Hungrel Gewog

Hungrel Gewog
ཧཱུྃ་རལ་
Gewogs
Country  Bhutan
District Paro District
Time zone BTT (UTC+6)

Hungrel Gewog (Dzongkha: ཧཱུྃ་རལ་) is a gewog (village block) of Paro District, Bhutan.[1] In 2002, the gewog had an area of 3.6 square kilometres and contained 17 villages and 247 households.[2]

The Gewog is divided into 5 chewogs: Gaupay Chewog, Lunhchuna Chewog, Hungrel Chewog, Jangsabu Chewog and Changsema Chewog. 78% of the households have piped drinking water facilities and over 100 households have electricity connections. The economy is based on agriculture, mainly the dry and wetland cultivation of paddy, wheat, potatoes, apples and dairy products.[3]

References

  1. "Chiwogs in Paro" (PDF). Election Commission, Government of Bhutan. 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
  2. "Hungrel Gewog Ninth Plan (2002-2007)" (PDF). Paro Dzongkhag Royal Government of Bhutan. Retrieved August 25, 2010.
  3. "Hungrel Gewog Profile". Royal Government of Paro Dzongkhag. Retrieved August 25, 2010.

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