Gewog Name: Maedtsho

  1. Background

Maedtsho gewog is known to be one of the most remotes geog in Lhuntse Dzongkhag where it has the distance of 22 km from the main road point (Gorgan). The gewog is connected with farm road. Among the eight gewog Maedtsho gewog is identified as the poverty area gewog.There are 250 households with population of 2739 which comprises of 1381 male and 1358 female. People of the Maedtsho geog mainly depend on agriculture and livestock product for their lively hood and income generation. Among all people of Maedtsho geog is taking keen interest in agriculture production, where farm road is very necessary tools for the famers of the geog in order to market their product and for farm mechanism and Gewog has been electrified by rural electricity project and had mobile coverage with 3G services. The Gewog has been recently blessed with Opening of Mini Hydropower Project of 32 MW at Yungichhu.

 

  1. Gewog at a glance

1

Gewog

Maedtsho

2

Gewog centre

Maedtsho Gewog center

3

No. of  villages

24

4

No. of Chiwog

Five(Gortshom,Onggar,Bamdhir-Yurung,Tongthrom-Obee,Zhongmaed)

5

Total No. of household

250

6

Total Population

2739

7

No. of Schools

One primary And one Extension school(Gortshom Primary School and Ongar ECR)

8

No. of Bridges

4 (Silibe Bridge,Zhongmaed bridge,Two Onngar bridge)

9

No. of BHU/ORC

One BHU and three ORC(Ongar,Bamdhir and Zhongmaed )

10

No. of Lhakhangs

11(4 private and seven Government)

11

No. of Chortens

32 nos.

12

Road connectivity

All village connected except for Yamalung Ney under Onggar Chiwog  and Nimalhawa village under Zhongmaed Chiwog.

13

Electricity facilities

100% coverage

14

Soil type

Sandy clay loam

15

Climate

Warm summer and cold winter with annual average rainfall ranges from 1000 to 1500mm

17

 maximum altitude (meter above the sea level)

2400 masl

18

 minimum altitude (meter above the sea level)

900 ,msal

 

 

 

 

   3. Staff information (LG Members)

Sl. No

Name

Designation

Contact No.

1.

Chedup Sonam Lhendup

Gup

17962983

2.

Phuntsho Wangdi

Mangmi

17543382

3.

Kunzang Tshering

Gortshom Tshogpa

17877576

4

Tashi Namgay

Onggar Tshogpa

17645638

5

Ugyen Wagmo

Tongthrom Tshogpa

77357514

6

Tshewang Tenzin

Zhongmaed Tshogpa

17674467

7

Yeshi Dorji

Bamdhir Tshogpa

17948723

  1.  

 

  1. Civil Servants under Maedtsho Gewog

 

Sl. No

Name

Designation

Contact No.

1.

Sonam Zangmo

Gewog Administrative officer

17428150

2

Dawa Penjore

Driver

17319938

3

Tshoki

Caretaker

17544414

4

Kinley Dem

Community Service Executive

17683928

5

Sonam Norbu

Agriculture Extension

17596118

6

Surjay Gurung

Livestock Extension

17705441

7

Pema Choden

Health Assistant

17738252

8

Sonam Norbu

Caretaker

Nil

 

  1. Details of Chiwogs:

Sl. No

Name of the Chiwog

Name of the Village

No. of households *

1

Gortshom Chiwog

Drukla,Tongzibe,Gulipang,Gongdar,Tsangthrom-maed,Gortshom,Chnagshingpokpa,Singyebe,Yokpaling,Mukpakhar,Mangdhir,Chogomaed,Waney and Dulibe.

Total 108

 (8 Gungtong)

2

Tongthrom

Obee,Pangshing-Maed,Tongthrom,Dowaleptang

Total 35 (2 Gungtong)

3

Bamdhir

Yurung,Tshochen,Nimalhawa,Bamdhir,Balam,Thekarchen,Yumphu,Dongphunang.

Total 35 (7 Gungtong)

4

Onggar

Zowabee.Yeshingtoe.Tongshingtsawa.Pang.Gowashing.

Dongtoe.Thabsang.Gaipogoksum.Ongar.Kutambu.Lamtho.

Total 45

(7 Gungtong)

5

Zhongmaed

 Zhongmaed

Total 27(6 Gungtong)

  1. Crop, Vegetable and Fruit Productions.

 

Crops

Areas inAcres

Production in MT

Yield(kg/acres)

Paddy

164.94

306.7

1.86

Maize

420.46

712

1.70

Vegetables

292.5

116

2.52

Fruit trees

33.8

70.9

0.47

  1. KIDU REPORT

Kidu Recipient (2015)

Sl. no

Name

Village

CID no

House no

Thram no

1

Lhazom

Ongar

10607001028

Chaa-7-67

480

2

Sonam Nedup

Tsochen

10607001808

Chha-7-26

Nil