Dopshari Gewog Profile

I.          Back ground

Dop-Shar-ri Gewog comprises of 21 villages and 619 households. It lies in the east of the Dzongkhag. The Gewog shares its boundary with Doteng Gewog in the North and Hungrel Gewog in the south. Distance to Dop-shar-ri Gewog from Dzongkhag Administration is about 2kms

The Gewog is divided into 5 ChiwogsDuezhi_JipaJangsa_JookaJizhigang, Kempa_Kuduphu and Rinchhending_Shari. All the chiwogs are connected with farm roads with 98% of the households have piped drinking water facilities and 100% households have electricity connections. It has a total population of 3180 out of which 1590 is male and 1590 is female.

The economy is based on agriculture, mainly dry land and wetland cultivation of paddy, wheat, potatoes, apples and dairy products.

 

II.        Statistics

1)

Area

33.89 sq. km     

2)

Altitude Range

2260-3700meters

3)

Forest Coverage

72%

4)

Number of Chiwogs

5

5)

Number of Villages

21

6)

Number of Households

619

7)

Population                                                        

3180

8)

Male

1590

9)

Female

1590

10)

Special Needs

12

                                               

III.       Facilities

 

Facility

Number

Description (Distance from Gewog Office, Year of establishment, etc.)

Remarks

1)

Gewog Office

1

It was estd. in the year 2008 and its located Shari chiwog

 

2)

RNR Extension

1

It was established in the year 2008 is located within Gewog office boundary

 

3)

School

1

Founded on 10th Feb, 2000 as community school and upgraded to Higher Secondary School in 2007. Distance to school is about 1.5km from Gewog office

 

4)

BHU

0

NA

 

5)

ORC

1

5kms from the Gewog Office and its located in Jizhigang. Maintenance work in process

 

6)

Community Center

1

Estd. On 2017, CC is located within the Gewog compound

 

7)

Irrigation Canal

18.32kms

Tadingkha-Chothakha, Bara Thachukha-JukaJangsa, Drapikhimjap, GI sheet IC,Kuduphu, Bamzingkha, Tadingkha, Gangyur

 

8)

Farm Road

21.33kms

Rechukha-Shari, Richukha-Menchuna, Bara-Rinchhending, Rimdotselkha-Bemzingkha, Najikha-Hungrelkha, Chimakha-Menchuna, DuezhiTangkatse-JipaTajekha, Tajomo-Bemzhingkha, Jangsa, Kempa-Kuduphu, Damchengom, Tadzong-Damchena, Tadzong-Jeshigang

 

9)

National Highway

0

NA

 

10)

Bridges

3

One suspension bridge located at Jangsa, one motorable bridge near town and one is under construction at Damji

 

11)

Number of Villages electrified

21

100% coverage

 

12)

Number of household electrified

619

100% coverage

 

13)

Number of  village  with RWSS scheme

21

100 % coverage

 

14)

Number of household with RWSS

600

98% coverage

 

 

 

IV.       LAND USE

 

Type of Land use               

Acres

1)

Dry land                                

           

417.34 Acres 

2)

Wet land                                

519.90 Acres

3)

Vegetable production                                        

651.30 Acres

4)

Fruit production                                                 

175.76 Acres

                       

VI.       LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS

Local Government officials

Sl.no.

Name

Designation/Location

Contact No.

1.

TsheringDorji

Gup

 

2.

 

Mangmi

 

3.

 

Duezhi_JipaTshogpa

 

4.

 

Jangsa_JookaTshogpa

 

5.

 

JizhigangTshogpa

 

6.

 

Kempa_KuduphuTshogpa

 

7.

 

Rinchhending_ShariTshogpa

 

8.

Tshering Norbu

Gewog Administrative Officer

 

9.

TsheringDorji

Gaydrung

 

10.

JyotiBala Rai

Accountant

 

11.

PremBdr. Giri

Livestock Health Supervisor

 

12.

Delma

Sr. Agriculture Extension Supervisor I

 

13.

Tenzin Zangpo

Forest Ranger

 

14.

ChunduDorji

Gewog Engineer

 

15.

RinchenChundue

Driver

 

16.

Karma Thonjay

Care Taker

 

17.

Ugyen Drukpa

Technician

 

18.

KhanduZam

CC Manager