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Background
The Lauri Gewog is the most far-flung Gewog in the Dzongkhag, officially three days away from the Jomotshangkha Dungkhag. It is accessible only by mule tracks and footpath. The Gewog is bordered with Arunachal Pradesh state of India. Lauri Gewog has 15 villages with a total of 540 households.
Lauri Gewog consists of mainly dry-land growing maize as the main staple food crop of the Gewog and it is widely cultivated in Kamzhing and Pangzhingi. The other crops like paddy, upland paddy, millets, mustard, legumes, buckwheat and potato are grown in this gewog in small scale.
Statistics:
Estimated area-271.71 Sq.Km
Chiwogs-13
Village-15
Households-540
Facilities:
RNRR center-1
Irrigation Channel- 19 Kms
Bridge-5
BHU-1
ORC-3
No. of households with telephone connection -1 (satellite phone)
No. of households with RWSS- 501
Education:
CPS-3
Non formal education center-3
Type of Land use (Area in Acres)
Dry Land- 1784.62
Wet Land – 38.24
Pangzhing-77.29
Open grazing land-15
Apple Orchard –0.56
Cardamom- 0.60
Sogshing-117.84
Source: GPIS (gewog planning & information system) submitted by Gewog Administrative Officers
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