth?

WATER

PUBLIC WELLS

4%

PDAM

10%

PRIVATE WELLS

63%

Are all residents satisfied with the

service of PDAM and the use of

private wells? PDAM service is especially low in

the south area of Pajang.

0 – 1 % 1 – 22 % 22 – 95 %

% HOUSEHOLDS WITH PDAM

KEL. PRIVATE WELLS

KEC. PRIVATE WELLS

SANITATION

Public = 7%Private = 73%

No Data = 20%

PUBLIC versus PRIVATE WC

73% of households have access

to private sanitation. The Kec.

average is 76%. Few people use public toilets.

There are only 4

public toilets in an

area of over 20,000

inhabitants.

KEL. PRIVATE WC

KEC. PRIVATE WC

30 – 50 % 50 – 76 % 76 – 100 %

% HOUSEHOLDS WITH PRIVATE WC

What can be

done to make

Pajang safer from flooding

and reduce pollution from

batik factories?

% HOUSEHOLDS WITH LAND TITLE

5 – 50 % 50 – 79 % 79 – 100 %

LAND TITLES =

84%

HOUSING

Are the needs of non-

registered renters being

addressed? Many non-

registered renters are students

and workers in the north area.

A large number of

people have

land tenure, more than the

Kecamatan average of 79%.

ECONOMY / POVERTYTOP 4

OCCUPATIONS

Manufacturer = 15%

Civil Servants = 20%

Small Traders = 25%

Laborer = 40%

% HOUSEHOLDS IN POVERTY

0 – 13 % 13 – 50 %

The balance

and diversity

of employment

sectors is an asset.

POVERTY RATE = 15%Poverty is higher than the

Kecamatan rate, which is 13%.

KEL. POVERTY

KEC. POVERTY

HEALTH

1 – Sanitation

2 – Pollution

TOP 2 HEALTH ISSUES

MOST COMMON HEALTH

PROBLEM

1 – Dengue

What can residents do to improve

awareness about how the river

environment affects people’s health?

Health epidemics are perceived to be connected

to the quality of river water. Since two rivers are

located in Pajang, the community’s health may

be strongly linked to the river.

0 – 1 % 4 – 25 % 25 – 48 %

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PROJECT SPONSORS:

Kantor Keluharan (Community Center)

Masjid

School

Market

Hospital

Area of Flooding

River

SOURCE: UO Kelurahan Survey,

Google Earth, Bakosurtanal

DATE: Dec. 2009

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