Yurung

Gewog At Glance

BACKGROUND

Yurung Gewog is located in the north western part of Pemagatshel Dzongkhag. The Gewog center is connected by a 42 km farm road via Denchi from the Dzongkhag headquarter. It is also accessible by feeder roads through Tsebar and Thongsa. It covers an area of about 28.42 sq. km with the elevation ranging from 1,275 to 2,975 meters above sea level and experiences an average annual rainfall of 1500 mm to 3000 mm. It shares its border with Chimung Gewog to the south west, Mongar Dzongkhag to the north, Khar Gewog to the south east, and Shumar Gewog to the east. The majority of its area is under broadleaf forest cover with moderate climate conditions.

Area:28.42 sq.km

Population (As per census data)	6610
Currently residing in village	632
Households	229
No. Chiwogs	5
No. of Village	33
No. of Gungtong	115

Agriculture Land

Land Types	Value (Acre)
Kamzhing (Dry Land)	1117.298
Chhuzing (Wet Land)	10.518
Orchard

Detail of Gewog Official

Sl.NO	Name	Designation	Contact Number
1	Sangay Thinley	Gup	17825734
2	Dendup Gyetshen	Mangmi	17688557
3	Yeshi Choden	GAO	77200229
4	Nima Tenzin	Thungo Tshogpa	17517850
5	Kelzang Namgay	Dungsingma Tshogpa	17517850
6	Ugyen Chogyal	Bangdala Tshogpa	17517850
7	Tsheing Dendup	Khominang Tshogpa	17517850
8	Sanagy Wangchuk	Khangma Tshogpa	77730818

Population Detail
SL.NO	Chiwogs	Residential Population		Total Residing Population	Gungtong	Present HH	Total Population
SL.NO	Chiwogs	Male	Female	Total Residing Population	Gungtong	Present HH	Total Population
1	Bangdala	20	32	52	23	23	513
2	Dungsingma	73	79	152	27	41	606
3	Khangma	130	153	283	12	106	927
4	Khominang	32	46	78	12	31	555
5	Thungo	20	38	58	41	28	511

No of Lhakhang and chorten

Sl.No	Chiwog	Total Lhakhang	Total Chorten
1	Khangma	12	41
2	Thungo		26
3	Dungsingma		23
4	Bangdala		19
5	Khominang		50

Number of pilgrimage sites ( neys )

Mortable Road within Gewog:

SL.No	Road Name	Length (Km)	HH Benefited
1	Magarna to Khangma	13	94
2	Chengri to Porila-Gyaphkha	4	11
3	Drukpang-Lhawoong	1	15
4	shinangwoong-Dungsingma	0.76	25
5	Perkheri-Leyshingri	2	19
6	Lower to Upper Khangma	4.98	27
7	Thungo to Bangdala	2.2	42
8	Leyshingri to Lower Khangma	1.15	14
9	Samfrangma to Phutungburi	1.38	6
10	Dungsingma to Lhawoong	2.5	17
11	Khangma Community Lhakhang approach road	0.23	8

Health Center

SL.NO	Name of Hospital	Location
1	Yurung PHC	Yurung
2	Khangma Sub-post	Khangma

iii. Health Service

Number of Hospitals: 0
Number of BHU: 2
Number of doctors: 0
Number of health workers: 3
Number of ORC: 0

Community Service

Number of Community Centre (CCs): 1
Number of G2C service provided by the CCs: 7-12 per month
Number of Virtual Zomdu Facility: 1

SL.NO	Name of Service provider	Location
1	BDBL (Rinchen Wangchuk)	Yurung
2	BPC (Bhim Bdr Subba)	Yurung
3	CC (Yoga Maya Chamlagai)	Yurung

Farmers associations/ group(Agriculture,Livestock/other)
SL.NO	Name of Farmer Association	Village	Agriculture/Livestock/Other	Status
1	Khangma Gonor Chithuen Detshen	Khangma	Livestock	Active
2	Yurung Sonam Dang Gonor Detshen	Yurung	Livestock	Active
3	Yurung Sonam Yarphel Detshen	Yurung	Agriculture
4	Khangma Momsey Detshen	khangma	Agriculture
5	Khangma pineapple grower group	khangma	Agriculture
6	Gangrig Sonam Gongphel Detshen	Thungo Bangdala	Agriculture