KHAMOED GEWOG PROFILE
Background
Geographical Information & its distinctive features
General Information
Gewog name: Khamoed
Area (sq. km): 148.90sq.km
Population (PHCB 2005):
Male: 562
Female: 495
Total: 1057
Population (Gewog civil registration)
Total: 807
Land use Type :( acre)
Dry Land: 151.86decimals
Wet Land: 293.68decimals.
Gup: Karma Tshering
Gewog administrative Officer: Yangka
Mangme: Ugyen Tshering
Gedrung: Samten Lhamo
No. of Households: 114 hhs
|
Sl.no |
Chiwog |
No. of HHs |
|
1 |
Damji |
25 |
|
2 |
Jabisa |
18 |
|
3 |
Gayza |
12 |
|
4 |
Basha |
37 |
|
5 |
Khailo |
22 |
|
Total |
114 |
|
Tshogpas:
1. Damji: Rinchen: 17496441
2. Jabisa: Gembo Gyeltshen 17123555
3. Gayza: Namgay 17408267
4. Basha: Gembo 17997750
5. Khailo: Kencho Wangdi 17997735
Chupen:
1. Damji: Kencho Pem
2. Jabisa: Gembo Thinley
3. Gayza: Pem
4. Basha: Thinley Pem
5. Khailo: Dorji Wangdi
(Damji Village under Khamoed Gewog, Gasa)
Total Civil Servant:
|
Sl.no |
Name of the organization |
No of Heads |
Remarks |
|
01 |
Gewog Administration |
10 nos |
5 Tshogpas, Gup, Mangme, Gaydrung and a Care Taker and GAO |
|
02 |
Education Sector |
45 nos |
Bjishong Autonomous Centre School (identified in 2014) |
|
03 |
Health Sector |
4 nos |
3 bedded |
|
04 |
RNR Sector |
3 nos |
|
|
05 |
DoR |
7 nos |
|
|
06 |
JDNP |
12nos |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total 81 nos |
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Number of Damji Business community (shopkeeper): 8 nos.
Total Arm Force: N/A
His Majesty’s Kidu Recipient:
- Needy Students: 20 (18 needy students receiving kidu and 2 Tarayana )
- Destitute: 2
- Land : 1(late Tenzin)
- Census :2
- Amnesty:
- Rehab programme:
- (Others) Strategic kidu recipient-
Institutional Information
|
Institutional/ Industrial Sectors |
Name of Institutes |
Location |
Remarks |
|
Education |
Bjishong Autonomous Centre School |
Bjishong |
20 Nos (18Needy Students receiving Kidu & 2 Tarayana ) |
|
Health |
Damji BHU II |
Damji |
3 bedded |
|
RNR |
|
Damji |
|
|
Gewog Admin. |
Gewog Centre |
Damji |
|
|
JDNP |
Jigme Dorji National Park |
Damji |
|
|
DoR |
Department of Roads |
Lapgang |
|
Road Network Information
|
Road Network & Bridges |
Distance / Length |
Category |
Remarks |
|
Thingtha |
120 ft |
Bailey Bridge |
|
|
Kukuna |
90 ft |
Bailey bridge |
|
|
Yemina |
90ft |
Bailey bridge |
|
|
Gathana |
90ft |
Bailey bridge |
|
|
Gayza |
90ft |
Bailey bridge |
|
|
Khailo |
4.5km |
Farm road |
2005 constructed |
|
Basha |
1.75km |
Farm road |
2008 constructed |
|
Jabisa |
4km |
Farm road |
2007 constructed |
|
|
|
|
|
Religious Institutions (Profile of important religious sites)
|
Name of Religious Centres (Shedra/ Dratsang/Lhakhang/ Drubdey / Gomdey) |
Numbers of Religious Personnel (Nuns/Monks/ Gomchens) |
Category (Pvt./ Community/ Govt.) |
Festivals (Date/ duration) |
Location |
Remarks (Head of Religious Centres/ Lams) |
|
Sibji Goenpa Shedra |
5 Monk Students |
Govt. |
- |
Basha Chiwog |
Lam Namgay Wangchuk |
|
Tsechu Drak |
- |
Govt. |
25th of the 2nd month in the Bhutanese calendar |
Basha Chiwog |
Priest |
|
Choeding Goenpa |
- |
Govt. |
- |
Damji Chiwog |
Priest |
|
Basha Lhakhang |
- |
Govt. |
- |
Basha Chiwog |
Priest |
|
Khailo Lhakhang |
- |
Govt. |
- |
Khailo Chiwog |
Priest |
Regional Offices /Organizations
- telecommunication facilities & its coverage: 100% BMobile and 100% of TCell covered in Khamoed Gewog
- Electricity & its coverage: 100% electrified in all the villages except Choeding Goenpa not connected
- Information on Environment: 80%
OTHER ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
- Background of most important historical institutions or monuments (individually), if possible with pictures: Zhabdrung’s Zhablham at Damji
- Influential & prominent people in the Gewog, including senior retired govt. servants with brief profile: MP Kinley Dorji (DPT )
- Special/ Unique practices preserved (such as Teercham): Goenzhey
- Richest households: all sufficient
- Main cash crop/staple diet: Potato and Paddy
- Potential (Cardamom/ginger/mandarin…): Paddy
- No. of civil servants: 82 nos
- Highest post holder in the civil servant: Chief Forestry Officer (JDNP)
- Literacy rate: 50%
Name of Villages
|
Sl . no |
Village |
Chiwog |
Location |
Remarks |
|
1 |
Damji |
Damji |
Damji |
Fr connected |
|
2 |
Potogang |
Damji |
Damji |
N/A |
|
3 |
Selikha |
Damji |
Damji |
FRC |
|
4 |
Selithikha |
Damji |
Damji |
N/A |
|
5 |
Bjishong |
Damji |
Damji |
N/A |
|
6 |
Jabisa |
Jabisa |
Jabisa |
Fr connected |
|
7 |
Bara |
Jabisa |
Jabisa |
Going on |
|
8 |
Kabilamkha |
Jabisa |
Jabisa |
Going on |
|
9 |
Sisibara |
Jabisa |
Jabisa |
Frc |
|
10 |
Tongmo |
Jabisa |
Jabisa |
N/A |
|
11 |
Gayza |
Gayza |
Gayza |
frc |
|
12 |
Kado |
Gayza |
Gayza |
N/A |
|
13 |
Zomina |
Gayza |
Gayza |
Fr c |
|
14 |
Basha |
Basha |
Basha |
Frc |
|
15 |
Jashidingkha |
Basha |
Basha |
Frc |
|
16 |
Thangkha |
Basha |
Basha |
Under Process |
|
17 |
Chalakha |
Basha |
Basha |
Frc |
|
18 |
Zhashukha |
Basha |
Basha |
Main road |
|
19 |
Yemina |
Basha |
Basha |
Main road |
|
20 |
Kabina |
Basha |
Basha |
Main road |
|
21 |
Gathana |
Basha |
Basha |
Main road |
|
22 |
Paniko |
Basha |
Basha |
Main road |
|
23 |
Chuchacha |
Basha |
Basha |
No hhs |
|
24 |
Yedo |
Basha |
Basha |
Going to be |
|
25 |
Chazhi |
Basha |
Basha |
Main road |
|
26 |
Dawoshing |
Basha |
Basha |
N/A |
|
27 |
Boedzhina |
Basha |
Basha |
N/A |
|
28 |
Khailo |
Khailo |
Khailo |
Fr connected |
|
29 |
Tashithang |
Khailo |
Khailo |
On the high way |
|
30 |
Amochu |
Khailo |
Khailo |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Frc: Farm Road Connected
