Shaba Gewog Profile

  1. Back ground

Shaba Gewog lies in the Centre of the Dzongkhag. The Geog has an area of 76.40 sq. km and has a boundary with Lamgong Gewog in the North, Lungni Gewog in the West and Dogar Gewog in the south. The Gewog experiences warm summer and cold winter with snow falls . The soil is  brown, Sandy clayey  loam in nature. The highest altitude recorded in the Gewog is 2850 metres approximately and lowest altitude recorded is to 2200  metres approximately above the sea level. The 90% of the population is dominated by Local people (Ngalong) and 10% are from different Dzongkhag .All Chiwogs are connected with farm roads.

 The Gewog Administration is provided with an Administrative Officer, Accountant, Engineer and three RNR Extension Officer to support the elected members to achieve all the planned activities. The  Gewog is dominated with number of Cultural & Religious sites among which Dra Karpo and Dongkala is one of the most happening buddhist piligrimage site. The Gewog is fully electrified and none of the village is left without electricity.

The iconic Bodhi tree is also located above Gewog Office .

  1. Statistics

1.

Total Area (sq. KM)

76.40

2

Altitude Range (M)

2200 to 2850

 

Total Population (Male)

3,258

 

Total Population (Female)

2,683

 

Total Village

23

 

Gewog Center Road (KM)

0.50

 

Total Farm Road (KM)

43.00

 

Communication Coverage(%)

100.00

 

Total Poverty(%)

0.00

 

Total Household

735

 

Total Gungtong

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Facilities

S/N

Facility

Number

Description (Distance from Gewog Office, Year of establishment, etc.)

Remarks

1)

Gewog Office

1

 

 

2)

RNR Centre

1

 

 

3)

School

4

2 HSS (1 private), 1PS, 1 ECCD

 

4)

BHU

Nil

 

 

5)

ORC

2

One at Nabesa & one nearby gewog office

 

6)

Community Center

1

Below gewog office

 

7)

Irrigation Canal

28  schemes

 

 

8)

Farm Road

14 Nos

 

 

9)

National Highway

1

 

 

10)

Bridges

1

 

 

11)

Number of Villages electrified

All villages

23 villages

 

12)

Number of household electrified

All households

735 hhs

 

iv. Local Government official

Position

Name

Contact Number

Gup

Sangay Lhamo

 

Mangmi 

Tempa Gyeltshen

 

Gewog Adminstrative Officer

Kinzang Choden

 

Gewog Accountant

Tshering

 

Gewog Engineer

Phub Thinley

 

Tshogpa ( Bjishikha – Phubana)

 

 

Tshogpa (Chukha-Goonjukha)

Yeshi Lhamo

 

Tshogpa (Dochorten-Nyephu)

Lotey Gyeltshen

 

Tshogpa (Drujyeldingkha)

 

 

Tshogpa (Bara-Zhungkarna)

 

 

Gewog Driver

Namgay

 

Gewog Caretaker

Renukha Ghalley

 

Gewog Agriculture

Tandin Tshewang

 

Gewog Livestock

Tashi

 

Forest

Phuba |Thinley

 

Gewog Technician

L.B Rai

Institutions

Staff

Tourism

No tourist destinations in this Gewog.