Wangchang Gewog Profile
I. Back ground
The Gewog administration is located just opposite to Paro College of Education,Paro and has a total area of 34.2 Sq.Kms of which 6377.50 acres are covered by forest and it has an elevation ranging from 2,200 to 2,340 meters above the sea level. The gewog lies in the center of the Dzongkhag. The gewog shares its boundary with Dopshari and Hungrel gewog in the Northeast and East, in the North it shares with lamgong gewog, in the South with Lungnyi and Shaba gewogs and in the West with Lamgong gewog.Wangchang gewog has a plain area with agricultural land use dominated by wetland followed by dry land cultivation. In the wetland they mostly grow paddy and wheat, in the dry lands are mainly apple orchards. The gewog is considered as one of the prosperous gewogs because of its proximity to the National High Way and farm road accessibility to all five chiwogs and villages
II. Statistics
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1) |
Area |
34.2 sq.kms |
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2) |
Altitude Range |
2200 to 2340 meters |
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3) |
Forest Coverage |
6377.50 acres |
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4) |
Number of Chiwogs |
5 |
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5) |
Number of Households |
658 |
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6) |
Population |
3311 |
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7) |
Male |
1666 |
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8) |
Female |
1645 |
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9) |
Special Needs |
34 |
III. Facilities
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Facility |
Number |
Description (Distance from Gewog Office, Year of establishment, etc.) |
Remarks |
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1) |
Gewog Office |
1 |
2007 |
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2) |
RNR Extension |
1 |
2010 |
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3) |
School |
5 |
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3 pvt school (YoezerlingHS,Yoezerling PS&Tshenden PS) |
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4) |
Community Center |
1 |
Near Gewog office |
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5) |
Irrigation Canal |
12km |
NA |
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6) |
Farm Road |
43.6km |
NA |
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7) |
Number of Villages electrified |
100 percent |
NA |
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8) |
Number of household electrified |
100 percent |
NA |
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10) |
Number of household with RWSS |
323hhs |
NA |
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IV. TYPE OF LAND USE
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Type of Land use |
Acres |
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1) |
Dry land
|
182.84 Acres |
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2) |
Wet land |
500.82 Acres |
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3) |
Orchard |
246.12 |
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4) |
Kitchen Garden |
25.30 |
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5) |
Other built up& forest coverage |
4146.81 |
LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
|
Name |
Designation |
Contact no
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|
Gyelpo Tshering |
Gup |
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|
Passang |
Mangmi |
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Tshogpa(Chamedthangka-Khangkhu) |
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Tshogpa(Gaptey-Olathang) |
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|
Phuntsho |
Tshogpa(Nakha-Mendi) |
|
|
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Tshogpa(Namkar-Dungkar) |
|
|
Dolay Tshering |
Tshogpa(Chang-Jangtena) |
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|
|
GAO (Currently vacant) |
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|
Dechen Zangmo |
Accountant |
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|
Sonam Norbu |
Agriculture |
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|
Kinzang Choden |
Livestock |
|
|
Tshewang Nidup |
Forestry |
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