Dopshari Gewog Explained

Official Name:Dopshari Gewog
Native Name:རྡོབ་ཤར་རི་
Settlement Type:Gewogs
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Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Bhutan
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Paro District
Unit Pref:Metric
Timezone:BTT
Utc Offset:+6

Dopshari Gewog (Dzongkha: རྡོབ་ཤར་རི་) is a gewog (village block) of Paro District, Bhutan.[1] In 2002, the gewog had an area of 36.7km2 and contained 24 villages and 299 households.[2]

The current gup (local mayor) of Dop Shari council or Gewog is Tshering. He is a former tour guide and businessman. He was elected democratically by the people of Dopshari council in 2015, and his tenure is for five years.

Eighty percent of the inhabitants are farmers whose main source of income is through the sale of vegetables, apple, rice and dairy products.

Dopshari Gewog has one senior higher secondary school which enrols 600–700 students from year 9 to year 12.

Dopshari Gewog has a crime rate of less than 1%.

This gewog is located from Paro town with easy access to road and electricity.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chiwogs in Paro . PDF . . 2011 . 2011-07-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111002184808/http://www.election-bhutan.org.bt/2011/finaldelimitation/Paro.pdf . 2011-10-02 . dead .
  2. Web site: Dopshari Gewog Ninth Plan (2002-2007). Paro Dzongkhag Royal Government of Bhutan. August 25, 2010.