Medtsho

Gewog Name: Maedtsho

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.

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.		Gup
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

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

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)