Tsento

Tsento Gewog Profile

I. Back ground

The Gewog office is 14 kms far from the Dzongkhag. It lies in the northern part of the dzongkhag with elevations ranging from 2000 to 5210 meters above the sea level. It has an area of 575.1 sq km of which 209.05sq.km is covered by forest.

It has 5 chiwogs and 21 villages with 487households. The Gewog experiences cool to extreme cold climate with annual temperature of 4-17 degree Celsius. It receives an annual rainfall of 280mm.

At present, Gewog has constructed 31 farm roads measuring 82 km to ensure easy access to all the community Apple and potato are the main cash crops while farmers also grow other crops and vegetables to sustain their livelihoods. There are 18 Lhakhangs out of which only 1 is government owned.

II. Statistics

1)	Area	575.1 sq km
2)	Altitude Range	2000-5210m
3)	Forest Coverage	146037 acres
4)	Number of Chiwogs	5
5)	Number of Villages	21
6)	Number of Households	487
7)	Population	5253
8)	Male	3171
9)	Female	2082
10)	Special Needs	319

III. Facilities

	Facility	Number	Description (Dist. from Gewog Office, Year of establishment, etc.)	Remarks
1)	Gewog Office	1	Jitshiphu (2008)
2)	RNR Centre	1	Jitshiphu(2008)
3)	School	5	Drukgyel Lower Secondary School, Drukgyel Higher Secondary School, Wangsel Institute, Ramtsekha Community School,Gunitsawa Community school
4)	BHU	1	Jitsjiphu
5)	ORC	3	Shari, Chari Zampa and Yaksa
6)	Community Center	1	Gewog Center
7)	Irrigation Canal	22 schemes
8)	Farm Road	18
9)	National Highway	1
10)	Bridges	21
11)	Number of Villages electrified	All 21
12)	Number of household electrified	All 487
13)	Number of village with RWSS scheme	19 schemes
14)	Number of household with RWSS	439 households