Dzongkhag at a Glance
| Dzongkhag at A Glance | |||
| Paro Dzongkhag, 2024 | |||
| INDICATORS | YEAR | ||
| 1. GENERAL | 2024 | ||
| Geographical Characteristics | |||
| Area (sq. km) | 1287.13 | ||
| Altitude (masl.) | 2000 to 5600 | ||
| Administrative Tiers (Nos.) | 2024 | ||
| Dungkhags | 0 | ||
| Gewogs | 10 | ||
| Chiwogs | 50 | ||
| Villages | 227 | ||
| Gungtong | 6 | ||
| 2. POPULATION (Projected) | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Total | 50,922 | 51,912 | 52,901 |
| Male | 25,944 | 26,402 | 26,859 |
| Female | 24,979 | 25,510 | 26,042 |
| Population density (per sq. km) | 39.7 | 39.0 | 38.3 |
| 3. POVERTY RATE (TERMINAL) | 2022 | ||
| Consumption Poverty Rate (%) | 6.0 | ||
| Multi-dimensional Poverty Rate (%) | 1.2 | ||
| 4. HEALTH | |||
| Infrastructure (Nos.) | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Hospitals | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Indigenous Units | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Primary Health Centres (PHC) | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Sub Post/Health Post/Health Unit | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Outreach Clinics | 21 | 21 | 21 |
| With Sheds | 19 | 19 | 19 |
| Without Sheds | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Ambulance | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Health Personnel (Nos.) | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Doctors | 8 | 3 | 3 |
| Dungtshos (Indegenious Doctor) | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Sowai Menpa (Indegenious Medical Technicians) | 3 | 33 | 33 |
| Nurses | 33 | 23 | 23 |
| Technicians | 23 | ||
| Health Indicators | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Infant Mortality Rate (Per 1,000 live births) | … | … | 4.7 |
| Crude Birth Rate (Per 1,000 population) | … | … | … |
| Crude Death Rate (Per 1,000 population) | … | … | … |
| Maternal Mortality Rate (%) | 0 | ||
| Doctors per bed | … | 6.3 | 6.3 |
| Birth attended by trained personnel (%) | … | 99.2 | 99.2 |
| Under one immunization coverage (%) | 99% | 99% | 99% |
| Sanitation | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Rural water supply coverage (%) | 99.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Rural population access to safe drinking water supplies (%) | 99.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Rural population access to improved sanitation (%) | 78.0 | 99.4 | 99.4 |
| 5. EDUCATION | |||
| Number of educational institutes (Includes pvt. Nos) | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Tertiary Institute under RUB | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Central Schools | 2 | … | … |
| Higher Secondary Schools | 9 | 7 | 7 |
| Middle Secondary Schools | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Lower Secondary Schools | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Primary Schools | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Extended Class Room | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Non Formal Education Centres (NFE) | 11 | 11 | 10 |
| Early Child Care and Development Centres | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| Other Institutes(Includes special institutes, vocational institutes & sankrit patshala) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Educational Indicators (Includes private schools) | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| School enrolment (Nos.) | 11,233 | 10,693 | 11,078 |
| Male | 5,395 | 5,121 | 5,322 |
| Female | 5,838 | 5,572 | 5,756 |
| Teachers (Nos.) | 728 | 720 | 729 |
| Male | 359 | 371 | 378 |
| Female | 369 | 349 | 351 |
| Pupil-teacher Ratio | 15.4 | 14.9 | 15.2 |
| NFE Instructors | 11 | 11 | 10 |
| Male | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Female | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| NFE learners (Nos.) | 88 | 108 | 111 |
| Male | 0 | 3 | 41 |
| Female | 88 | 105 | 70 |
| 6. AGRICULTURE | |||
| Land Registration by Type | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Dry land (acres) | 7,128.10 | 7,128.10 | 7,128.10 |
| Wet land (acres) | 4,597.79 | 4,597.79 | 4,597.79 |
| Orchard (acres) | 1,697.12 | 1,697.12 | 1,697.12 |
| Irrigation channels (kms) | 212 | 212 | 212 |
| Functional | 108 | 108 | 108 |
| Non- functional | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Power tillers (Nos.) | 617 | 617 | 617 |
| Agriculture Extension Centres | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Agriculture Seed Production Farms | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Electric fencing (Nos.) | 41 | 41 | 41 |
| Electric fencing (kms.) | 171 | 171 | 171 |
| Farm sales shops (Nos.) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Renewal Natural Resources (RNR) | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| RNR extension Centres (Nos.) | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Livestock (Nos.) | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Veterinary Hospitals | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Livestock Extension Centres | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Regional Veterinary Laboratories (RLDC) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Fishery Farms | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Poultry farms | 44 | 45 | 45 |
| Milk processing unit | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Piggery farms | 31 | 23 | 28 |
| Forestry | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Territorial Division HQs | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Range Offices | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Forest Managament Units | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Beat Offices | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Community Forest (acreas) | 5,013 | 5,013 | 5,013 |
| Nursery (Nos.) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Forest Cover (%) | 57 | 57 | 57 |
| Biological corridor-01 (protected areas (sq km)) | 256 | 256 | 256 |
| 7. EMPLOYMENT | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Labour Force (Nos.) | 32,896 | … | 41,336 |
| Male | 15,987 | … | 20,979 |
| Female | 16,908 | … | 20,357 |
| Un-employed (Nos.) | 1,172 | … | 1,218 |
| Population Involved in Agriculture (%) | 33.0 | … | 38.0 |
| Un-Employment Rate | 6.1 | … | 4.6 |
| Labour Force Participation Rate | 58.1 | … | 63.7 |
| 8. TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATION | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Length of Road (Kms.) | |||
| Dzongkhag Roads | 30.4 | 30.4 | 30.4 |
| Thromde Roads | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Gewog Connectivity Roads | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Farm Roads | 177 | 177 | 177 |
| Forest Roads | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Motorable Bridges (Nos.) | 21 | 21 | 21 |
| Non-Motorable Bridges (Nos.) | … | … | … |
| Telephone Connections (Nos.) | 1,454 | … | … |
| Internet Lease Line Connections (Nos.) | … | … | … |
| Internet Broadband Connection (Nos.) | … | … | … |
| Cable TV operators | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Taxis (Nos.) | … | … | … |
| Buses Operating (Nos.) | … | … | … |
| 9. TRADE & INDUSTRIES (Nos.) | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Trade, Hotels and restaurents | 689 | 689 | 689 |
| Industries | 362 | 362 | 362 |
| Constructions | 153 | 153 | 153 |
| 10. TOURISM (Nos.) | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Tourists visited | … | … | … |
| 11. ELECTRICITY | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Households Electrified (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Units Consumed (MU) | … | … | … |
| 12. RELIGION & CULTURE (Nos.) | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Religious Institutions | 183 | 183 | 183 |
| Religious Monuments | 512 | 512 | 512 |
| 13. PUBLIC FINANCE-Financial Year (Mill. Nu.) | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 |
| Budget Outlay | 1,233.487 | 1,045.941 | 1078.460 |
| Current | 732.678 | 750.843 | 954.350 |
| Capital | 500.809 | 295.098 | 124.110 |
| Expenditure | 1,193.678 | 1,022.147 | 1053.436 |
| Current | 719.614 | 749.871 | 949.293 |
| Capital | 474.064 | 272.276 | 104.143 |