Mewang

Mewang Gewog has an area of 128 sq.km with an elevation ranging from about 2, 120 meters to 4,572 meters above sea level. There are 657 households in the gewog. The gewog is among the more accessible and better-developed gewogs in the Dzongkhag with access to the Thimphu- Phuentsholing highway and about 43 km of feeder road linkages. While the gewog has no telecommunication connections, 60% of the households have electricity supply. About 78% of the households also have access to potable piped water supply. The gewog is dominated by wetland cultivation followed by dry land cultivation. Main crops grown are paddy, wheat, mustard, asparagus, potato, and vegetables. The predominant small size of land-holdings in the gewog limits the production of cash crops on commercial scales. The farmers also rear different types of livestock with local cattle constituting a large percentage of the total cattle population.