Tendu Gewog Explained

Tendu
Other Name:Tendruk
Native Name:བསྟང་འབྲུག་
Settlement Type:Gewogs
Pushpin Map:Bhutan Samtse
Pushpin Map Caption:Tendu in the Samtse District of Bhutan
Pushpin Mapsize:300px
Coordinates:27.1223°N 88.8731°W
Mapsize:350px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Bhutan
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Samtse District
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:132.52
Population As Of:2012
Population Total:6175
Timezone:BTT
Utc Offset:+6

Tendu or Tendruk Gewog (Dzongkha: 1=བསྟང་འབྲུག་|translit=bstang 'brug) is a gewog (village block) of Samtse District, Bhutan.[1] The Tendruk Gewog comprises part of Sipsu Dungkhag (sub-district), together with Bara, Biru, Lehereni, and Sipsu Gewogs.

The Tendruk village is on a ridge near the confluence of the Bindu River with the Dichu (or Jaldhaka) River. The Indo-Bhutan border meets the Dichu near this point, with the west bank of Dichu being in India (Kalimpong district) and the east bank being in Bhutan. Thus, part of the Tendruk gewog lies on the border with India. A little below the confluence is the Bindu Dam over Dichu, which is said to be the second oldest dam in the Indian subcontinent. There is a border crossing to India over the dam.

The Tendruk Gewog occupies an area of .[2] It has 21 villages in 5 chiwogs. In 2012, it had a population of 6,175.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chiwogs in Samtse . . 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111002185843/http://www.election-bhutan.org.bt/2011/finaldelimitation/Samtse.pdf . 2011-10-02 . dead . 24.
  2. http://www.samtse.gov.bt/gewogs/tendruktendu-gewog Tendruk Gewog
  3. https://www.gnhc.gov.bt/en/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Samtse1.pdf Eleventh Five-Year Plan, Samtse Dzongkhag