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Gewog at a Glance

Gewog Profile (Description):

At an altitude ranging from 2600 to 3500 meters above sea level, Saephoog gewog is situated en-route to Trongsa, located north eastern part of Wangduephodrang dzongkhag. One can reach Saephoog gewog centre after three hours’ drive from Wangdue dzongkhag by passing the rough highway road, made due to the stone quarry and road widening along the highway. The gewog compromises of five chiwogs (Buso-Zeri, Rukubjee, Longtoed, Bumilog and Nakha) with the total of 331 households and 1505 population. Saephoog consists of an estimated area of 110801.221758 ha, which is highest among the other gewogs under Wangdue. The chiwogs are scattered each other but the households under individual chiwogs are nucleated.

Saephoog Gewog enjoys a temperate climate with mostly rugged terrain and snow fall during winter. The Gewog has high potential for livestock and has established one milk processing unit one at Rukubjee. Potato cultivation dominates among the agriculture farming activities and most of the productions were sold to Punatshangchu project through farmers group.

During the cordyceps season (June) the villagers used to migrate to the highland for cordyceps collection leaving behind those who can’t afford to walk. The Gewog Administration used to issue three permits per household for the duration of one month. It is one of the main sources of income for Saephoog farmers.

Most of the villages under Saephoog enjoy the basic needs like electricity, rural water supply scheme, farm road and telecommunication. Total the Gewog has connected 53.032 km of farm roads to villages as of now, which made it easier for farmers to transport their products to the nearest market.

The government infrastructure like schools, RNR and Basic health unit were also established for service delivery. Community banking with the facilities like cash transaction (BDBL only), photocopy, half photo and on-line services was operational in the year 2013 with one operator where it benefits the farmers in terms of time consumption and transportation expenses.

Out of 7 communities and 1 private owned lhakhang, The WangdueGoenpa lhakhang has a monastic education center at present.

Local Government
Gewog Name:	Saephoog
Geographical Location
Total Area (sq.kms)	110801.221758 ha,
་ Total No. of Chiwog	5
GT Member	Name		Designation	Gender	Remarks
	Rinchen Penjor		Gup	Male
	Sangay Dorji		Magmi	Male
	Passang		Tshogpa	Male	Bumilog
	Tashi Dorji		Tshogpa	Male	Buso
	Kumbu Dorji		Tshogpa	Male	Longtoed
	Phurba		Tshogpa	Male	Nakha
	Dawa Tshering		Tshogpa	Male	Rukubjee
Community center	1 (Gewog Center)
Total Population	Male	Female				Total
	675	830				1505(Data collected through health annual census)
Total No. of Villages	20
No. of Households	331
Business License Holder	16
Household with BBS and cable TV	280

Agriculture
RNR extension centers	1
Farmer’s Group	3 (Nakha Samdrup Tshonglay Detshen/ Sephu Phuensum Tshetshey Detshen/ Rubjib- Bumilo Gonor Namdrel Detshen)
Irrigation schemes	Number	KMS
	0	0
No of Community forest	7 ( 2 are in Pending, Nakha and Longmaed) (5 approved, Longroed, Gangchukha, Bumilog, Rukubjee and Wangoen)
Total Forest Coverage

Education
No. of Schools	HSS		MSS		PS		ECR		NFE		TOTAL
No. of Schools					2				1		3
No. of Students	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Male	Female	Total
No. of Students
Rukubjee PS					64	60				5	124
Sephu PS					60	50					110
No. of Teachers	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	Total
No. of Teachers					6	6			1	0	12
Teacher student ratio			School……1:19/ NFE………1:5

Health
Hospital/BHUs/ORCs	Hospital		་ BHU		ORC		Total
	0		1		2		3
RWSS Coverage	No. Household With RWSS coverage	Percentage (%)		No. of Household Without RWSS coverage		Percentage (%)
	325	98.6%		6 (Temporary Shed and New construction house)		1.4%

Electricity
Household electrified	No.	%	Household without Electrified	No.	%
Household electrified	331	100%	Household without Electrified	0	0%

Tele-communication
Village with Mobile network	20 (B-Mobile and Tashi Cell)
Village without mobile network	0

Roads Networks
GC Roads (KMS)
Farm Roads (KMS)	53.032 KM

Religion & Culture
Lhakhangs	Govt. Owned	Community	Private	Total
Lhakhangs		7	1	8

Local Government
Village Name Population	Village	Male	Female	་Total
	1. Rukubjee	58	69	127
	2. Chazam	17	20	37
	3. Daliting	12	15	27
	4. Meri	4	5	9
	5. Phenchimeri	10	15	25
	6. Bumilog	90	107	197
	7. Rivana	41	40	81
	8. Longmaed	17	20	37
	9. Longtoed	14	18	22
	10. Gangchukha	32	35	67
	11. Dechenphakha	42	58	100
	12. Nongtru	50	58	108
	13. Lubzur	70	67	137
	14. Darilog	30	41	71
	15. Wangdue Goenpa	38	57	95
	16. Buso	57	61	118
	17. Zeri	28	52	80
	18. Lamji	22	29	51
	19. Nakha	24	42	66
	20. Serthang	19	31	50
	Total……………………	675	830	1505

Civil Infrastructure

Sl			Name	Year of const.		Remarks/Issues
1			Gewog Office	2008
2			RNREC	2009
3			BHU/Hospitals/ORC	1990
4			Forest Range Office	-----
5			Park Office (Wangchuk Centennial Park)	2011
6			Community Center	2013		Community Banking service is also availed.
7			Farmers Shop	2016		Used to sell necessary items and Agriculture tools.
8			Rukubjee Primary School	1990
9			Sephu Primary School	1991
No. of Farm Roads
Sl	Name						Length (KM)		Const. Year	Remarks
1	Boosa to Loobzor farm road						3.00		2010-11
2	Boosa to Lamji farm road						2.00		2011
3	Chenjapokto to Ribana farm road						5.00		2011-2012
4	Boosa to Zeri farm road						4.00		2011-2012
5	Chazam to Boosa farm road						3.90		2005
6	Rukubji approach road						1.00		------
7	Zamdangri to Wangoen farm road						2.90		2011
8	Chazam to Nakha farm road						9.50		-------
9	Gangchudor to Gangchukha farm road						2.00		2011
10	Choreygang to Serthang farm road						1.8		2014-15
11	Dechenphakha to Longtoed farm road						1.8		2014-15
12	Gakeythang to Dharilo						2.0		2015-
13	NPH to Longtoed Lhakhang						1.50		2012
14	NPH to Bumilog Lhakhang						0.22		2011
15	Rabo to Rabtse Goenpa						1.5		2014-2015
16	Lubzur to Lubzurphakha						0.85		2016-2017
17	NPH(Phenchimeri) to Daliting						2.5		2016-2017
18	NPH(Phenchimeri) to Namichen village						2.262		2015-2016
19	Rukubjee to Saechae via Brogona						4.8		2016-2017	Under-Construction
20	Tazagang to Buso-Dangri						0.50		2011-2012
	Total FR connected within Saephoog Gewog.						53.032
Livelihood
Sl		Name of the crop/livestock			Annual Production			Remarks/ Issues
1.		Yak/Cattle			233.44 MT			Butter, Cheese and Milk
2.		Cordyceps			78.842 Kg
3		Potato			913.34 MT
4		Vegetables (Radish/Cabbage)			179.18 MT

Cultural monuments

Sl	Name of Lhakhang	Description
1	Dechen Goenpa	Owned by group of five households from Longtoed.
2	Wangdue Goenpa	Owned by Buso Trulku. (monastic center)
3	Rukubjee	Community
4	Bumilog	Community
5	Dechenphakha	Community
6	Rabtse Goenpa	Owned by Buso Trulku (Retreat Center)
7	Chenji Pokto	Owned by Buso Trulku (Monastic center)
8	Gangchukha	Community.

Bridge

Sl no	Name and Type of bridge	Year of construction	Remarks
1	Zeri RCT girder Bridge	2015
2	Darilog Bailey Bridge	2015
3	Longmaed wooden Bridge	2015
4	Chazam	1982
5	Motor able Bailey Bridge	2017	Under-construction.

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Institutions

Sephu Primary School

Rukubji Primary School

Staff

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