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 in Khamaed Gewog

                                                 (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

 

 

Number of Damji Business community (shopkeeper): 8 nos.

 

Total Arm Force: N/A

His Majesty’s Kidu Recipient:

  1. Needy Students: 20 (18 needy students receiving kidu and 2 Tarayana )
  2. Destitute: 2
  3. Land : 1(late Tenzin)
  4. Census :2
  5. Amnesty:
  6. Rehab programme:
  7. (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

  1. telecommunication facilities & its coverage: 100% BMobile and 100% of TCell covered in Khamoed Gewog
  2. Electricity & its coverage: 100% electrified in all the villages except Choeding Goenpa not connected
  3. Information on Environment: 80%

 

 

OTHER ESSENTIAL INFORMATION

 

  1. Background of most important historical institutions or monuments (individually), if possible with pictures: Zhabdrung’s Zhablham at Damji
  2. Influential & prominent people in the Gewog, including senior retired govt. servants with brief profile: MP Kinley Dorji (DPT )
  3. Special/ Unique practices preserved (such as Teercham): Goenzhey
  4. Richest households: all sufficient
  5. Main cash crop/staple diet: Potato and Paddy  
  6. Potential (Cardamom/ginger/mandarin…): Paddy
  7. No. of civil servants: 82 nos
  8. Highest post holder in the civil servant: Chief Forestry Officer (JDNP)
  9. 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