Name of the Gewog: Gangzur

1. Brief Background of the Gewog:

Among the 205 gewogs in the country, Gangzur gewog is located to the extreme east-north next to Kurtoe gewog under Lhuentse dzongkhag. The gewog covers an area of approximately 536 sq kms and the gewog has altitudes ranging from 1200 to 2800 meters above sea level. High ridges; steep slopes, deep gorges and lowland in some areas characterize the topography. It has warm summer and cold winter. The Gewog has 568 household but officially recorded is 452 households, with total population of 5067out of which 2629 are male and 2438 are female. Gewog office is located at Thimyul under Nimshong-tongling chiwog which fall in the centre. Gup as an elected chairperson looks after all the development activities and Gewog Tshogde is the highest decision making body in the gewog.

Gangzur Gewog is connected with blacktopped road, to reach Gewog center from Dzongkhag one have to travel 10 kms. For administrative purpose the Gewog is divided into 5 Chiwogs with a Tshogpa each, the Chiwog is further divided into villages comprising of few households and this makes a total of 30 villages scattered across the Gewog. Gup as an elected chairperson looks after all the development activities and Gewog. The Gewog is near to Lhuentse Dzongkhag throme. The Gewog is accessible by motor able roads, electricity and water supply (RWSS).The Gewog continuely practice age old custom and tradition. The people in the Gewog mostly depend on agriculture and livestock product and Farmers travel to Lhuentse vegetable market to sell their products.

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5. Civil Servant: (Head/Incharge of the schools, PHC and other offices)