Khamoed

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

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

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

Total Arm Force: N/A

His Majesty’s Kidu Recipient:

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

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.	25^th of the 2^nd 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

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%

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%