Population & Housing Census of Bhutan

2 0 N 1 7 A T P U O H P B UL F AT S O ION SU & HOUSING CEN

འབྲུག་୲་捲་ར콼བས་དང་ཁྱིམ་གྱི་லངས་རྩིས་༢༠༡༧།། 2017 POPULATION & HOUSING CENSUS OF BHUTAN

SAMDRUP JONGKHAR DZONGKHAG

ISBN 978-99936-28-61-3

National Statistics Bureau Royal Government of Bhutan www.nsb.gov.bt NATIONAL STATISTICS BUREAU ROYAL GOVERNMENT OF BHUTAN 9 789993 628613 འབྲུག་୲་捲་ར콼བས་དང་ཁྱིམ་གྱི་லངས་རྩིས་༢༠༡༧།། 2017 POPULATION & HOUSING CENSUS OF BHUTAN

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ii CONTENTS

Foreword...... iv Acknowledgement...... v Summary Table of Key Findings...... vi List of Tables...... vii List of Figures...... vii List of Accronyms...... viii Section 1: INTRODUCTION...... 1 1.1 Background...... 1 1.2 Legal Basis...... 1 1.3 Administrative set up at the Dzongkhag/Thromde level...... 2 Section 2: DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS...... 3 Introduction...... 3 2.1 Concepts and Definition...... 3 2.2 Population of Samdrup Jongkhar...... 4 2.3 Size and Change of Population ...... 4 2.4 Population by Area ...... 5 2.5 Sex Ratio...... 5 2.6 Population by Selected Broad Age Groups...... 5 2.7 Dependency Ratios...... 6 2.8 Population Age-Sex Pyramid ...... 6 2.9 Population by Type of Household...... 7 2.10 Bhutanese and Non-Bhutanese Population...... 9 Section 3: EDUCATION...... 10 Introduction ...... 10 3.1 Literacy ...... 10 3.2 School Attendance ...... 11 3.3 Educational Attainment ...... 12 3.4 Attendance of Traditional Learning...... 13 Section 4: HEALTH...... 14 Introduction ...... 14 4.1 Fertility...... 14 4.2 Mortality...... 15 4.3 Disability ...... 16 Section 5: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT...... 17 Introduction...... 17 5.1 Working-age Population, Economically Active and Inactive Population...... 17 5.2 Labour Force Rates...... 18 Section 6: MIGRATION...... 19 Introduction...... 19 6.1 Concepts and Measures ...... 19 6.2 Lifetime Migration...... 20 Section 7: HOUSING, HOUSEHOLD AMENITIES, AND FOOD SUFFICIENCY...... 21 Introduction ...... 21 7.1 Household Size...... 21 7.2 Housing Conditions...... 22 7.3 Housing Amenities...... 26 7.4 Ownership Of Household Assets And Communication/Media Facilities...... 28 7.5 Access To Road-head And Usage of Health Facilities...... 29 7.6 Food Sufficiency...... 30 ANNEX 1: 2017 PHCB Indicators: Definitions, Numerators, and Denominators...... 31 ANNEX 2: Statistical Tables...... 34

iii FOREWORD

I take immense pleasure in presenting the decision-making at all-levels, both in the 2017 Population and Housing Census of public and private sectors. Bhutan (PHCB) Dzongkhag Report. The I am hopeful that the information in Report contains information on population this Report would prove useful for evidence by age, sex, educational attainment, migra- based decision-making and formulation of tion, fertility, disability, mortality, housing policies and plans. Both the national and amenities, assets, and employment at the local governments could use the census Dzongkhag/Thromde and Gewog levels. information to define service areas, iden- The 2017 PHCB was conducted from tify current requirement of services and 30 May to 01 June 2017 using the de facto infrastructure, and predict future demands. approach. Extensive efforts have been made Further, it would serve as the basis for mea- to successfully undertake this nationwide suring progress towards the achievement census. It involved meticulous planning and of key national as well as other time-bound systematic preparation in all stages, ranging targets in the country. from stakeholder meetings, questionnaire I would like to express my sincere design, testing of questionnaire, preparation gratitude and appreciation to all officials in of enumerator and supervisor’s manuals, the Dzongkhags and Thromdes for their active training of trainers, training of enumerators participation and for contributing towards and supervisors, field enumeration, data the successful execution of the 2017 PHCB. I entry and processing, and analyses and would also like to thank the general public for report writing. I commend the hard work the overwhelming support and cooperation and persistent efforts put in by the National extended to the census officials during the Statistics Bureau in successfully completing 2017 PHCB field enumeration period from these processes. 30 May to 01 June 2017. Every country strives to achieve higher socio-economic growth and human development. In order to bring about holistic development, reliable information on the population of the country is required. The Population and Housing Census provides (Sonam Topgay) an important dataset that helps us under- Vice Chairman stand changes and trends in population National Census Steering Committee dynamics which are crucial for informed Royal Government of Bhutan iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The 2017 Population and Housing Census We also wish to acknowledge and of Bhutan (PHCB) entailed nationwide col- earnestly thank the 9,750 enumerators and laboration and coordination. The National supervisors for their hard and sincere work. Census Secretariat, instituted at the National The commitment shown by the supervisors Statistics Bureau (NSB), would like to take and enumerators, who worked from the early this opportunity to express our sincere grat- hours of the morning till late in the evening itude to all the agencies and individuals who during the census enumeration period, are contributed to the success of the Census. exemplary and truly deserving of our utmost We are truly indebted to the Honourable appreciation. Prime Minister for his steadfast support and Most importantly, we would like to the Royal Government of Bhutan for funding sincerely thank the people of Bhutan for the 2017 PHCB in its entirety. We would the unprecedented support and coopera- also like to express our sincerest gratitude tion extended to the census officials during to the Honourable members of the National the enumeration. The enthusiastic support Census Steering Committee (NCSC) for their shown by the public makes us believe that invaluable counsel, guidance, and support the public understands the importance of during the implementation of the Census. the Census, making our task most gratifying. The NCSC’s role in the successful execution Finally, I wish to express my sin- of the 2017 PHCB cannot be overstated. cere appreciation and gratitude to all my Next, we would like to convey our colleagues at the NSB and our Dzongkhag sincere appreciation to the ministries, gov- Statistical Officers for their remarkable ernmental and non-governmental agencies, efforts, commitment, and dedication to the and the Dzongkhag/Thromde Administrations service of the Tsa-Wa-Sum. for their cooperation and inputs. We are further grateful to the Dasho Dzongdas of the 20 Dzongkhags and Dasho Thrompons of the four Thromdes for their support and leadership in ensuring the successful completion of the censuses in their respective Dzongkhags (Chhime Tshering) and Thromdes. We would like to thank the Census Commissioner Royal Bhutan Police for arranging security National Census Secretariat services during the enumeration process National Statistics Bureau and the electronic and print media for their Royal Government of Bhutan coverage and dissemination of information on the 2017 PHCB.

v SUMMARY TABLE OF KEY FINDINGS

Topic Indicator 2017 Total Population 35,079* Male 18,329 Female 16,750 Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females) 109.4 Total Dependency Ratio 51.8 Demographic Characteristics Child Dependency Ratio 42.5 Aged Dependency Ratio 9.4 Population by Broad Age Group 0-14 years 9,810 15-64 years 23,105 65 years and over 2,164

Literacy Rate (%) 65.9 Male (%) 73.7 Education Female (%) 57.2 School Attendance (% of 6 Years and Above) 32.1

Crude Birth Rate (Per 1,000 Population) 15.0 Total Fertility Rate 1.9 Crude Death Rate (Deaths per 1,000 Population) 7.9 Health Infant Mortality Rate 17.1 Child Mortality Rate 41.9 Under Five Mortality Rate 59.0

Total Regular Households 8,053 Housing, Household Average Household Size 3.7 Amenities and Food Sufficiency Improved drinking Water Source (%) 98.2 Improved Sanitation Facility (%) 82.7

Note: *Excludes 198 tourists/non-Bhutanese found in hotels on census day

vi LIST OF TABLES

Table 2.1 Distribution of the Population by Gewog/Town and Sex, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017...... 4 Table 2.2 Distribution of Bhutanese Population by Sex and Gewog/Town, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017...... 8 Table 3.1 School Attendance for Persons Aged 6 Years and Above by Age Group, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017...... 11 Table 3.2 Population 6 Years and Above by Highest Level of Education Completed, Sex, and Area, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017...... 12 Table 3.3 Population 6 Years and Above by Attendance of Traditional Learning, Sex, and Area, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017...... 13 Table 4.1 Disability Prevalence Rate by Gewog/Town, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017...... 15 Table 5.1 Population 15 Years and Over by Usual Activity Status, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017...... 17 Table 5.2 Labour Force Rates, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017...... 18 Table 7.1 Room Density (person per room) by Area, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017...... 23 Table 7.2 Distribution of Households by Wall, Roof and Floor Materials by Area, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017 ...... 25 Table 7.3 Distribution of Households by Main Type of Energy for Lighting and Cooking by Area, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017 ...... 25 Table 7.4 Distribution of Households by Main Source of Drinking Water and by Area, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017...... 26 Table 7.5 Distribution of Households Experiencing Food Insufficiency in the last 12 Months by Area, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017...... 29

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 2.1 Distribution of Population by Area, Samdrup Jongkhar 2005 and 2017...... 5 Figure 2.2 Age Sex Structure of Population, Samdrup Jongkhar 2005 and 2017...... 6 Figure 2.3 Population by Type of Household, Samdrup Jongkhar 2005 and 2017...... 8 Figure 3.1 Literacy Rate by Sex and Area, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017...... 10 Figure 3.2 School Attendance for Persons Aged 6 Years and Above, Samdrup Jongkhar 2005 and 2017...... 11 Figure 7.1 Mean Household Size by Gewog/Town, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017...... 22 Figure 7.2 Percent Distribution of Housing Units by Tenancy, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017...... 23 Figure 7.3 Distribution of Households with Improved Sanitation Facilities by Gewog/Town, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017...... 24 Figure 7.4 Distribution of Households without Improved Sanitation Facilities by Gewog/Town, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017 ...... 24 Figure 7.5 Distribution of Households with Access to Improved Sources of Drinking Water by Gewog/Town, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017...... 26 Figure 7.6 Distribution of Households without Access to Improved Sources of Drinking Water by Gewog/Town, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017...... 27 Figure 7.7 Distribution of Households without Access to Reliable Sources of Drinking Water by Gewog/Town, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017...... 28 Figure 7.8 Percent Distribution of Households by Time Taken to Reach the Nearest Road- head, Samdrup Jongkhar 2005 and 2017...... 29 Figure 7.9 Distribution of Households Experiencing Food Insufficiency in the last 12 months by Gewog/Town, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017...... 30

vii LIST OF ACCRONYMS

ASDR Age Specific Death Rate ASFR Age Specific Fertility Rate CBR Crude Birth Rate CDR Crude Death Rate CMR Child Mortality Rate CSPro Census and Survey Processing System CTC Census Technical Committee DCC Dzongkhag Census Committee DSO Dzongkhag Statistical Officer DUDES Department of Urban Development and Engineering Services EA Enumeration Areas ECCD Early Childhood Care and Development GFR General Fertility Rate GMFR General Marital Fertility Rate ICPD International Conference on Population and Development ILO International Labour Organization IMR Infant Mortality Rate ISCO International Standard Classification of Occupations ISIC International Standard Industrial Classification LFPR Labour Force Participation Rate MMR Maternal Mortality Ratio MoHCA Ministry of Home and Culture Affairs NCS National Census Secretariat NCSC National Census Steering Committee NSB National Statistics Bureau OCC Office of the Census Commissioner PHCB Population and Housing Census of Bhutan SDGs Sustainable Development Goals TCC Thromde Census Committee TFR Total Fertility Rate U5MR Under-5 Mortality Rate VIP Ventilated Improved Pit WG Washington Group

viii Section 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background evidence-based decision-making at the The overall objective of the 2017 lower administrative levels. Crucially, Population and Housing Census of Dzongkhag data can be used for the allo- Bhutan (PHCB) is to provide the cation of resources, positioning of social Government and other development infrastructures and services, research, partners with data for the purposes and policy analyses. of policy formulation, socio-economic This Report presents information planning, service delivery, and indica- on population, household characteris- tors for measuring progress towards tics, and housing conditions of Samdrup the achievement of key government Jongkhar Dzongkhag. Population char- as well as other time-bound targets. In acteristics include spatial distribution of addition, the data collected through the population, age and sex composition, the Census are intended to be used for dependency, education and literacy, monitoring national and international health, disability, labour and unem- development initiatives, including sec- ployment, and migration. Household toral development plans, the Sustainable characteristics and housing conditions Development Goals (SDGs), and the include socio-economic amenities avail- International Conference on Population able to households, quality of housing, and Development (ICPD). and food sufficiency. The Census is an important 1.2 Legal Basis source of benchmark information on the characteristics of the population In the absence of an act related to and households at the Dzongkhag and population and housing census, the Gewog levels. Disaggregated data are Royal Government of Bhutan issued a vital for development planning and Government Order to carry out the 2017

1 2017 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS OF BHUTAN (PHCB)

PHCB. In accordance with the Executive Committee (TCC) were instituted at the Order, the National Census Secretariat Dzongkhag and Thromde levels respec- (NCS) was established at the National tively with different sector heads as Statistics Bureau (NSB) and National their members. TheDasho Dzongdas/ Census Steering Committee (NCSC) was Thrompons served as the chairpersons instituted to provide overall policy guid- of the DCCs/TCCs to oversee the suc- ance and advice on the conduct of the cessful conduct of the census operation 2017 PHCB. within their respective Dzongkhags and Thromdes. The DCC/TCC was also 1.3 Administrative set up at the responsible for recruiting supervisors Dzongkhag/Thromde level and enumerators for their respective In order to execute the census operations Dzongkhags/Thromdes, conducting train- on the ground, the Dzongkhag Census ing, and carrying out field enumeration. Committee (DCC) and Thromde Census

2 Section 2: DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Introduction distribution of the population, this sec- Population is the most important tion presents a brief analysis of changes resource of any nation. Data on popula- in such parameters by comparing the tion size, age structure, characteristics results of the 2017 PHCB to that of the and spatial distribution in a well-defined 2005 PHCB. territory is a basis for plan formulation, 2.1 Concepts and Definition resource allocation, and good governance. It is important to examine and A population census is the total process understand the population dynamics of collecting, compiling, evaluating, within each Dzongkhag to effect specific analysing, and publishing or otherwise and proper planning. The 2017 PHCB disseminating demographic, economic, collected data on important demographic and social data pertaining, at a specified characteristics such as age, sex, marital time, to all persons in a country or in status, etc. a well-delimited part of a country. The This section provides a brief analy- essential features of a population census sis of the 2017 PHCB data on population are individual enumeration, universality size or the number of people residing in within a defined territory, simultaneity, Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag as of the and defined periodicity.1 census reference day. It also looks at the The 2017 PHCB was conducted from distribution of the population by gewog 30 May to 01 June 2017. The reference and town and place of residence (urban time and date for the census enumera- and rural). In addition to the size and tion was midnight of 29 May 2017. This

1 Principles and Recommendation for Population and Housing Censuses, Revision 2: A general outline* United Nations

3 2017 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS OF BHUTAN (PHCB) means that the 2017 PHCB provides Table 2.1 Distribution of the Population by Gewog/ Town and Sex, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017 population data of Samdrup Jongkhar as of 00:00 hours on 30th May 2017. Persons Gewog/Town Male Female Total The 2017 PHCB was conducted Urban Samdrup Jongkhar based on the de-facto method of enumer- 5,016 4,309 9,325 Thromde ation (meaning that the enumeration Samdrupcholing Town 902 811 1,713 is done on the basis of where a person Jomotsangkha Town 600 536 1,136 is found at the census moment), but in Rural Dewathang 1,599 1,315 2,914 some isolated cases, a combination of Gomdar 1,578 1,628 3,206 the de-facto and de-jure methods was also Orong 1,428 1,387 2,815 adopted. Phuentshogthang 1,557 1,471 3,028 Wangphu 898 905 1,803 2.2 Population of Samdrup Langchenphu 514 454 968 Lauri 830 884 1,714 Jongkhar Martshala 1,381 1,208 2,589 Pemathang 718 750 1,468 The total population of Samdrup Samrang 209 101 310 Jongkhar Dzongkhag as of 30 May Serthig 1,099 991 2,090 2017 was 35,277 persons (Annex Table Total 18,329 16,750 35,079

A2.1). This is the total number of people Note: Excludes198 tourists/non-Bhutanese found in hotels on found within the territory of Samdrup census day Jongkhar Dzongkhag on the census refer- 2.3 Size and Change of ence day irrespective of their nationality. Population It includes 198 non-Bhutanese/ tourists Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag experi- staying in hotels and a few on the move enced a decrease in its population size by on the census reference day. The analysis about 4,684 persons during the intercen- in this Report is based on 35,079 per- sal period. This is a drop of about 11.7% sons since no detailed information was between 2005 and 2017. The negative collected from the 198 non-Bhutanese/ growth is brought about by the delimi- tourists. tation process of the parliamentary and Table 2.1 presents the population local government constituencies in 2008 by sex, and by Gewog/Town. Of the total when some of its gewogs were merged 35,079 persons, 52.2% were males and with Pema Gatshel Dzongkhag as well as 47.8% were females. The total popula- by migration. The population of Samdrup tion of Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag Jongkhar Dzongkhag in 2005 was 39,961 represents 4.8% of the total population persons. Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag of Bhutan. ranks ninth highest in population size among all Dzongkhags in the country.

4 DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Figure 2.1 Distribution of Population by Area, boys than girls born each year. As this Samdrup Jongkhar 2005 and 2017 population grows older, sex ratio changes because males and females have different 100 exposures to risks of dying. 90 The male population of Samdrup

80 Jongkhar Dzongkhag exceeds its female population by 1,579 persons. The sex 70 ratio of Samdrup Jongkhar (number of 72.6 65.3 60 males for every 100 females) is 109.4, which is the same as the national sex ge 50 Rural ta ratio of 109.7. en

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30 Broad Age Groups

20 The population can be divided into three 27.4 34.7 broad age groups; those less than 15 10 years (Child population), 15-64 years

0 (Productive population), and 65 years 2005 2017 and over (Elderly population). The dis- Year tribution of population among these age 2.4 Population by Area groups shows that in Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag, there are 9,810 persons in In 2017, for every 100 persons in the the child population group, 23,105 per- Dzongkhag, 65 persons lived in rural areas sons in the productive population group, while 35 persons lived in the urban areas and 2,164 persons among the elderly (Figure 2.1). At the national level, 62.2% population group. of the total population live in rural areas, The proportions of population in while 37.8% live in urban areas. The pro- these broad age groups have signifi- portion of urban population in Samdrup cantly changed between 2005 and 2017. Jongkhar Dzongkhag is 34.7%, which is The proportion of child population has an increase of about 7 percentage point decreased to 28.0% in 2017 from 35.1 % from 2005. in 2005, while the productive population 2.5 Sex Ratio has increased to 65.9% from 60.0%, and the elderly population to 6.2% from 4.8% Sex ratios of a population vary depend- during the same period. ing on age. In general, at birth, the sex ratio is normally high as there are more

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2.7 Dependency Ratios The period when the dependency ratio declines is known as the ‘window of Dependency ratio is an indicator of the opportunity’ when a ‘demographic divi- economic burden for the care of depen- dend’ may be reaped because society has dents and is calculated by taking the a growing number of potential producers ratio of the number of dependents to relative to the number of consumers. the number of working-age population. However, as fertility levels continue to ‘Dependents’ include the children (aged decline, dependency ratios eventually less than 15 years) and the elderly (65 increase because the proportion of years and over). The total dependency working age starts to decline and the ratio is the sum of the child and old age proportion of older persons continues to dependency ratios. increase. The total and child dependency ratios for Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag 2.8 Population Age-Sex Pyramid in 2017 have fallen from 66.6 and 58.6 in Population pyramid is a graphical pre- 2005 to 51.8 and 42.5 in 2017, while the sentation of age and sex composition of age dependency ratio has increased from a population. It is a reflection of the past 8.1 in 2005 to 9.4 in 2017. The decline in and current fertility patterns. Samdrup dependency ratio reflects an increase in Jongkhar Dzongkhag has a largely young the size of the economically active cohort population although a gradual decline in and a decline in the children-infant cate- fertility rates is observed in 2017. The gory (Annex Table A2.3).

Figure 2.2 Age Sex Structure of Population, Samdrup Jongkhar 2005 and 2017 2005 (shaded) & 2017

Numbers 6 DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS length of each bar in the pyramid shows household in which all its members the number of population in each age occupy a single house. group. With advancing age, the length of • A combined household is defined as bar becomes shorter as compared to the a household in which its members base of the pyramid which is a usual trend. are lodged in rooms located in two The declining bar at the base indicates or more buildings. A combined declining fertility rates in the population household can occur if a household while elongated bars at the top indicate has members eating in one place an increasing life expectancy. but has another apartment or cen- Compared to 2005 (shaded por- sus house used by the household. tion), Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag as 2. Institutional household consists of a of 2017 has experienced a decrease in group of persons who live in an insti- the number of population between the tution, having common arrangement ages 0-4 and 25-29 years, of both sexes. of food or taking their food from a Major decrease is observed between the common kitchen. ages 0-4 and 10-14 years. This change 3. Transient population includes per- could be attributed to the change in sons on transit or enroute to a certain the Dzongkhag boundary of Samdrup destination, e.g. persons who stayed Jongkhar as a part of the delimitation on census night in airports, bus process in 2008. stands, vehicles, and persons travel- Figure 2.2 illustrates the differences ling on foot (trekkers). between the shapes of the population Figure 2.3 shows that there were a pyramids and the age-sex structure of total of 29,541 persons (84.2%) living in the population of Samdrup Jongkhar regular households and 5,325 persons Dzongkhag between 2005 and 2017. (15.2%) in institutional households, while 213 persons (0.6%) were transient 2.9 Population by Type of population. Compared to 2005, the num- Household ber of regular households and transient To ensure complete coverage, three types population have decreased by about 6.8 of households were considered: regular and 0.6 percentage points respectively, households; institutional households; while the institutional population has and transient population. These differ- increased by about 7.5 percentage points ent types of households are defined as (Annex Table A2.4). follows: Of the total regular household 1. Regular household consists of a single population, 10,074 persons (34.1%) or a combined household; live in urban areas while 19,467 per- • A single household is defined as a sons (65.9%) live in rural areas. Among

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Figure 2.3 Population by Type of Household, the three towns in Samdrup Jongkhar Samdrup Jongkhar 2005 and 2017 Dzongkhag, Samdrup Jongkhar Thromde 1.2 0.6 with 7,692 persons (76.4%) has the 100 7.71 5.2 maximum regular household population, 90 while Samdrupcholing Town has 1,325

80 persons (13.2%). Among gewogs, Phuentshogthang 70 Gewog has the highest number of reg- 60 ular household population with 2,946

ge persons (15.1%), closely followed by 50 ta Dewathang Gewog and Gomdar Gewog

en 91.0 84.2

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Pe with 2,586 persons (13.3%) and 2,474

30 persons (12.7%) respectively. Samrang Gewog with 191 persons (1.0%) has the 20 lowest number of regular household 10 population in the Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag. 0 Gomdar Gewog has the highest 2005 2017 Year number of institutional household

Table 2.2 Distribution of Bhutanese Population by Sex and Gewog/Town, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017

Number of Persons Percent Gewog/Town Male Female Total Male Female Total Sex Ratio Urban 5,916 5,486 11,402 51.9 48.1 100.0 108 Samdrup Jongkhar Thromde 4,464 4,145 8,609 51.9 48.1 100.0 108 Samdrupcholing Town 869 810 1,679 51.8 48.2 100.0 107 Jomotsangkha Town 583 531 1,114 52.3 47.7 100.0 110 Rural 11,054 10,971 22,025 50.2 49.8 100.0 101 Dewathang 1,416 1,310 2,726 51.9 48.1 100.0 108 Gomdar 1,421 1,555 2,976 47.7 52.3 100.0 91 Orong 1,385 1,370 2,755 50.3 49.7 100.0 101 Phuentshogthang 1,498 1,460 2,958 50.6 49.4 100.0 103 Wangphu 885 905 1,790 49.4 50.6 100.0 98 Langchenphu 490 448 938 52.2 47.8 100.0 109 Lauri 830 884 1,714 48.4 51.6 100.0 94 Martshala 1,273 1,207 2,480 51.3 48.7 100.0 105 Pemathang 702 746 1,448 48.5 51.5 100.0 94 Samrang 134 98 232 57.8 42.2 100.0 137 Serthig 1,020 988 2,008 50.8 49.2 100.0 103 Both Areas 16,970 16,457 33,427 50.8 49.2 100.0 103

8 DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS population with 732 persons (21.5%), 2.10 Bhutanese and Non- followed by Serthig Gewog and Martshala Bhutanese Population Gewog with 697 and 657 persons respec- The total Bhutanese population of tively. Among urban areas, Samdrup Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag as of 30 Jongkhar Thromde with 1,475 persons May 2017 was 33,427 persons (Table has the highest number of institutional 2.2). Of the total, 16,970 persons were population, representing 77.1% of the males and 16,457 persons were females. total. Across the Dzongkhag, 11,402 persons lived in urban areas and 22,025 persons in rural areas. The total number of non-Bhutanese population in Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag was 1,652 persons.

9 Section 3: EDUCATION

Introduction 2017 PHCB reveals that 20,718 persons in Samdrup Jongkhar are literate, repre- The 2017 PHCB collected information on senting a literacy rate of 65.9% (Figure literacy for all population aged 6 years 3.1). The adult (aged 15 years and above) and above and educational attainment literacy rate is 59.4%. for all population aged 3 years and above. The highest level of education Figure 3.1 Literacy Rate by Sex and Area, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017 completed was collected for all population who are attending school/institute 100 or had attended in the past. In addition, 90 87.4 information on attendance of traditional 81.4 learning was collected. 80 74.6 73.7

3.1 Literacy 70 66.3 65.9

Literacy is defined as the ability to read 60 57.7 57.2 and write a short text in Dzongkha, e at 48.4 English, Lhotshamkha, or any other lan- R 50 acy guage, while literacy rate is defined as the r te 40 ratio of literate population aged 6 years Li and above to the total population of the 30 same age group expressed in percent- 20 age. The literacy rate is based on a total population of 31,444 persons instead of 10 31,552 persons aged 6 years and above 0 in the Dzongkhag as 108 persons did not respond to the literacy questions. The Male Female Total

10 EDUCATION

Table 3.1 School Attendance for Persons Aged 6 Years and Above by Age Group, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017

Population Age Group in Years (6 Years and 23 and School Attendance Above) 6 - 12 13 - 14 15 - 16 17 - 18 19 - 22 Above Total Total Population 31,431 4,756 1,520 1,474 1,252 2,741 19,688 100.0% Currently Attending 10,092 94.0% 90.9% 90.0% 79.8% 48.0% 3.0% 32.1% Previously Attended 8,983 1.5% 5.8% 6.1% 13.7% 39.1% 38.0% 28.6% Never Attended 12,356 4.5% 3.4% 3.9% 6.5% 12.8% 58.9% 39.3%

There is marked difference in the lit- is based on 31,431 persons instead of eracy levels between the male and female the total 31,552 persons aged 6 years populations with 73.7% of the male pop- and above found in the Dzongkhag as 121 ulation literate as compared to 57.2% persons had not responded to questions of the female population. The trend is on the status of school attendance. Of similar in both urban and rural areas these, 32.1% are currently attending though the disparity is slightly larger in school/institute, 28.6% had attended in rural areas at 17.9 percentage points as the past, and 39.3% have never attended compared to 12.8 percentage points in school/institute. urban areas. Overall, the literacy level Across the age groups, the highest is substantially higher in urban areas proportion of population currently (81.4%) than in rural areas (57.7%). attending school/institute is observed The literacy rate of Samdrup in the age group 6-12 years (94.0%). Jongkhar Dzongkhag has increased More than half (58.9%) of population by about 11.3 percentage points from aged 23 years and above had never 54.6% in 2005 to 65.9% in 2017. The attended school/institute The propor- literacy rate of Samdrup Jongkhar tion of population currently attending Thromde is 82.2%, whereas the literacy Figure 3.2 School Attendance for Persons Aged 6 rate of Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag Years and Above, Samdrup Jongkhar 2005 and 2017 excluding Thromdeis 60.0% (Annex Table A3.1). Year 2017 32.1 28.6 39.3 3.2 School Attendance The official entry age for primary education is 6 years. The overall status of school Year 2005 28.2 18.7 53.1 attendance by age group in Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag is summarized in Table 3.1. The percentage of population Percentage under each category of school attendance Now Past Never

11 Table 3.2 Population 6 Years and Above by Highest Level of Education Completed, Sex, and Area, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017

Highest Level of Urban Rural Both Areas Education Completed Population Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Total Population 19,075 4,694 3,682 8,376 5,960 4,739 10,699 10,654 8,421 100.0% Non-formal Education 792 0.3% 3.5% 1.7% 4.4% 8.2% 6.1% 2.6% 6.1% 4.2% ECCD/Daycare 86 0.4% 0.5% 0.4% 0.5% 0.4% 0.5% 0.4% 0.5% 0.5% Primary 8,042 34.0% 35.6% 34.7% 48.5% 47.4% 48.0% 42.1% 42.2% 42.2% Lower Secondary 2,502 10.9% 11.1% 11.0% 14.0% 15.8% 14.8% 12.6% 13.7% 13.1% Middle Secondary 2,755 13.9% 17.0% 15.3% 12.5% 15.4% 13.8% 13.1% 16.1% 14.4% Higher Secondary 2,220 12.7% 16.0% 14.2% 10.6% 8.5% 9.7% 11.5% 11.8% 11.6% Certificates 144 1.3% 1.0% 1.2% 0.5% 0.3% 0.4% 0.9% 0.6% 0.8% Diploma 997 13.4% 7.8% 10.9% 1.1% 0.3% 0.7% 6.5% 3.6% 5.2% Bachelor’s Degree 1,245 10.5% 6.6% 8.8% 6.0% 3.2% 4.7% 8.0% 4.7% 6.5% Masters and Above 210 2.3% 0.9% 1.7% 1.0% 0.1% 0.6% 1.6% 0.5% 1.1% Others 82 0.3% 0.0% 0.2% 0.9% 0.3% 0.6% 0.6% 0.2% 0.4% school/institute is higher in urban areas 3.3 Educational Attainment (37.1%) than in rural areas (29.5%) The 2017 PHCB collected information (Annex Table A3.2). Some 33.4% of the on the highest level of education com- female population is currently attending pleted for all population aged 3 years and school/institute as compared to 30.9% of above if the person is currently attending the male population. school/institute or had attended in the Figure 3.2 shows the comparison past. of school attendance between the 2005 Table 3.2 shows the distribution of and 2017 PHCBs for all persons aged population 6 years and above by highest 6 years and above. The proportions of level of education completed2 in Samdrup population aged 6 years and above who Jongkhar Dzongkhag. Out of the total are currently attending school/institute population of 19,075 persons who are and those who had attended in the past currently attending school/institute or have increased by 3.9 and 9.9 percentage had attended in the past, 8,042 persons points respectively. In 12 years, the drop have completed grades between 03 to in the proportion of population who had 6 (primary), 2,502 persons completed never attended school/institute is 13.8 grades between 7 to 8 (lower secondary), percentage points, a decline from 53.1% 2,755 persons completed grades between in 2005 to 39.3% in 2017. 9 to 10 (middle secondary) and 2,220 persons have completed grades between

2 The highest level of education completed refers to the completion of any grade within a particular education level. 3 Grade 0 refers to pre-primary.

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Table 3.3 Population 6 Years and Above by Attendance of Traditional Learning, Sex, and Area, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017

Urban Rural Both Areas Traditional Learning Population Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Total Population 1,603 205 59 264 1,228 111 1,339 1,433 170 100.0% Monastic Public 244 41.0% 3.4% 32.6% 11.7% 12.6% 11.8% 15.9% 9.4% 15.2% Monastic Private 566 22.0% 11.9% 19.7% 37.0% 54.1% 38.4% 34.8% 39.4% 35.3% Gomchen/Laymonks 686 22.4% 8.5% 19.3% 49.8% 21.6% 47.4% 45.8% 17.1% 42.8% Other 107 14.6% 76.3% 28.4% 1.5% 11.7% 2.4% 3.4% 34.1% 6.7%

11 to 12 (higher secondary). About 1,245 3.4 Attendance of Traditional persons hold bachelor’s degrees and 210 Learning4 persons have completed their master’s Information on attendance of traditional degrees and above. learning are also collected for all the Among those who have completed population aged 6 years and above. Table some level of education, the highest 3.3 shows the distribution of population proportion have completed the primary attending traditional learning by sex and level (42.2%), followed by the middle sec- areas in Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag. ondary level at 14.4%. Only 1.1% have Out of 31,552 persons aged 6 years and completed their master’s degrees and above, 1,603 persons are attending tra- above while 6.5% have completed their ditional learning. Of these, only 15.2% bachelor’s degrees. study in public monasteries while 35.3% Among persons aged 3-5 years, 467 study in private monasteries, while persons completed pre-primary educa- 42.8% are Gomchen or Lay monks. About tion and/or ECCD. 84.0% of those who are attending traditional learning reside in rural areas.

4 Traditional learning refers to monastic education in dratshang/shedra/ drubdey/gomdey/patshala. Gomchen/Lay monks are also considered as attending traditional learning.

13 Section 4: HEALTH

Introduction communication, were adopted. The disability questions were asked to all Health is an integral part of any human members of the household irrespective development and the need for timely and of age. reliable health indicator data is crucial. The 2017 PHCB collected information 4.1 Fertility on general health conditions from all The mean age at first birth in Samdrup members of the household. The Census Jongkhar is 21 years. There is no differ- collected information on fertility, mor- ence in the mean age at first birth between tality, and disability. urban and rural areas in the Dzongkhag. Questions on fertility were asked to Child survival rate is defined as the women aged 15-49 years to collect infor- number of children surviving or living mation on age at first birth, number of expressed as a percentage of the num- children ever born (living and dead), and ber of children born in their lifetime to birth in the last 12 months. women aged 15–49 years. The child sur- Questions on the occurrence of vival rate for Samdrup Jongkhar is 91.0. death in the 12 months prior to the cen- Crude Birth Rate (CBR) is the sus reference day collected information number of live births in a year per on age, sex, and cause of death of the 1,000 population. The CBR for Samdrup deceased including information to iden- Jongkhar is 15.0; 17.8 for the urban tify maternal death. areas of Samdrup Jongkhar and 13.4 for To understand and measure dis- the rural areas. The CBR for Samdrup ability in Bhutan, the Washington Jongkhar has reduced from 21.4 in 2005 Group (WG) of questions, which cover to 15 in 2017. six functional domains of seeing, hear- General Fertility Rate (GFR) is ing, moving, cognition, self-care, and the number of births during a year per

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Table 4.1 Disability Prevalence Rate by Gewog/Town, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017

Gewog/Town Male Female Both Sexes Samdrup Jongkhar Thromde 1.1 1.2 1.1 Samdrupcholing Town 1.4 1.6 1.5 Jomotsangkha Town 1.5 1.5 1.5 Dewathang 1.4 1.2 1.3 Gomdar 2.8 2.6 2.7 Orong 1.5 2.2 1.8 Phuentshogthang 3.0 3.6 3.3 Wangphu 2.0 2.5 2.3 Langchenphu 3.1 4.0 3.5 Lauri 3.6 3.1 3.3 Martshala 2.8 2.4 2.6 Pemathang 3.2 4.1 3.7 Samrang 2.4 4.0 2.9 Serthig 1.2 2.4 1.8 Total 1.9 2.2 2.1

1,000 women of reproductive age (15–49 4.2 Mortality years). The GFR for Samdrup Jongkhar is Crude Death Rate (CDR) is defined 58.6, a decline from 88.1 in 2005. as the number of deaths in a year per General Marital Fertility Rate 1,000 population. The CDR for Samdrup (GMFR) is defined as the number of Jongkhar is 7.9, an increase from 6.3 in births during a year per 1,000 women of 2005. The CDR for the urban areas of the reproductive age (15–49 years) who are Dzongkhag is 6.6 and for the rural areas married or living together. The GMFR for is 8.6. Samdrup Jongkhar is 90.8, which is also Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) is a decline from 124.7 in 2005. defined as the number of deaths of chil- Total Fertility Rate (TFR) is defined dren below the age of one year per 1,000 as the average number of children a live births in a year and for Samdrup woman would bear during her entire Jongkhar, it is 17.1, a decline from 69.1 reproductive life, at the prevailing in 2005. age-specific fertility rate. The TFR for Child Mortality Rate (CMR) is the Samdrup Jongkhar is 1.9 per woman number of deaths of children between based on the number of births in the 1-4 years per 1,000 live births in a year. 12 months before the Census. The TFR Samdrup Jongkhar’s CMR is 41.9, which for urban areas is 1.9 and for rural areas is a substantial increase from 18.0 in is 1.9 per woman. The overall TFR for 2005. Samdrup Jongkhar has reduced from 2.8 Under Five Mortality Rate (U5MR) in 2005. is defined as the number of deaths of

15 2017 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS OF BHUTAN (PHCB) children below 5 years per 1,000 live The disability prevalence rate for births in a year. The U5MR for Samdrup 2017 Samdrup Jongkhar according to Jongkhar is 59.0, a reduction from 87.0 the cut-off recommended by Washington in 2005. Group is 2.1%. The cut-off recommended by WG defines a person to be disabled 4.3 Disability if any one domain of seeing, hearing, The information on disability for the walking, remembering, self-care, and Census is based on the Washington communication is coded ‘Lot of Difficulty’ Group (WG) Short Set of questions or ‘Cannot do at all’. The highest preva- designed to identify people with a dis- lence rate is found in Pemathang Gewog ability by asking whether people have (3.7%) and the lowest prevalence rate is difficulty performing basic universal in Samdrup Jongkhar Thromde (1.1%). activities (walking, seeing, hearing, cognition, self-care, and communication).

16 Section 5: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

Introduction 5.1 Working-age Population, Reliable statistics on labour force are Economically Active and Inactive crucial for the country for planning, Population monitoring, and evaluating economic Table 5.1 shows population aged 15 growth and development. The 2017 years and over by usual activity status in PHCB collected information on employ- Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag. Samdrup ment for all persons aged 15 years and Jongkhar Dzongkhag has 25,269 per- above. sons within the working-age population This section presents information category (15 years and above): 13,454 are on working-age population, economi- males; and 11,815 are females. In urban cally active, economically inactive, labour areas, the working-age population makes force participation rate, and unemploy- up 34.8%, and in rural areas, it is 65.2%. ment rate. Of the total working-age population, 15,552 persons (61.5%) are economically active or in labour force. These are people

Table 5.1 Population 15 Years and Over by Usual Activity Status, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017

Sex Area Usual Activity Male Female Urban Rural Total Economically Active 9,637 5,915 4,445 11,107 15,552 Economically Inactive 3,817 5,900 4,359 5,358 9,717 Both Active and Inactive 13,454 11,815 8,804 16,465 25,269 Percent Economically Active 71.6 50.1 50.5 67.5 61.5 Economically Inactive 28.4 49.9 49.5 32.5 38.5 Both Active and Inactive 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

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Table 5.2 Labour Force Rates, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017

Urban Rural Both Areas Measure Male Female Both Sex Male Female Both Sex Male Female Both Sex Labour Force Participation Rate 67.0 30.3 50.5 74.2 60.0 67.5 71.6 50.1 61.5 Unemployment Rate 2.0 5.3 2.9 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.4 2.1 1.7 who were either working or indicated 5.2 Labour Force Rates they were seeking and available for work. As shown in Table 5.2, the labour force The rest of the working-age population, participation rate is higher among the totaling 9,717 persons (38.5%), are eco- males than females, and in rural than nomically inactive as they are students, in urban areas. In both urban and rural monks/nuns, aged people, housewives, areas, the labour force participation retired, sick, or disabled and do not work rate is high for males than females. The to generate an income or help in a family overall unemployment rate for Samdrup business, or are seeking employment. Jongkhar is 1.7%. In urban areas, unemployment rate for females (5.3%) is higher than males (2%). In rural areas, the unemployment rate is almost equal for males (1.2%) and females (1.3%).

18 Section 6: MIGRATION

Introduction whose Gewog/Town of residence on the Internal migration is defined as the change census reference day differs from the of residence from one geographical unit Gewog/Town of birth. Other definitions (place of origin) to the place of destination, used in this chapter are as follows: crossing defined territorial boundaries or An in-migrant: a person who communities within a country. For this enters a geographical area, crossing its Report, level of geographical units will refer boundary from a place outside it within to Gewog/Town which means that internal the same country. migration is the change in residence across An out-migrant: a person who Gewog/Town. leaves a geographical area, crossing its boundary to another place outside it 6.1 Concepts and Measures within the same country. Various parameters such as place of Place of Enumeration: is the place birth, duration of stay, place of previous where an individual is found and enu- residence, and place of residence five merated on the census reference day. years ago are used to measure internal Place of Birth: is the place of the migration. These information have been mother’s usual residence at the time of collected in the 2017 PHCB though the his/her birth. If the person was born Report will limit its analysis to the ‘place outside Bhutan, the name of the coun- of birth.’ The measure of internal migra- try is taken as the person’s birthplace. tion with the use of place of birth is also Migrants and non-migrants are classified referred to as lifetime migration and the based on the place of birth. individuals making the move as lifetime Net-migrant: is the difference migrants. In the present context, a between in-migration and out-migra- lifetime migrant is defined as a person tion. It can be positive and negative.

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6.2 Lifetime Migration For Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag, the percent of urban-urban migration A total of 8,863 persons are lifetime is 2.1%, urban-rural migration is 3.5%, migrants in Samdrup Jongkhar exclud- rural-urban migration is 7.3%, and ing Samdrup Jongkhar Thromde which rural-rural migration is 22.8%. means that they moved from their A total of 6,613 persons have Gewog/Town of birth and are currently in-migrated to Samdrup Jongkhar residing in Samdrup Jongkhar. Out of Thromde and 3,027 have out-migrated these migrants, 5,054 persons are from from Samdrup Jongkhar Thromde which other Dzongkhags/Thromdes. Conversely, accounts to 3,586 persons gained. The a total of 13,794 persons have migrated percent of urban to urban migrants is out of Samdrup Jongkhar to other 16.5% and rural to urban migrants is Dzongkhags/Thromdes. 59.2% for Samdrup Jongkhar Thromde.

20 Section 7: HOUSING, HOUSEHOLD AMENITIES, AND FOOD SUFFICIENCY

Introduction The section is divided into six parts: Housing is one of the basic needs of household size; housing conditions; human life. The conditions of housing housing amenities; ownership of house- units determine the quality of life of hold assets and communication/media the population. Housing amenities such facilities; access to road-head and usage as access to improved drinking water, of health facilities; and food sufficiency. energy sources, and other services are directly associated with a household’s 7.1 Household Size welfare or standard of living. There were 8,053 regular households This section presents results of in Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag as the 2017 PHCB for Samdrup Jongkhar of 2017. This is a substantial decrease Dzongkhag in relation to the household (-3.7%) from 8,363 regular households in size; housing conditions including num- 2005. This decrease is due to the change in ber of rooms, construction materials for exterior walls, roofing, flooring material, the Dzongkhag boundary after the delim- and sanitation facilities; housing ame- itation exercise carried out for the 2008 nities such as water supply and energy elections. Samdrup Jongkhar Thromde sources; access to road and other services has the largest number of households, like communications and technology; while Samrang Gewog has the smallest. ownership of assets; and availing of The average household size5 in the health facilities. Dzongkhag has reduced to 3.7 persons

5 The average household size is calculated based on the members present in regular households as well as members absent and outside Bhutan. Those persons who were enumerated as visitors were also included. However, members who were canvassed in the institutions or were absent during census enumeration but were within Bhutan were excluded. 21 2017 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS OF BHUTAN (PHCB)

Figure 7.1 Mean Household Size by Gewog/Town, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017

5 4.2 4.0 e 4.0

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Gewog/Town from 4.4 persons in 2005. The average households reside in their own housing household size is the ratio of the total units, 12.4% are tenants, while the rest population in regular households to the live in rent-free private or government number of regular households in an area. houses and other tenancy arrangements. Figure 7.1 shows the mean size of regular In contrast, in urban areas, only 13.1% of households by Gewog/Town. At 4.2 per- households reside in their own housing sons, the mean household size is highest units, more than one in two are tenants in Phuentshogthang Gewog while the (53.1%), while the rest live in housing lowest household size is recorded in provided free of rent by private, govern- Lauri Gewog with 3.0 persons. ment, and other tenancy arrangements. The Census collected information 7.2 Housing Conditions on the number of rooms in the dwellings, Information collected on the housing excluding toilets, kitchens, bathrooms, conditions during the Census includes and balconies. The number of people ownership of the housing unit, number sleeping in a room is a major determi- of rooms, type of toilet facility, and the nant of crowding. The room density in main materials of walls, roofs, and floors. Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag is slightly More than half of the households in lower in urban areas (1.3 persons per Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag own their room) than in rural areas (1.4 persons housing units. In rural areas, 81.6% of per room).

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Figure 7.2 Percent Distribution of Housing Units by Tenancy, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017

13.1 Owner occupied 81.6 58.8 20.8 Rented govt. house 4.3 9.8 32.4

y Rented private house 8.1 nc 16.2 Urban na

Te 4.6 Rural Rent free govt. house 2.7 3.3 Both Areas 27.9 Rent free private house 1.9 10.6 1.3 Other 1.5 1.4

Percentage

The main toilet facility at the Table 7.1 Room Density (person per room) by Area, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017 Dzongkhag level is a flush toilet with 76.4% of households reporting using this Room Average Number Average Density facility. More households in urban areas of Rooms in Household (Person per Area Dwelling Size Room) Total (78.9%) than in rural areas (75.2%) use Urban 3.0 3.8 1.3 2,677 flush toilets. About 1.5% of households Rural 2.6 3.6 1.4 5,376 do not have a toilet facility. The number Both Areas 2.6 3.7 1.4 8,053 of households without a toilet facility is Wangphug Gewog reported the slightly higher in rural (2.1%) than in highest proportion of households with urban areas (0.4%). improved sanitation facilities at 92.5%, Additionally, 82.7% of households while the lowest proportion was recorded have toilet facilities that are either a flush in Samrang Gewog at 65.5% (Figure 7.3). toilet, ventilated improved pit (VIP), pit A little less than a fifth of the house- latrine with slab, or composting toilet. holds (1,390) lacked access to improved These are classified as improved toilet sanitation facilities in 2017. A much facilities. The remaining households have sharper focus on the disparities in access flush toilet to somewhere else, pit latrine to sanitation among Gewogs will allow for (without slab), long drop latrine, or no targeted interventions. In absolute num- latrine facilities. bers, Samdrup Jongkhar Thromde had 298

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Figure 7.3 Distribution of Households with Improved Sanitation Facilities by Gewog/Town, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017

Samdrup Jongkhar 82.7 Wangphu 92.5 Serthig 89.1 Pemathang 87.1 Gomdar 86.2 Samdrup Jongkhar Thromde 85.5

n Martshala 83.0

/Tow Orong 80.6 g Dewathang 80.4 Gewo Lauri 78.1 Samdrupcholing Town 77.9 Langchenphu 76.5 Phuentshogthang 76.5 Jomotsangkha Town 71.1 Samrang 65.5

Percentage

Figure 7.4 Distribution of Households without Improved Sanitation Facilities by Gewog/Town, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017

350 298 300

250 s 200 165 mber 134 Nu 150 121 109 104 97 100 83 74 57 49 48 32 50 19 0

Gewog/Town

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Table 7.2 Distribution of Households by Wall, Roof and Floor Materials by Area, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017

Main Material for Wall Bamboo with Mud, Stone with Mud, Cane/Palm/ Rammed Earth, Plywood, Cardboard, Stone with Lime/ Cement/RCC Wall, Trunks/ Area Mud Blocks Wood Planks Cement Bricks, Cement Blocks Bamboo, Other Total Urban 12.6 11.3 12.7 59.7 3.7 2,677 Rural 3.2 29.9 40.9 16.2 9.9 5,376 Both Areas 6.3 23.7 31.5 30.6 7.9 8,053 Main Material for Roof Thatch, Bamboo, Planks/ Tiles/Slates. Cardboard, Area Shingles Metal Sheets Concrete/Cement Tarpaulin, Other Total Urban 1.6 92.1 4.4 1.9 2,677 Rural 4.1 88.2 1.1 6.6 5,376 Both Areas 3.2 89.5 2.2 5.0 8,053 Main Material for Floor Tiles/Marbles, Earthen/Clay Planks/ Cement/Concrete, Floor, Bamboo, Area Shingles Polished Wood Terrazzo Other Total Urban 6.2 0.3 92.3 1.2 2,677 Rural 59.0 1.9 31.5 7.7 5,376 Both Areas 41.5 1.4 51.7 5.5 8,053

Table 7.3 Distribution of Households by Main Type of Energy for Lighting and Cooking by Area, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017

Main Source of Energy for Lighting (%) Personal Area Electricity Kerosene Firewood Solar LPG Generator Candle Other Total Urban 98.6 0.6 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 2,677 Rural 92.8 2.2 1.9 2.6 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 5,376 Both Areas 94.7 1.7 1.3 1.8 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 8,053 Main Source of Energy for Cooking (%) Area Electricity Kerosene Firewood Bio-Gas LPG Other Total Urban 96.9 0.7 1.5 0.8 92.5 0.8 2,677 Rural 91.6 2.5 54.7 5.7 36.5 0.2 5,376 Both Areas 93.4 1.9 37.0 4.1 55.1 0.4 8,053 households without access to improved Most housing units have roofs sanitation facilities, while Samrang Gewog made of metal sheets (89.5%), followed had only 19 households (Figure 7.4). by thatch, bamboo, cardboard, tarpau- A significant proportion (31.5%) of lin, and other roofing materials (5.0%). the households have walls made of stone Tiles/marbles, concrete/cement, and with mud and stone with lime/cement terrazzo are the most common flooring (Table 7.2). In rural areas, the proportion materials (51.7%), followed by plank/ of such housing units is much higher shingles (41.5%). (40.9%) than urban areas (12.7%).

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Table 7.4 Distribution of Households by Main Source of Drinking Water and by Area, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017

Source of Drinking Water Piped Water Piped water Protected Unprotected Well/ Inside the Outside the Well/Protected Rain Water Spring/Rivers/ Streams/ Other Area Dwelling Dwelling Spring Collection Lake/Pond/Dam Source Total Urban 67.7 31.5 0.4 0.0 0.3 0.2 2,677 Rural 22.7 74.2 0.6 0.2 1.0 1.4 5,376 Both Areas 37.6 60.0 0.5 0.1 0.8 1.0 8,053

Figure 7.5 Distribution of Households with Access to Improved Sources of Drinking Water by Gewog/Town, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017 8 0 0 0 2 6 8 1 3 1 3 4 0 7 1 1. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 1. 1. 2. 2. 2. 3. 3. 6. 100 90 80 70

ge 60 ta 50 en

rc 40 Pe 30 20 10 98.2 99.8 99.4 99.2 98.9 98.7 97.9 97.7 97.6 97.0 96.3 93.9 100.0 100.0 100.0 0

Unimproved Improved Gewog/Town

7.3 Housing Amenities energy and kerosene for lighting is slightly higher in rural areas (4.8%) than The majority of households in Samdrup in urban areas (0.8%). Jongkhar Dzongkhag use electricity Most households in Samdrup (94.7%) for lighting though a few house- Jongkhar Dzongkhag use electricity or holds still use kerosene (1.7%) and solar LPG as the two main sources of energy energy (1.8%) for the same purpose. for cooking. In urban areas, most There is a slight difference between households use electricity (96.9%) in urban (98.6%) and rural areas (92.8%) combination with LPG (92.5%), while in the use of electricity for lighting. The the usage of other sources of fuel is proportion of households using solar negligible. However, in rural areas, more

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Figure 7.6 Distribution of Households without Access to Improved Sources of Drinking Water by Gewog/Town, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017

50 45 40 35 s 30

mber 25

Nu 20 15 10 5 0

Gewog/Town than one half of households (54.7%) use Among the Gewogs/Towns, all firewood for cooking. households (100.0%) in Samdrupcholing The main source of drinking water Town, Jomotsangkha Town, and for most households in the Dzongkhag Samrang Gewog have access to improved is piped water (inside outside dwelling), sources of drinking water, while Gomdar accounting for 97.6% of the total house- Gewog (93.9%) has the lowest pro- holds. In addition, 0.6% of households portion of households with access to use protected well/protected spring and improved sources of drinking water rainwater. These sources of drinking (Figure 7.5). water are classified as improved and Despite progress in access to some 98.2% of households have access to improved drinking water sources, 1.8% those, which is an increase from 84.6% or some 144 households still depend households in 2005. There are more on unimproved drinking water sources. households using piped water inside the In absolute numbers, Gomdar Gewog dwelling in urban areas (67.7%) than in had 46 households without access to rural areas (22.7%). About 1.0% of house- improved drinking water sources, while holds in rural areas reported unprotected Samrang Gewog, Samdrupcholing Town well/spring/rivers/ streams/lake/pond/ and Jomotsangkha Town had no house- dam as their main source of drinking hold without access to improved drinking water (Table 7.4). water sources (Figure 7.6).

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Figure 7.7 Distribution of Households without Access to Reliable Sources of Drinking Water by Gewog/Town, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017

600 533 500

400 s 300 mber Nu 200 152 121 118 109 103 95 100 77 63 62 37 35 30 30 0

Gewog/Town

About 80.4% of the housing units 7.4 Ownership Of Household have a reliable water supply. Reliable Assets And Communication/ water supply is defined as the availability Media Facilities of water at least during the critical hours Information was collected on the of the day (5AM-8AM, 11AM-2PM and ownership of certain assets and com- 5PM-9PM) and enough for washing and munication/media facilities at the cooking. household level. Assets include land/ In 2017, a fifth (1,565) of the plot, house/building, livestock, business, households lacked reliable water sup- vehicle (commercial), vehicle (non-com- ply. In absolute numbers, Samdrup mercial), fridge, washing machine, Jongkhar Thromde with 533 households machinery, sofa, sewing machine, vac- had the highest number of households uum cleaner, rice cooker, jewelry, Direct without reliable water supply, while To Home (DTH), wrist watch, bicycle, Samdrupcholing Town and Pemathang television/video, etc. For information on Gewog had the lowest at 30 households the ownership of household assets and (Figure 7.7) communication/media facilities at the About 1.2% of households in the Dzongkhag level and by urban and rural Dzongkhag need to travel for at least areas refer Annex Tables A7.13-A7.15. 30 minutes to the nearest water source (Annex Table A7.11).

28 HOUSING, HOUSEHOLD AMENITIES, AND FOOD SUFFICIENCY

Figure 7.8 Percent Distribution of Households by Time Taken to Reach the Nearest Road- head, Samdrup Jongkhar 2005 and 2017

86.0 44.9 4.2 4.1 3.8 4.2 1.8 5.4 2.2 2017 6.5 2005 1.0 5.4 0.5 8.5 0.6 21.0 0.1 0.0

Table 7.5 Distribution of Households Experiencing Food Insufficiency in the last 12 Months by Area, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017

Experienced food insufficiency in the last 12 months Area Yes No Not Reported Total Urban 4.5 95.5 0.0 2,677 Rural 6.9 93.1 0.0 5,376 Both Areas 6.1 93.9 0.0 8,053

7.5 Access To Road-head And The majority of households (88.2%) Usage of Health Facilities in Samdrup Jongkhar availed health services during the 12 months prior to the The majority (86.0%) of households in census reference day. Among those that did the Dzongkhag have access to the nearest not, 77.7% stated that they did not require road-head in less than 30 minutes. This health services, 9.1% stated that the health is a substantial improvement from 2005 facilities were too far, and 6.8% reported to (44.9%). However, there are some house- having no time to avail health services. holds (0.6%) in the Dzongkhag that still need to travel for more than six hours to reach the nearest road point.

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Figure 7.9 Distribution of Households Experiencing Food Insufficiency in the last 12 months byGewog /Town, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017

100 94 90 80 80

70 61

s 60 50

mber 41 37 35

Nu 40 29 28 30 19 19 19 17 20 7 10 3 0

Town

7.6 Food Sufficiency Households experiencing food insufficiency vary across the Dzongkhag. About 6.1% of households in the Of the 489 households (6.1%) that have Dzongkhag reported to having experi- experienced food insufficiency, Samdrup enced food insufficiency (not enough Jongkhar Thromde had 94 households food to feed all household members) while Samrang Gewog had only 3 during the 12 months prior to the households reporting food insufficiency Census. The situation of food insuffi- (Figure 7.9). ciency among households is higher in the rural areas (6.9%) of the Dzongkhag than in the urban areas (4.5%).

30 ANNEX 1: 2017 PHCB INDICATORS: DEFINITIONS, NUMERATORS, AND DENOMINATORS

Sl. No. Indicators Definition Numerator Denominator Number of males for 1 Sex Ratio Number of Males Number of Females every 100 females Refers to dependents of children aged 0 to 14 Child Dependency Number of persons 0 to Number of persons 15 to 2 years as a percentage Ratio 14 years 64 years of population aged 15 to 64. Refers to dependents of old age 65 years and Old Age Number of persons 65 Number of persons 15 to 3 above as a percentage Dependency Ratio years and above 64 years of population aged 15 to 64. Number of persons Total Dependency Sum of child dependency Number of persons 15 to 4 between 0 to 14 years Ratio and old dependency. 64 years and 65 years and above The ratio of literate population aged 6 years Population aged 6 years and above to the total above who can read and Total population aged 6 5 Literacy Rate population of same write a short text in any years and above. age group expressed in language. percentage. The ratio of persons aged 6 years and above who are currently Population aged 6 years Currently Attending attending school/ above who are currently Total population aged 6 6 School/institute institute to the total attending school/ years and above. population of same institute. age group expressed in percentage. The ratio of persons aged 6 years and above who had attended Population aged 6 Previously school/institute in years above who had Total population aged 6 7 Attended School/ the past to the total attended school/ years and above. institute population of same institute in the past. age group expressed in percentage. The ratio of persons aged 6 years and above Population aged 6 who have never attended Never Attended years above who have Total population aged 6 8 school/institute to the School/institute never attended school/ years and above. total population of same institute. age group expressed in percentage. Number of live births Number of live births in 9 Crude Birth Rate in a year per 1,000 Total Population a year population

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Sl. No. Indicators Definition Numerator Denominator Number of births during General Fertility a year per 1,000 women Number of live births in Female Population (Ages 10 Rate of reproductive age a year 15-49) (15–49 years) Number of births during a year for every 1,000 Female Population (Ages General Marital Number of live births in 11 women of reproductive 15-49) married or living Fertility Rate a year age who are married or together living together. Average number of children a woman would bear during her entire reproductive life, at the 12 Total Fertility Rate prevailing age-specific fertility rate. ∑ (five-year age-specific birth rates for females aged 15 to 49) *5 Any one domain/ Disability question is coded a lot 13 Prevalence Rate of difficulty or cannot do at all. The number of deaths 14 Crude Death Rate in a year per 1,000 Total number of deaths. Total population population The number of deaths of Total number of deaths Infant Mortality children below the age Total number of live 15 of children below one Rate one year per 1,000 live births in a year. year. births in a year. The number of deaths Total number of deaths Child Mortality of children between 1-4 Total number of live 16 of children between 1-4 Rate years per 1,000 live births in a year years. births in a year. The number of deaths of Total number of deaths Under Five children below 5 years Total number of live 17 of children below 5 Mortality Rate per 1,000 live births in births in a year years. a year. All persons aged 15 years and above are considered to be Working-age working-age population. Persons 15 years and 18 Total Population Population It comprises of above economically active (labour force) and inactive population. All persons who are/ were employed or unemployed during the Economically during the reference All persons employed 19 Active (Labour Working-age population period of the census and unemployed Force) are referred to as economically active population.

32 ANNEX 1: 2017 PHCB Indicators: Definitions, Numerators, and Denominators

Sl. No. Indicators Definition Numerator Denominator Economically Inactive Population comprise Economically of persons who were 20 Inactive neither “employed” nor “unemployed” during the reference period. Unemployed persons comprises of persons above 15 years and above who during the reference period were without work, currently available Unemployment Number of unemployed 21 for work and seeking Labour force Rate persons work. It is calculated as a percentage by dividing the number of unemployed individuals by all individuals currently in the labor force. LFPR is defined as the Labour Force proportion of the working Economically active or 22 Participation Rate age population which is Working-age population labour force (LFPR) economically active or the labour force. The ratio of the total population in regular Total population in Average Number of regular 23 households to the regular households in Household Size households in an area. number of regular an area. households in an area. Average number of 24 Room Density Persons per room. Average household size. rooms. Number of households with flush toilet, Proportion of households Improved ventilated improved pit Total number of 25 with improved sanitation Sanitation Facility (VIP), pit latrine with households. facilities. slab and composting toilet. Number of households with pipe water inside Proportion of households Improved Sources the dwelling, pipe water Total number of 26 with improved drinking of Drinking Water outside the dwelling, households. water sources. protect well/spring and rainwater. Reliable water supply is defined as availability of water at least during Number of households Reliable Water Total number of 27 the critical time (5AM- with reliable water Supply households. 8AM, 11AM-2PM and supply. 5PM-9PM) adequate for washing and cooking. Not having food to feed all the household Number of households Total number of 28 Food Insufficiency members during the last with food insufficiency. households. 12 months.

33 2017 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS OF BHUTAN (PHCB) ANNEX 2: STATISTICAL TABLES

Table A2.1 Population by Sex and Gewog/Town, Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag 2017

Number of Persons Percent Gewog/Town Male Female Total Male Female Total Sex Ratio SAMDRUP JONGKHAR 18,329 16,750 35,079 52.3 47.7 100.0 109.4 Urban 6,518 5,656 12,174 53.5 46.5 100.0 115.2 Samdrup Jongkhar Thromde 5,016 4,309 9,325 53.8 46.2 100.0 116.4 Samdrupcholing Town 902 811 1,713 52.7 47.3 100.0 111.2 Jomotsangkha Town 600 536 1,136 52.8 47.2 100.0 111.9 Rural 11,811 11,094 22,905 51.6 48.4 100.0 106.5 Dewathang 1,599 1,315 2,914 54.9 45.1 100.0 121.6 Gomdar 1,578 1,628 3,206 49.2 50.8 100.0 96.9 Orong 1,428 1,387 2,815 50.7 49.3 100.0 103.0 Phuentshogthang 1,557 1,471 3,028 51.4 48.6 100.0 105.8 Wangphu 898 905 1,803 49.8 50.2 100.0 99.2 Langchenphu 514 454 968 53.1 46.9 100.0 113.2 Lauri 830 884 1,714 48.4 51.6 100.0 93.9 Martshala 1,381 1,208 2,589 53.3 46.7 100.0 114.3 Pemathang 718 750 1,468 48.9 51.1 100.0 95.7 Samrang 209 101 310 67.4 32.6 100.0 206.9 Serthig 1,099 991 2,090 52.6 47.4 100.0 110.9

Note: Excludes 198 tourists/non-Bhutanese found in hotels on the census reference day

Table A2.2 Population by Age, Area and Gewog/Town, Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag 2017

Age Gewog/Town 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75+ All Ages SAMDRUP JONGKHAR 2,859 3,275 3,676 3,373 3,447 3,230 2,935 2,504 1,963 1,774 1,524 1,277 1,078 806 577 781 35,079 Urban 1,007 1,169 1,194 1,113 1,760 1,372 1,231 1,032 691 553 317 211 158 138 103 125 12,174 Samdrup Jongkhar 725 868 896 695 1,532 1,085 920 792 544 453 261 165 114 105 73 97 9,325 Thromde Samdrupcholing Town 141 162 183 371 122 142 183 125 87 48 26 28 29 24 25 17 1,713 Jomotsangkha Town 141 139 115 47 106 145 128 115 60 52 30 18 15 9 5 11 1,136 Rural 1,852 2,106 2,482 2,260 1,687 1,858 1,704 1,472 1,272 1,221 1,207 1,066 920 668 474 656 22,905 Dewathang 304 302 290 209 300 352 268 201 145 144 114 81 74 52 34 44 2,914 Gomdar 279 312 369 392 243 251 214 191 139 143 157 133 132 99 68 84 3,206 Orong 204 213 283 474 180 165 169 174 134 148 146 133 112 87 86 107 2,815 Phuentshogthang 205 262 320 298 253 259 214 211 191 173 155 139 118 90 47 93 3,028 Wangphu 176 210 177 57 112 166 146 100 115 94 108 98 91 53 36 64 1,803 Langchenphu 68 57 79 72 73 78 93 84 67 57 54 46 49 39 28 24 968 Lauri 154 165 132 45 86 125 132 103 110 119 141 125 93 66 42 76 1,714 Martshala 210 265 329 259 165 193 179 172 143 140 129 109 117 74 45 60 2,589 Pemathang 100 146 167 77 101 109 110 118 104 96 75 79 66 45 37 38 1,468 Samrang 18 10 10 17 43 39 51 27 17 17 16 18 7 7 7 6 310 Serthig 134 164 326 360 131 121 128 91 107 90 112 105 61 56 44 60 2,090

Note: Excludes 198 tourists/non-Bhutanese found in hotels on the census reference day

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Table A2.3 Population by Broad Age Groups, Dependency Ratios and Ageing Index, Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag 2017

Population by Broad Age Groups Dependency Ratio Total Child Old Age Dependency Dependency Dependency Ageing Gewog/Town 0-14 15-64 65+ Total Ratio Ratio Ratio Index SAMDRUP JONGKHAR 9,810 23,105 2,164 35,079 51.8 42.5 9.4 22.1 Urban 3,370 8,438 366 12,174 44.3 39.9 4.3 10.9 Samdrup Jongkhar Thromde 2,489 6,561 275 9,325 42.1 37.9 4.2 11.0 Samdrupcholing Town 486 1,161 66 1,713 47.5 41.9 5.7 13.6 Jomotsangkha Town 395 716 25 1,136 58.7 55.2 3.5 6.3 Rural 6,440 14,667 1,798 22,905 56.2 43.9 12.3 27.9 Dewathang 896 1,888 130 2,914 54.3 47.5 6.9 14.5 Gomdar 960 1,995 251 3,206 60.7 48.1 12.6 26.1 Orong 700 1,835 280 2,815 53.4 38.1 15.3 40.0 Phuentshogthang 787 2,011 230 3,028 50.6 39.1 11.4 29.2 Wangphu 563 1,087 153 1,803 65.9 51.8 14.1 27.2 Langchenphu 204 673 91 968 43.8 30.3 13.5 44.6 Lauri 451 1,079 184 1,714 58.9 41.8 17.1 40.8 Martshala 804 1,606 179 2,589 61.2 50.1 11.1 22.3 Pemathang 413 935 120 1,468 57.0 44.2 12.8 29.1 Samrang 38 252 20 310 23.0 15.1 7.9 52.6 Serthig 624 1,306 160 2,090 60.0 47.8 12.3 25.6

Note: Excludes 198 tourists/non-Bhutanese found in hotels on the census reference day

Table A2.4 Population by Type of Household, Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag 2017

Type of Household Percent Gewog/Town Regular Institution Transient Total Regular Institution Transient Total SAMDRUP JONGKHAR 29,541 5,325 213 35,079 84.2 15.2 0.6 100.0 Urban 10,074 1,914 186 12,174 82.8 15.7 1.5 100.0 Samdrup Jongkhar Thromde 7,692 1,475 158 9,325 82.5 15.8 1.7 100.0 Samdrupcholing Town 1,325 383 5 1,713 77.3 22.4 0.3 100.0 Jomotsangkha Town 1,057 56 23 1,136 93.0 4.9 2.0 100.0 Rural 19,467 3,411 27 22,905 85.0 14.9 0.1 100.0 Dewathang 2,586 310 18 2,914 88.7 10.6 0.6 100.0 Gomdar 2,474 732 0 3,206 77.2 22.8 0.0 100.0 Orong 2,358 455 2 2,815 83.8 16.2 0.1 100.0 Phuentshogthang 2,946 75 7 3,028 97.3 2.5 0.2 100.0 Wangphu 1,733 70 0 1,803 96.1 3.9 0.0 100.0 Langchenphu 920 48 0 968 95.0 5.0 0.0 100.0 Lauri 1,493 221 0 1,714 87.1 12.9 0.0 100.0 Martshala 1,932 657 0 2,589 74.6 25.4 0.0 100.0 Pemathang 1,441 27 0 1,468 98.2 1.8 0.0 100.0 Samrang 191 119 0 310 61.6 38.4 0.0 100.0 Serthig 1,393 697 0 2,090 66.7 33.3 0.0 100.0

Note: Excludes 198 tourists/non-Bhutanese found in hotels on the census reference day

35 2017 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS OF BHUTAN (PHCB) 536 600 811 902 454 514 968 905 898 1,557 3,028 1,387 1,428 2,815 1,628 1,578 3,206 1,315 1,599 2,914 1,136 1,714 1,713 4,309 5,016 9,325 1,803 1,471 All Ages 6 5 7 34 59 93 56 51 43 41 84 21 23 44 11 76 10 12 17 12 49 24 48 35 97 29 64 75+ 107 2 3 5 18 29 47 36 50 86 29 39 68 15 19 34 10 42 15 10 25 18 42 28 31 19 73 17 36 70-74 4 5 9 46 44 90 34 53 87 42 57 99 28 24 52 11 66 13 23 24 16 46 39 59 24 29 53 105 65-69 9 6 55 63 49 63 67 65 37 37 74 15 12 93 17 19 29 30 57 49 57 48 43 91 118 112 132 114 60-64 6 72 67 65 68 64 69 28 53 81 12 18 14 14 24 28 22 76 46 89 47 51 98 139 133 133 125 165 55-59 74 81 74 72 75 82 56 58 10 20 30 14 12 31 26 23 54 54 54 155 146 157 114 141 107 154 261 108 50-54 93 80 76 72 68 75 62 82 20 32 52 19 29 29 48 28 57 56 38 94 173 148 143 144 119 189 264 453 45-49 91 75 59 78 61 58 87 21 39 60 36 51 35 87 32 67 62 53 Age 100 191 134 139 145 110 224 320 544 115 RURAL 40-44 URBAN URBAN 99 96 78 90 94 46 69 50 75 48 36 84 49 51 112 211 174 101 191 107 201 115 103 125 346 446 792 100 35-39 98 71 61 67 96 87 36 57 93 67 79 112 102 214 169 106 108 214 103 165 268 128 132 183 419 501 920 146 30-34 84 81 72 73 83 59 27 51 78 80 86 119 140 259 165 111 140 251 163 189 352 145 125 142 501 584 166 25-29 1,085 84 96 60 46 56 86 66 40 33 73 52 60 116 137 253 180 132 111 243 123 177 300 106 122 599 933 112 20-24 1,532 84 22 25 47 45 25 47 72 20 37 57 143 155 298 233 241 474 202 190 392 125 209 183 188 371 375 320 695 15-19 56 59 85 98 29 50 79 90 87 158 162 320 132 151 283 198 171 369 137 153 290 115 132 183 474 422 896 177 10-14 73 66 82 80 26 31 57 5-9 126 136 262 100 113 213 163 149 312 149 153 302 139 165 162 458 410 106 868 104 210 99 95 68 73 53 88 40 28 68 96 80 0-4 106 205 109 204 149 130 279 157 147 304 141 154 141 347 378 725 176 Population by Age, Sex and Gewog /Town, Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag 2017 Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Phuentshogthang Orong Gomdar Dewathang Jomotsangkha Town Jomotsangkha Lauri Samdrupcholing Town Langchenphu SAMDRUP JONGKHAR Samdrup Thromde Jongkhar /Town Gewog Wangphu Table A2.5

36 ANNEX 2: Statistical Tables 991 101 209 310 750 718 884 830 1,099 2,090 1,468 1,208 1,381 2,589 All Ages 35,079 16,750 18,329 2 4 6 29 31 60 21 17 38 29 31 60 41 35 75+ 781 385 396 2 5 7 23 21 44 15 22 37 20 25 45 16 26 577 257 320 70-74 3 4 7 23 33 56 18 27 45 28 46 74 28 38 806 358 448 65-69 3 4 7 25 36 61 35 31 66 57 60 39 54 512 566 117 60-64 1,078 6 45 60 12 18 35 44 79 53 56 64 61 599 678 105 109 55-59 1,277 6 57 55 10 16 39 36 75 68 61 75 66 744 780 112 129 50-54 1,524 3 48 42 90 14 17 51 45 96 72 68 69 50 855 919 140 45-49 1,774 5 45 62 12 17 45 59 62 81 57 53 Age 903 107 104 143 40-44 1,963 1,060 AREAS BOTH 7 38 53 91 20 27 64 54 84 88 62 41 118 172 35-39 2,504 1,184 1,320 55 73 12 39 51 54 56 78 61 71 128 110 101 179 30-34 2,935 1,358 1,577 61 60 10 29 39 61 48 91 64 61 121 109 102 193 25-29 3,230 1,527 1,703 56 75 11 32 43 46 55 68 97 41 45 131 101 165 20-24 3,447 1,484 1,963 4 13 17 38 39 77 19 26 171 189 360 129 130 259 15-19 3,373 1,648 1,725 6 4 10 94 73 71 61 172 154 326 167 155 174 329 10-14 3,676 1,857 1,819 4 6 78 86 10 87 59 89 76 5-9 164 146 116 149 265 3,275 1,657 1,618 5 65 69 13 18 47 53 98 88 66 0-4 134 100 112 210 2,859 1,422 1,437 Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Both Sex Serthig Samrang Pemathang Martshala /Town Gewog Table A2.5 Population by Age, Sex and Gewog /Town, Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag 2017 Note: Excludes 198 tourists/non-Bhutanese found in hotels on the census reference day

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Table A2.6 Population by Age, Sex and Area, Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag 2017

Urban Rural Both Areas Age Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total 0 107 86 193 129 169 298 236 255 491 1 84 81 165 151 155 306 235 236 471 2 132 103 235 197 199 396 329 302 631 3 103 91 194 218 225 443 321 316 637 4 113 107 220 203 206 409 316 313 629 5 108 128 236 194 238 432 302 366 668 6 108 128 236 216 190 406 324 318 642 7 102 103 205 208 204 412 310 307 617 8 134 132 266 221 207 428 355 339 694 9 104 122 226 223 205 428 327 327 654 10 117 115 232 246 229 475 363 344 707 11 109 132 241 209 225 434 318 357 675 12 134 128 262 237 274 511 371 402 773 13 115 126 241 267 260 527 382 386 768 14 104 114 218 281 254 535 385 368 753 15 92 114 206 272 260 532 364 374 738 16 90 103 193 283 260 543 373 363 736 17 103 131 234 232 197 429 335 328 663 18 105 101 206 212 171 383 317 272 589 19 143 131 274 193 180 373 336 311 647 20 196 155 351 189 135 324 385 290 675 21 227 171 398 176 147 323 403 318 721 22 224 145 369 183 161 344 407 306 713 23 212 123 335 156 158 314 368 281 649 24 186 121 307 214 168 382 400 289 689 25 151 123 274 215 180 395 366 303 669 26 140 133 273 185 178 363 325 311 636 27 164 144 308 212 173 385 376 317 693 28 138 129 267 195 179 374 333 308 641 29 123 127 250 180 161 341 303 288 591 30 140 130 270 222 157 379 362 287 649 31 128 102 230 176 141 317 304 243 547 32 135 124 259 185 180 365 320 304 624 33 126 112 238 186 175 361 312 287 599 34 126 108 234 153 129 282 279 237 516 35 115 89 204 158 135 293 273 224 497 36 140 101 241 150 157 307 290 258 548 37 106 78 184 150 156 306 256 234 490 38 130 91 221 133 160 293 263 251 514 39 99 83 182 139 134 273 238 217 455 40 107 75 182 168 140 308 275 215 490 41 72 51 123 125 136 261 197 187 384 42 87 63 150 127 118 245 214 181 395 43 72 49 121 106 121 227 178 170 348 44 72 43 115 124 107 231 196 150 346 45 85 52 137 142 127 269 227 179 406

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Table A2.6 Population by Age, Sex and Area, Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag 2017 Urban Rural Both Areas Age Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total 46 60 50 110 109 110 219 169 160 329 47 59 49 108 101 133 234 160 182 342 48 67 46 113 137 132 269 204 178 382 49 54 31 85 105 125 230 159 156 315 50 49 29 78 124 146 270 173 175 348 51 39 24 63 108 126 234 147 150 297 52 46 31 77 144 117 261 190 148 338 53 29 23 52 115 110 225 144 133 277 54 23 24 47 103 114 217 126 138 264 55 27 15 42 114 104 218 141 119 260 56 27 24 51 114 113 227 141 137 278 57 23 17 40 101 92 193 124 109 233 58 25 21 46 128 103 231 153 124 277 59 13 19 32 106 91 197 119 110 229 60 19 26 45 134 112 246 153 138 291 61 17 13 30 109 92 201 126 105 231 62 20 14 34 78 90 168 98 104 202 63 9 13 22 91 73 164 100 86 186 64 15 12 27 74 67 141 89 79 168 65 19 14 33 76 72 148 95 86 181 66 21 13 34 85 49 134 106 62 168 67 14 7 21 68 52 120 82 59 141 68 15 9 24 72 54 126 87 63 150 69 8 18 26 70 70 140 78 88 166 70 10 9 19 63 50 113 73 59 132 71 9 9 18 57 42 99 66 51 117 72 7 15 22 71 48 119 78 63 141 73 10 10 20 45 28 73 55 38 93 74 13 11 24 35 35 70 48 46 94 75 7 10 17 47 37 84 54 47 101 76 10 9 19 32 28 60 42 37 79 77 7 2 9 30 32 62 37 34 71 78 4 3 7 35 29 64 39 32 71 79 6 6 12 37 24 61 43 30 73 80 7 11 18 26 27 53 33 38 71 81 1 2 3 16 14 30 17 16 33 82 3 2 5 26 28 54 29 30 59 83 3 3 6 20 13 33 23 16 39 84 3 4 7 19 24 43 22 28 50 85 3 1 4 13 10 23 16 11 27 86 2 1 3 7 13 20 9 14 23 87 1 2 3 6 11 17 7 13 20 88 1 1 2 6 10 16 7 11 18 89 1 2 3 7 4 11 8 6 14 90 1 1 2 2 3 5 3 4 7 91 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 4 4

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Table A2.6 Population by Age, Sex and Area, Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag 2017 Urban Rural Both Areas Age Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total 92 0 1 1 0 3 3 0 4 4 93 1 0 1 1 3 4 2 3 5 94 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 95 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 96 1 1 2 2 2 4 3 3 6 97 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 98 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 99 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All Ages 6,518 5,656 12,174 11,811 11,094 22,905 18,329 16,750 35,079

Note: Excludes 198 tourists/non-Bhutanese found in hotels on the census reference day

40 ANNEX 2: Statistical Tables 98 93 93 285 586 191 292 406 698 171 174 778 345 706 449 605 104 305 197 321 305 626 281 586 301 Total 1,315 1,599 2,914 1,484 1,054 2 3 5 1 4 5 1 3 4 9 2 5 4 7 4 8 8 5 13 28 23 26 49 17 16 13 33 22 13 15 75+ 1 0 1 1 1 2 5 4 7 9 8 5 6 8 0 9 4 9 9 11 11 22 16 19 35 10 17 13 14 13 70-74 7 1 3 4 8 4 6 8 7 6 5 4 6 9 3 9 15 22 29 27 56 12 15 14 24 39 13 12 11 23 65-69 4 2 6 5 6 7 8 4 9 17 13 30 41 39 80 11 16 13 23 19 26 14 49 10 21 10 20 11 12 20 60-64 2 5 7 7 6 7 7 3 7 6 17 14 31 30 58 88 16 23 20 13 27 47 14 21 10 11 20 17 13 33 55-59 3 6 9 7 6 4 8 9 23 21 44 59 64 20 20 40 12 29 19 25 13 54 16 29 10 12 17 15 27 123 50-54 7 1 8 8 3 12 11 23 69 83 11 20 31 13 14 24 27 22 17 46 25 42 14 11 22 19 36 18 37 152 45-49 9 7 6 6 2 6 8 15 10 25 67 94 16 18 24 12 28 18 17 19 45 41 60 12 15 22 27 15 37 161 Age 40-44 7 5 9 5 22 11 33 12 20 26 46 15 11 35 26 29 36 64 41 77 16 14 24 23 40 23 46 101 112 213 35-39 5 9 8 6 18 17 35 14 22 68 90 11 40 19 43 47 83 59 10 18 16 21 19 39 16 35 108 174 282 106 30-34 6 8 7 9 15 26 41 14 48 58 16 17 47 33 54 56 60 37 16 46 25 83 27 52 169 197 366 106 101 116 25-29 8 6 6 6 21 16 37 14 34 53 87 14 12 64 26 56 33 54 87 34 12 52 17 86 12 29 131 183 314 120 20-24 9 8 7 4 7 4 0 4 3 12 21 92 15 13 21 34 11 23 72 95 36 18 13 54 16 132 224 174 163 337 15-19 7 6 4 25 27 52 11 18 19 15 34 19 11 30 91 50 88 38 10 32 25 70 33 58 148 160 308 139 230 138 10-14 7 35 30 65 11 14 25 27 34 61 16 24 62 40 66 62 57 10 33 17 24 46 57 35 81 5-9 160 167 327 128 119 9 39 38 77 13 10 23 50 37 87 15 22 54 37 37 44 91 51 10 95 35 19 27 29 62 37 66 0-4 170 157 327 Population by Age, Sex, Chiwog and Gewog /Town, Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag 2017 Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male GOMDAR Broomi_Chidoongkhar All Chiwogs Martang Domphu_Dungkarchhoeling Rikhey Gomdar_Richhanglu Bangtsho Khoyar Pangthang_Palroong Khoyar DEWATHANG Chhenangri_Rishor /Sex Chiwog /Town/ Gewog Denchhi Table A2.7

41 2017 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS OF BHUTAN (PHCB) 93 74 96 725 115 208 200 176 376 210 212 422 142 170 159 301 140 213 103 353 104 207 707 Total 1,432 1,628 1,578 1,387 3,206 1,428 2,815 1 6 7 2 6 3 8 1 2 5 3 3 8 21 15 36 14 11 25 13 10 23 10 43 13 41 56 84 51 107 75+ 8 4 5 9 6 9 7 6 7 3 2 5 1 1 5 2 3 8 13 21 15 13 20 13 29 39 36 68 50 86 70-74 2 4 6 7 9 9 2 9 5 8 3 3 2 6 4 6 12 16 28 11 18 18 11 42 13 57 34 99 53 87 65-69 5 5 6 5 3 8 8 7 6 7 2 5 7 17 26 43 10 14 11 25 13 19 67 15 65 49 63 13 132 112 60-64 6 4 2 4 8 6 5 4 8 6 3 9 19 33 52 10 16 12 28 16 12 28 64 13 69 65 68 12 133 133 55-59 8 8 9 6 5 9 5 5 9 24 28 52 16 13 22 11 13 24 11 75 14 82 74 72 17 12 22 21 157 146 50-54 5 7 6 2 9 8 5 7 26 29 55 12 13 12 25 19 10 29 12 68 21 75 76 72 21 26 12 19 143 148 45-49 3 1 4 9 4 2 6 7 3 34 33 67 11 11 22 13 22 14 78 21 61 75 59 11 13 10 24 13 Age 139 134 40-44 7 9 5 4 8 7 7 47 37 84 16 16 21 15 12 27 16 12 16 32 90 96 78 12 22 34 14 101 191 174 35-39 9 6 4 7 5 43 26 69 10 13 23 12 21 20 14 34 10 10 11 21 98 71 19 26 45 12 106 108 214 169 30-34 9 6 6 7 8 35 34 69 12 11 23 15 15 12 27 10 11 16 13 24 84 81 17 24 41 15 111 140 251 165 25-29 3 9 9 6 3 6 4 9 4 8 3 48 54 12 15 11 18 29 84 96 24 21 10 45 13 102 132 111 243 180 20-24 3 2 5 7 6 7 8 5 5 2 5 2 7 13 15 11 10 15 26 12 14 206 218 424 202 190 233 392 241 474 15-19 8 6 5 9 3 4 82 90 14 14 18 32 19 16 35 13 14 19 32 16 19 12 16 172 198 171 132 369 151 283 10-14 7 7 5 44 37 81 12 19 20 23 43 12 21 33 11 12 14 25 10 11 10 21 15 25 5-9 163 149 100 312 113 213 9 5 7 9 4 41 36 77 13 22 19 17 36 17 22 39 11 16 11 18 95 17 26 10 14 0-4 149 130 279 109 204 Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Bilam_Orong_Suzoong Morong Nagzor_Wooling Jangchhubling ORONG Rimoong PHUENTSHOGTHANG Minjigang All Chiwogs All Chiwogs Narphoong /Sex Chiwog /Town/ Gewog Nabar_Philooma Table A2.7 Population by Age, Sex, Chiwog and Gewog /Town, Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag 2017

42 ANNEX 2: Statistical Tables 83 183 371 345 716 210 220 430 239 245 229 484 227 375 456 370 203 745 235 134 438 218 149 352 146 295 100 Total 1,471 1,557 3,028 2 1 3 8 5 6 9 9 7 8 7 3 9 5 7 34 59 93 10 18 11 16 11 15 20 12 19 15 12 12 75+ 1 1 2 3 8 2 1 3 1 3 4 4 4 7 8 9 2 5 2 7 6 6 8 4 18 29 47 11 16 10 70-74 1 0 1 4 3 7 5 6 6 9 6 7 3 8 5 5 46 44 90 10 11 21 11 16 13 12 22 13 11 10 65-69 5 4 9 7 8 8 9 7 4 8 7 55 63 17 20 37 11 18 11 13 19 12 25 10 18 10 19 11 15 118 60-64 9 5 9 9 9 5 6 9 14 72 67 14 15 29 18 15 10 14 25 14 21 28 22 43 12 21 11 11 20 139 55-59 3 4 7 9 7 7 9 9 74 81 20 19 39 11 11 22 10 16 20 26 15 17 35 23 40 14 23 14 18 155 50-54 3 5 8 9 8 5 7 8 8 93 80 25 13 38 12 13 25 13 12 22 27 20 22 15 49 20 11 18 16 173 45-49 4 3 7 6 8 91 30 25 55 12 10 22 16 17 15 33 13 22 28 21 13 43 12 25 11 13 17 21 100 191 Age 40-44 4 4 8 9 8 99 20 19 39 13 16 29 17 20 15 37 15 24 30 26 10 50 10 20 15 24 12 20 112 211 35-39 4 8 9 10 14 25 22 47 16 14 30 19 20 19 39 23 24 42 27 15 51 18 18 33 17 26 26 112 102 214 30-34 7 10 10 20 30 22 52 13 18 31 26 23 22 49 30 26 52 43 17 69 21 13 38 21 12 34 19 119 140 259 25-29 8 8 7 11 19 34 35 69 21 21 42 17 17 10 34 14 30 24 39 14 69 23 10 37 21 31 15 116 137 253 20-24 3 5 8 8 9 3 3 4 7 40 36 76 25 27 52 17 22 39 39 17 32 71 14 11 17 23 34 143 155 298 15-19 8 8 9 16 46 41 87 21 24 45 18 24 18 42 20 51 38 25 26 76 23 49 29 10 38 17 27 158 162 320 10-14 5 19 24 31 33 64 22 20 42 22 18 18 40 17 26 35 30 22 56 39 14 61 21 14 35 23 37 5-9 126 136 262 8 13 10 23 99 16 18 34 17 11 28 23 21 24 44 18 33 42 20 25 53 15 10 40 18 14 28 22 0-4 106 205 Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male WANGPHU Sachhilo All Chiwogs Doongkarling Khamaedthang Baylamsharang Serchhenmo_Wangphu Phuentshogthang Shogshi Samdrupchhoeling /Sex Chiwog /Town/ Gewog Bayuel_Pangthang Table A2.7 Population by Age, Sex, Chiwog and Gewog /Town, Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag 2017

43 2017 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS OF BHUTAN (PHCB) 39 67 91 86 34 41 75 125 230 185 195 380 106 177 905 898 226 214 224 440 207 454 431 514 968 105 Total 1,803 2 4 6 6 5 2 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 7 9 5 11 35 29 12 64 19 12 14 12 24 75+ 1 5 6 4 1 5 0 4 4 4 4 8 1 4 5 1 6 3 9 19 17 36 10 11 10 18 28 70-74 4 5 9 5 4 0 4 1 5 6 2 1 3 4 6 12 17 24 29 53 12 16 11 23 17 16 39 65-69 5 1 6 7 2 3 5 4 5 9 1 1 2 8 20 27 48 43 91 13 13 21 10 19 23 30 49 60-64 7 4 9 0 3 3 6 5 0 1 1 8 6 9 11 11 20 11 47 51 17 98 25 24 15 22 46 55-59 4 6 1 2 3 7 2 9 4 3 7 10 15 10 25 54 54 13 15 13 28 12 31 25 23 54 108 50-54 5 7 9 6 5 6 3 9 1 4 5 12 11 20 11 56 38 11 94 10 18 21 12 29 30 28 57 45-49 7 5 7 1 8 8 0 4 4 12 11 14 25 10 18 62 53 12 12 17 24 17 35 34 32 67 Age 115 40-44 6 5 5 6 6 6 5 8 14 14 28 17 23 10 12 11 49 51 11 12 19 10 48 22 36 84 100 35-39 1 5 6 8 3 5 8 11 12 23 13 25 38 10 18 67 79 12 15 12 27 19 36 31 57 93 146 30-34 8 1 5 6 5 6 1 5 6 13 21 12 22 34 11 80 86 11 13 19 24 18 27 37 51 78 166 25-29 5 2 6 8 8 4 5 4 9 6 9 8 10 15 15 14 29 12 52 60 11 17 40 17 33 73 112 20-24 6 0 3 3 6 3 1 4 2 4 3 6 5 8 12 18 13 14 27 17 17 20 37 57 25 47 72 15-19 9 1 9 8 0 0 0 18 27 11 13 24 10 10 18 90 87 42 27 28 69 19 29 47 50 79 177 10-14 7 5 9 2 1 3 7 9 1 1 2 12 15 24 16 44 38 33 82 20 26 53 31 57 5-9 106 104 210 5 9 5 0 5 7 5 5 1 6 14 18 13 31 12 96 80 20 11 20 31 29 40 49 28 68 0-4 176 Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Jangsa Langchenphu Jampani Agoorthang LANGCHENPHU Rongchhuthang All Chiwogs LAURI Momring_Rolnang Benporong_Yarphu /Sex Chiwog /Town/ Gewog All Chiwogs Table A2.7 Population by Age, Sex, Chiwog and Gewog /Town, Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag 2017

44 ANNEX 2: Statistical Tables 93 92 79 76 58 63 204 367 185 884 830 254 215 469 146 153 299 124 155 138 262 134 121 110 165 244 189 354 163 Total 1,714 4 2 6 1 5 6 6 6 5 6 3 6 2 9 3 5 6 4 6 41 35 76 10 10 20 12 11 10 16 10 75+ 4 5 9 3 1 4 6 8 2 3 0 5 1 3 1 2 0 5 4 4 4 3 6 7 8 16 26 42 14 14 70-74 8 4 1 5 8 4 7 4 1 5 5 6 3 3 2 6 5 3 7 11 19 28 38 66 13 21 11 11 10 13 65-69 9 5 5 9 3 1 2 4 5 3 7 3 8 6 9 13 22 10 39 54 93 12 17 29 10 19 16 17 16 32 60-64 8 7 7 5 1 3 9 4 6 6 8 9 9 15 12 64 61 19 15 34 11 13 24 16 25 12 17 13 22 125 55-59 9 6 7 5 6 6 5 8 11 20 11 17 75 66 23 18 41 10 17 16 11 12 28 16 11 11 12 27 20 141 50-54 7 5 3 8 9 5 7 5 4 9 5 17 24 69 50 26 17 43 11 14 20 13 19 20 10 17 15 10 27 119 45-49 4 7 9 4 6 7 9 3 9 11 13 24 10 14 57 53 17 16 33 16 11 10 18 10 12 10 19 20 30 110 Age 40-44 9 4 9 8 8 4 5 8 6 6 12 12 24 13 62 41 21 14 35 16 25 12 20 12 13 16 12 14 30 103 35-39 4 5 9 5 6 6 4 4 8 13 18 31 61 71 20 17 37 12 14 26 11 14 20 11 11 17 22 16 33 132 30-34 5 5 8 8 8 2 8 3 17 16 33 10 64 61 21 25 46 11 12 23 11 16 19 10 10 11 13 12 23 125 25-29 8 6 7 7 4 4 5 7 9 4 4 6 8 3 7 9 16 24 13 41 45 86 15 13 28 11 14 21 12 19 20-24 4 7 5 1 6 7 4 2 5 0 7 2 6 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 7 8 11 19 26 45 11 12 18 15-19 9 9 2 4 6 9 0 1 1 0 2 6 2 7 4 2 6 13 12 25 18 71 61 12 21 12 11 23 13 132 10-14 9 5 5 9 6 5 8 5 3 8 19 23 42 16 25 89 76 10 19 12 31 15 13 16 13 13 29 11 24 5-9 165 4 9 7 7 6 4 3 9 7 9 15 23 38 11 15 88 66 37 24 61 15 16 31 16 13 19 18 24 43 0-4 154 Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Sarjoong MARTSHALA Chhoedoong_Kakani All Chiwogs Lauri Betseling_Doongmanma Galingkhar_Wangphu Tshothang Suzor_Tshotsalu Gonong_Zangthig /Sex Chiwog /Town/ Gewog Kaeptang_Tsholingkhar Table A2.7 Population by Age, Sex, Chiwog and Gewog /Town, Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag 2017

45 2017 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS OF BHUTAN (PHCB) 95 99 90 85 195 189 276 259 535 149 118 267 126 156 282 155 650 240 757 750 718 100 Total 1,208 1,381 2,589 1,407 1,468 2 2 4 2 3 5 8 9 3 1 4 6 2 8 2 4 6 9 17 29 31 60 13 21 22 17 38 75+ 1 1 2 4 2 6 4 7 2 6 8 4 6 2 3 7 5 6 11 10 20 25 45 15 13 22 37 70-74 0 5 5 6 7 4 5 9 6 4 2 6 8 1 2 6 3 13 10 28 46 74 20 18 26 27 45 65-69 7 9 5 3 8 3 2 5 7 6 3 3 6 16 13 11 24 13 57 60 21 22 35 43 31 66 117 60-64 4 5 9 5 4 9 7 9 7 5 8 12 12 24 16 14 21 53 56 22 13 22 35 44 44 79 109 55-59 8 5 5 6 5 4 4 13 11 10 15 10 11 21 11 15 68 61 10 28 14 22 39 50 36 75 129 50-54 5 4 9 8 5 8 9 1 8 9 13 18 17 35 12 10 22 17 72 68 24 29 51 53 45 96 140 45-49 6 9 4 6 6 5 7 4 9 15 10 22 25 47 11 14 21 62 81 24 13 29 45 53 59 Age 143 104 40-44 8 9 7 7 9 8 6 11 19 16 25 24 49 10 17 17 84 88 14 34 20 38 64 72 54 172 118 35-39 3 7 8 7 7 8 8 10 15 28 22 50 15 12 20 78 11 33 35 44 52 54 87 56 101 179 110 30-34 9 7 4 5 8 9 9 12 21 11 22 21 43 12 17 17 91 20 48 29 53 61 48 102 193 101 109 25-29 6 2 8 4 7 7 8 11 18 20 38 11 13 24 13 20 68 97 23 39 31 53 46 92 55 165 101 20-24 6 4 2 4 6 6 9 3 10 10 12 22 11 17 13 22 11 14 38 39 77 129 130 259 119 113 232 15-19 9 5 4 9 14 23 18 10 28 31 25 56 17 11 28 14 18 32 94 73 155 174 329 129 148 277 167 10-14 7 8 9 4 5 9 10 17 17 37 17 54 21 13 34 11 13 24 61 90 87 59 5-9 116 149 265 151 146 5 9 4 6 7 8 9 4 14 10 19 22 41 11 18 17 98 11 40 15 51 47 91 53 0-4 112 210 100 Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Kathoobdang_Shiling Gye Chirtshosa_Loongminang Pemathang Raling PEMATHANG Uesarna_Warong All Chiwogs SAMRANG Toed Ngangtshothang Martshala /Sex Chiwog /Town/ Gewog All Chiwogs Table A2.7 Population by Age, Sex, Chiwog and Gewog /Town, Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag 2017

46 ANNEX 2: Statistical Tables 97 85 95 16 54 70 169 309 182 154 249 143 136 279 516 555 101 209 177 310 219 396 991 140 Total 1,071 1,099 2,090 2 3 5 5 5 3 7 7 9 9 2 4 2 6 6 0 8 0 0 10 10 10 17 18 29 31 60 75+ 2 3 5 4 3 7 2 5 7 6 2 8 9 8 2 5 3 7 4 0 7 2 2 17 23 21 44 70-74 6 6 2 4 6 3 8 4 7 8 8 3 4 2 7 2 2 4 2 4 12 11 11 16 23 33 56 65-69 7 5 3 8 3 7 3 5 8 7 8 3 4 2 7 7 0 9 1 1 13 20 10 15 25 36 61 60-64 7 7 7 9 6 6 6 7 1 4 5 11 12 23 14 16 14 20 14 18 32 12 18 13 45 60 105 55-59 8 7 6 9 6 7 3 0 2 2 14 14 28 12 20 13 14 23 10 18 28 10 16 10 57 55 112 50-54 5 5 6 7 8 3 5 8 2 6 8 10 15 11 10 17 16 24 12 11 23 14 17 13 48 42 90 45-49 9 8 6 6 9 9 5 1 3 4 12 21 14 15 15 24 10 23 33 12 12 17 17 29 45 62 Age 107 40-44 4 5 2 7 4 7 7 1 6 7 16 20 11 13 11 24 12 17 29 20 10 27 17 27 38 53 91 35-39 5 7 8 9 1 6 7 13 13 26 12 11 19 13 22 20 29 49 12 39 23 51 29 52 55 73 128 30-34 8 5 4 9 8 7 1 9 11 19 11 19 12 19 25 30 55 10 29 23 39 19 42 61 10 60 121 25-29 9 4 6 8 2 3 9 20 29 12 16 12 18 10 29 29 58 11 32 17 43 13 30 56 12 75 131 20-24 3 5 8 1 3 4 2 2 1 3 4 1 2 3 18 20 13 10 17 24 34 163 162 325 171 189 360 15-19 9 9 4 8 6 4 1 0 1 18 15 19 19 27 13 10 23 23 10 28 51 127 112 239 172 154 326 10-14 8 6 7 7 9 4 6 0 1 1 15 16 31 14 14 10 19 39 47 86 16 10 19 35 78 86 5-9 164 6 5 9 5 2 1 3 17 12 29 11 11 11 22 15 24 22 26 48 13 16 18 16 32 65 69 0-4 134 Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Monmola_Tashithang Gyed Monmola_Tashithang Dangtsho_Serthig Phagchhog_Suskar Drenphu SERTHIG Khandophu_Minjiwoong All Chiwogs SAMDRUPCHHOLING TOWN Local Area 1 Ngangtshothang Maed Ngangtshothang /Sex Chiwog /Town/ Gewog All Chiwogs Table A2.7 Population by Age, Sex, Chiwog and Gewog /Town, Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag 2017

47 2017 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS OF BHUTAN (PHCB) 536 600 536 600 811 902 634 683 Total 1,136 1,136 1,713 1,317 6 5 6 5 7 5 4 9 11 11 10 17 75+ 2 3 5 2 3 5 7 10 15 25 11 18 70-74 4 5 9 4 5 9 9 11 13 24 11 20 65-69 9 6 9 6 15 15 12 17 29 10 10 20 60-64 6 6 8 7 12 18 12 18 14 14 28 15 55-59 7 9 10 20 30 10 20 30 14 12 26 16 50-54 20 32 52 20 32 52 19 29 48 14 21 35 45-49 21 39 60 21 39 60 36 51 87 24 34 58 Age 40-44 46 69 46 69 50 75 40 58 98 115 115 125 35-39 61 67 61 67 96 87 73 58 128 128 183 131 30-34 72 73 72 73 83 59 60 40 145 145 142 100 25-29 60 46 60 46 56 66 39 53 92 106 106 122 20-24 22 25 47 22 25 47 183 188 371 173 164 337 15-19 56 59 56 59 85 98 62 70 115 115 183 132 10-14 73 66 73 66 82 80 66 61 5-9 139 139 162 127 68 73 68 73 53 88 37 72 0-4 141 141 141 109 Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male All Local Areas JOMOTSANGKHA TOWN JOMOTSANGKHA Local Area 1 All Local Areas Local Area 2 /Sex Chiwog /Town/ Gewog Note: Excludes 198 tourists/non-Bhutanese found in hotels on the census reference day Table A2.7 Population by Age, Sex, Chiwog and Gewog /Town, Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag 2017

48 ANNEX 2: Statistical Tables 87 983 893 725 391 334 254 167 Total 1,876 2,589 1,354 1,235 3,881 2,121 1,760 9,325 5,016 4,309 6 3 3 2 1 1 25 12 13 23 13 10 41 19 22 97 48 49 75+ 8 6 3 3 6 2 1 1 19 11 17 11 29 13 16 73 31 42 70-74 9 7 5 2 3 2 1 20 11 31 15 16 44 26 18 59 46 105 65-69 7 3 4 0 0 0 35 15 20 35 22 13 37 17 20 57 57 114 60-64 5 7 5 5 0 54 31 23 12 53 30 23 41 18 23 89 76 165 55-59 5 5 0 69 44 25 33 19 14 84 52 32 70 34 36 261 154 107 50-54 4 7 65 50 38 23 15 89 66 11 83 51 115 155 134 453 264 189 45-49 4 70 55 50 30 20 89 66 16 12 79 125 155 198 119 544 320 224 Age 40-44 99 70 54 29 25 30 17 13 169 228 116 112 311 185 126 792 446 346 35-39 9 80 79 50 29 24 15 189 109 267 144 123 361 183 178 920 501 419 30-34 8 55 58 25 17 242 139 103 113 309 155 154 396 218 178 584 501 25-29 1,085 86 58 28 46 35 11 225 102 123 274 150 124 901 588 313 933 599 20-24 1,532 6 53 83 50 23 27 94 96 20 14 136 190 299 136 163 695 320 375 15-19 8 75 69 59 29 30 22 14 144 284 135 149 387 169 218 896 422 474 10-14 9 82 77 57 23 34 23 14 5-9 159 251 122 129 378 169 209 868 410 458 9 68 82 68 33 35 20 11 0-4 150 233 122 111 254 144 110 725 378 347 Population by Age, Sex and LAP, Samdrup Jongkhar Thromde 2017 Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female LAP/Sex Core Service Center Football ground side Football ground Behind Dzong Deothang All LAP Table A2.8

49 Table A2.9 Population Aged 10 Years and Above by Marital Status, Sex and Gewog/Town, Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag 2017

Marital Status Never Married Living Together Married Divorced Separated Widow/Widower Not Reported All Status Gewog/Town Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total PERCENT Urban 24.6 18.3 42.9 0.2 0.2 0.4 27.9 24.8 52.7 0.8 0.9 1.7 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 1.2 1.6 0.3 0.1 0.4 54.2 45.8 100.0 Samdrup Jongkhar Thromde 25.1 18.2 43.3 0.2 0.2 0.4 27.9 24.6 52.5 0.8 0.8 1.7 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 1.3 1.6 0.2 0.0 0.2 54.7 45.3 100.0 Samdrupcholing Town 27.1 22.9 50.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 24.2 22.6 46.7 0.4 1.4 1.8 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.9 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 52.1 47.9 100.0 Jomotsangkha Town 15.8 12.4 28.2 0.4 0.4 0.7 34.1 30.1 64.3 1.3 0.9 2.2 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.2 1.5 1.8 2.0 0.6 2.6 53.9 46.1 100.0 Rural 20.5 15.3 35.8 0.3 0.3 0.6 29.4 29.2 58.6 0.5 1.1 1.6 0.1 0.2 0.3 1.0 1.9 2.9 0.1 0.0 0.1 52.0 48.0 100.0 Dewathang 23.5 13.2 36.7 0.3 0.4 0.8 30.3 26.9 57.2 0.6 1.3 1.9 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.9 1.7 2.6 0.6 0.0 0.6 56.3 43.7 100.0 Gomdar 18.2 17.2 35.5 0.2 0.3 0.5 29.9 29.4 59.3 0.2 0.9 1.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 1.0 2.4 3.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 49.7 50.3 100.0 Orong 23.1 19.1 42.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 25.3 27.4 52.6 0.4 1.3 1.7 0.0 0.2 0.2 1.4 1.5 2.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 50.3 49.7 100.0 Phuentshogthang 20.5 15.1 35.5 0.4 0.3 0.7 29.0 30.3 59.3 0.9 0.9 1.7 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.8 1.6 2.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 51.6 48.4 100.0 Wangphu 17.8 11.4 29.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 31.3 34.7 66.1 0.5 1.3 1.8 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.4 1.7 2.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 50.4 49.6 100.0 Langchenphu 21.7 10.4 32.1 1.4 1.3 2.7 28.5 31.1 59.5 1.2 1.3 2.5 0.6 0.1 0.7 0.6 1.8 2.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 54.0 46.0 100.0 Lauri 13.2 10.1 23.3 0.4 0.3 0.6 33.5 35.8 69.3 0.4 1.1 1.4 0.1 0.1 0.3 1.8 3.2 5.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 49.3 50.7 100.0 Martshala 21.0 16.0 36.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.3 28.1 58.3 0.4 1.0 1.4 0.2 0.2 0.4 1.0 1.8 2.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 53.0 47.0 100.0 Pemathang 16.0 13.4 29.5 0.3 0.1 0.4 30.7 33.8 64.5 0.7 0.9 1.6 0.5 0.2 0.7 0.8 2.0 2.8 0.5 0.0 0.5 49.6 50.4 100.0 Samrang 17.4 6.7 24.1 1.4 0.4 1.8 50.4 21.3 71.6 1.1 0.4 1.4 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.7 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 70.2 29.8 100.0 Serthig 26.7 21.9 48.6 0.2 0.1 0.3 23.9 22.1 46.0 0.4 0.9 1.4 0.1 0.1 0.2 1.3 2.2 3.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 52.7 47.3 100.0 Both Areas 21.9 16.4 38.3 0.3 0.2 0.5 28.9 27.7 56.6 0.6 1.0 1.6 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.8 1.7 2.5 0.2 0.0 0.2 52.8 47.2 100.0 2017 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS OF BHUTAN (PHCB) 395 577 806 134 252 Total 1,078 1,277 1,524 1,774 1,963 2,504 2,935 3,230 3,447 3,373 3,676 28,945 77 180 257 358 512 599 744 855 903 128 1,184 1,358 1,527 1,484 1,648 1,857 All Status Female 13,671 57 215 320 448 566 678 780 919 124 Male 1,060 1,320 1,577 1,703 1,963 1,725 1,819 15,274 0 0 1 1 1 1 7 5 4 1 0 0 0 14 12 11 58 Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 Female 0 0 1 1 1 1 5 5 4 9 1 0 0 0 Not Reported 14 11 53 Male 6 5 0 0 74 86 91 62 67 43 27 17 18 44 68 107 715 Total 4 4 0 0 42 54 71 69 47 47 26 20 15 11 33 43 486 Female 7 2 7 2 1 0 0 32 32 36 22 15 20 17 11 Widow/Widower 25 229 Male 1 2 1 4 9 9 8 7 6 5 2 0 0 10 17 10 91 Total 0 0 0 3 7 6 5 3 5 6 5 8 8 1 0 0 57 Female Separated 1 2 1 1 2 3 3 4 1 4 0 9 2 1 0 0 34 Male 1 4 8 0 0 0 12 13 18 29 45 69 81 52 21 123 Marital Status 476 Total 0 4 5 4 9 7 0 0 0 19 30 38 45 79 39 16 295 Female Divorced 1 0 3 8 4 5 0 0 0 11 10 15 31 36 44 13 181 Male 0 87 169 299 450 656 915 960 105 Total 1,133 1,362 1,583 1,745 2,228 2,461 2,221 16,374 0 79 84 44 131 187 272 416 517 648 766 793 619 1,052 1,183 1,230 8,021 Married Female 0 90 21 43 168 263 384 499 616 714 817 952 991 341 Male 1,176 1,278 8,353 2 1 3 0 8 7 6 9 9 9 8 2 0 15 38 33 150 Total 1 0 1 0 3 3 3 4 6 5 5 3 2 0 16 19 71 Female 1 1 2 0 5 4 3 5 3 4 5 0 0 Living Together 10 22 14 79 Male 3 11 15 29 26 41 47 51 80 102 155 299 884 Total 2,407 3,257 3,674 11,081 5 3 8 8 0 10 19 22 24 41 61 75 229 816 1,560 4,736 1,855 Female 6 Never Married Never 3 12 19 18 33 28 29 56 61 94 Population Aged 10 Years and Above by Marital Status Sex, Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag 2017 224 655 Male 1,591 1,697 6,345 1,819 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 All Ages 10-14 85+ Age Group Age Table A2.10

52 ANNEX 2: Statistical Tables 14.7 20.4 19.0 22.4 30.5 40.2 47.4 57.2 70.2 82.6 46.5 30.9 81.3 98.2 96.5 52.7 60.0 64.1 60.4 67.7 70.3 80.6 87.5 95.5 98.3 99.2 87.8 82.2 % Literate 963 114 275 165 259 450 539 785 903 695 896 689 Total 1,887 1,111 1,261 1,315 1,415 1,710 2,008 2,137 1,903 1,914 2,777 2,676 1,071 1,526 8,367 23,077 7 Both Sex 61 50 93 78 93 68 12 84 780 884 979 914 846 899 860 636 332 190 357 178 174 233 175 134 1,609 9,239 1,487 Illiterate 85 53 87 183 278 227 282 401 569 811 166 272 365 552 728 937 683 889 605 1,148 1,501 1,571 1,557 2,727 2,583 1,458 6,880 13,838 Literate 5.1 1.7 5.4 4.7 9.5 11.7 21.4 31.5 41.4 61.4 78.9 80.6 98.7 96.5 26.3 50.9 26.3 37.4 39.7 52.7 56.1 71.4 82.8 94.8 98.9 99.2 88.2 75.4 % Literate 57 76 455 862 523 637 664 679 838 939 137 883 933 107 189 224 346 419 501 599 375 474 357 Total 1,024 1,383 1,272 3,861 11,092 Female 4 4 18 44 42 56 67 86 31 42 432 847 495 607 586 534 574 550 395 124 186 181 114 106 152 120 948 5,449 Illiterate 23 15 28 30 78 13 15 20 40 75 145 264 389 629 697 752 118 194 299 415 568 371 470 315 1,365 1,228 5,643 2,913 Literate 31.5 25.7 33.8 40.4 49.6 57.6 62.7 71.0 78.3 52.2 85.7 97.7 96.5 68.4 82.1 66.7 75.3 82.9 75.5 78.4 81.5 88.6 91.6 96.0 97.5 99.3 87.3 88.0 % Literate 57 89 508 588 624 651 736 872 138 981 152 261 315 439 484 570 927 320 422 332 Total 1,025 1,069 1,113 1,020 1,394 1,404 4,506 11,985 Male 8 3 66 32 49 19 22 26 64 68 81 55 48 37 42 348 762 389 372 328 312 325 310 241 146 176 539 3,790 Illiterate 72 38 67 160 263 199 252 323 424 547 759 872 874 805 126 197 247 358 429 522 890 312 419 290 1,362 1,355 8,195 3,967 Literate Population 6 Years and Above by Literacy, Sex, Age Group Area, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017 60-64 65+ 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 65+ 10-14 15-19 20-24 60-64 6-9 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 6-9 Other than Samdrup Jongkhar Thromde Samdrup Jongkhar Thromde Area/Age Group Table A3.1

53 2017 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS OF BHUTAN (PHCB) 19.0 18.3 14.3 21.5 28.3 37.2 43.9 54.9 68.6 81.3 43.0 29.0 81.3 98.1 96.0 52.9 57.7 60.4 60.0 67.4 70.0 77.8 86.2 95.1 98.7 99.2 86.3 81.4 % Literate 919 158 365 210 313 547 684 933 Total 1797 1,066 1,207 1,218 1,270 1,470 1,699 1,855 1,682 1,670 2,479 2,259 1,025 1,212 1,353 1,747 1,112 1,194 20,591 10,853 9 Both Sex 90 48 90 99 86 15 751 863 948 873 797 825 766 583 314 259 313 124 219 223 307 269 187 128 1540 8,711 2,015 Illiterate 68 168 257 203 259 345 473 645 933 106 111 189 328 461 718 943 805 1,272 1,368 1,357 2,431 2,169 1,166 1,661 1,097 1,185 8,838 11,880 Literate 4.6 1.5 4.8 4.9 9.0 11.0 19.3 27.2 38.4 59.0 77.6 80.9 98.6 96.0 23.1 48.4 25.0 30.5 37.2 50.9 57.9 67.4 81.0 93.7 99.1 99.2 85.8 74.6 % Literate 78 96 434 822 503 613 627 622 742 782 871 177 769 805 131 226 281 442 576 654 713 580 615 485 Total 1,242 1,067 9,899 5,054 Female 5 5 17 43 60 72 91 45 69 414 810 479 583 558 502 540 482 357 161 172 154 142 138 186 188 124 5,111 1,286 Illiterate 20 12 24 30 69 16 18 24 40 84 120 202 300 514 597 651 143 256 388 530 668 575 610 416 1,225 1,024 4,788 3,768 Literate 30.5 25.1 31.8 38.6 46.7 54.5 60.9 69.0 77.0 47.9 84.4 97.5 96.1 66.3 81.6 62.5 76.3 81.9 76.0 78.9 79.2 87.3 91.0 96.0 98.1 99.3 87.4 86.8 % Literate 80 485 975 563 594 591 648 728 917 984 913 188 865 114 182 321 403 583 636 699 532 579 448 Total 1,237 1,192 1,034 5,799 10,692 Male 4 98 31 47 30 27 33 77 85 81 63 41 10 59 337 730 384 365 315 295 285 284 226 142 159 121 729 3,600 Illiterate 90 50 87 148 245 179 229 276 353 443 633 758 771 706 149 244 318 462 555 636 993 522 575 389 1,206 1,145 7,092 5,070 Literate 60-64 65+ 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 65+ 10-14 15-19 20-24 60-64 6-9 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 6-9 Rural Urban Area/Age Group Table A3.1 Population 6 Years and Above by Literacy, Sex, Age Group Area, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017

54 ANNEX 2: Statistical Tables 21.9 16.8 24.6 29.5 38.1 47.8 54.6 65.9 83.1 98.4 96.9 88.3 76.0 64.4 % Literate Total 2162 1,077 1,276 1,520 1,765 1,954 2,495 2,603 3,673 3,371 3,429 3,208 2,911 31,444 Both Sex 57 841 962 441 105 400 770 1799 1,072 1,092 1,020 1,132 1,035 10,726 Illiterate 363 236 314 448 673 934 1,363 2,162 3,616 3,266 3,029 2,438 1,876 20,718 Literate 2.8 7.4 8.0 9.4 17.9 29.1 57.2 38.7 82.7 98.8 97.1 85.4 68.5 50.7 % Literate 999 512 599 744 853 903 Total 1,184 1,290 1,857 1,647 1,482 1,525 1,358 14,953 Female 22 48 971 474 551 674 700 640 726 223 217 481 670 6,397 Illiterate 28 38 48 70 153 263 458 688 8,556 1,067 1,835 1,599 1,265 1,044 Literate 28.8 35.0 39.3 48.7 57.0 63.8 73.7 69.0 83.4 98.1 96.7 90.6 82.8 76.5 % Literate 565 677 776 912 Total 1163 1,051 1,311 1,313 1,816 1,724 1,947 1,683 1,553 16,491 Male 35 57 828 367 411 398 392 380 406 218 183 289 365 4,329 Illiterate 335 198 266 378 520 671 905 1,095 1,781 1,667 1,764 1,394 1,188 12,162 Literate 65+ 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 6-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 Both Areas Area/Age Group Table A3.1 Population 6 Years and Above by Literacy, Sex, Age Group Area, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017

55 2017 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS OF BHUTAN (PHCB) 6.7 1.8 5.6 1.8 36.3 95.8 92.7 92.0 76.9 65.4 30.6 93.4 90.3 89.6 80.5 35.2 37.1 95.8 93.0 93.7 84.8 64.4 29.5 93.0 89.9 88.7 77.1 31.4 Attending % Currently 6 6 9 8 27 13 76 45 51 69 42 15 86 42 49 67 187 275 172 265 Never Never 1,836 1,708 9,893 2,467 2,307 9,889 9,294 10,520 Attended 25 20 15 42 47 68 75 28 23 17 52 44 65 73 Both Sex 328 129 745 406 119 667 3,485 3,055 5,498 4,434 4,348 3,822 4,635 3,667 Attended Previously Previously 330 242 183 764 340 816 553 258 427 374 373 890 366 954 953 626 427 232 3,036 1,177 7,056 3,293 1,051 1,085 4,028 1,598 6,064 2,872 Currently Attending 3.6 1.7 3.4 1.6 37.3 97.2 94.6 95.3 78.7 62.7 32.1 95.1 96.0 96.3 83.9 36.4 38.3 97.1 94.6 96.8 86.6 60.8 30.9 94.8 96.1 95.8 80.4 34.1 Attending % Currently 2 3 4 5 7 3 3 4 4 7 11 21 72 22 18 27 65 22 985 119 113 Never Never 1,026 5,504 5,279 1,371 1,316 5,159 4,948 Attended 7 8 4 7 4 Female 23 14 18 15 54 10 27 14 16 15 50 166 340 209 297 1,395 1,187 2,031 1,590 1,745 1,488 1,681 1,289 Attended Previously Previously 80 98 627 176 141 100 315 545 567 397 263 122 835 227 210 201 366 494 498 296 212 104 1,439 3,556 1,662 1,937 3,058 1,454 Currently Attending 9.1 1.8 7.5 1.9 35.5 94.2 90.6 87.8 74.8 67.4 29.2 91.7 84.9 83.3 77.4 34.1 36.1 94.4 91.3 90.1 82.7 67.2 28.1 91.2 84.1 82.0 74.3 29.2 Attending % Currently 4 3 9 6 5 16 55 40 44 47 24 11 59 38 42 45 810 723 115 156 991 107 152 Never Never 5,016 4,614 1,096 4,730 4,346 Attended Male 18 12 11 19 33 50 60 75 21 13 13 25 30 49 58 69 162 405 197 370 2,090 1,868 3,467 2,844 2,603 2,334 2,954 2,378 Attended Previously Previously 83 550 154 101 449 260 506 518 419 290 136 763 200 164 172 524 268 460 455 330 215 128 1,597 3,500 1,631 2,091 3,006 1,418 Currently Attending Population 6 Years and Above by School/Institute Attendance, Sex, Age Group Area, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017 6-12 13-14 15-16 17-18 19-22 23+ 6-12 13-14 15-16 17-18 19-22 23+ 6-12 13-14 15-16 17-18 19-22 23+ 6-12 13-14 15-16 17-18 19-22 23+ Area/Age Group Area/Age Samdrup Thromde Jongkhar Other than Samdrup Jongkhar Thromde Other than Samdrup Jongkhar Urban Rural Table A3.2

56 ANNEX 2: Statistical Tables 3.0 6.6 32.1 32.1 94.0 36.3 90.9 90.0 46.4 79.8 48.0 29.2 25.1 35.5 38.2 27.1 20.5 20.0 16.2 33.9 26.7 40.2 Attending Attending % Currently % Currently 51 57 82 352 279 385 611 155 790 214 351 Never Never 1836 1043 1360 1187 1269 1034 1019 1036 Never Never 12356 11601 12,356 Attended Attended 72 88 90 Both Sex Both Sex 171 474 389 852 493 399 742 226 323 258 499 368 112 363 7489 8,983 1,073 8983 3485 Attended Previously Previously Attended Previously Previously 19 999 598 716 276 636 979 746 324 177 246 787 356 774 3036 1020 4,470 1,381 1,327 1,317 10092 10,092 Currently Currently Attending Attending 2.2 33.4 95.7 95.6 96.1 82.8 47.2 33.4 37.3 47.7 31.8 29.3 37.7 36.0 27.4 22.6 17.7 16.5 34.3 29.2 11.8 44.4 Attending Attending % Currently % Currently 7 83 10 26 140 49 Never Never 6264 186 159 498 726 651 701 517 216 533 545 343 380 6,530 Never Never 6,530 1,026 Attended Attended Female 21 26 19 77 506 Gewog, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017 2777 Female 91 26 3,426 203 147 292 175 161 265 119 115 168 141 128 Attended 3,426 1,395 Previously Previously Attended Previously Previously 721 708 497 578 202 4,995 2,289 72 10 355 143 327 545 456 364 178 128 373 200 405 Currently Attending 4,995 1,439 Currently Attending 3.8 30.9 92.3 86.2 84.0 77.0 48.7 Attending 4.5 30.9 35.5 45.2 26.9 21.9 33.3 40.3 26.8 18.3 22.0 15.8 33.5 24.0 36.4 % Currently Attending 44 47 56 % Currently 131 211 Never Never 5337 5,826 Attended 810 166 120 545 634 536 568 517 169 486 491 268 106 410 Never Never Male 5,826 51 62 71 94 Attended 567 4712 5,557 Male Attended Previously Previously 86 271 242 560 318 238 477 135 204 143 331 227 235 5,557 2,090 660 619 502 739 396 Attended Previously Previously 5,097 2,181 Currently Attending 9 361 133 309 475 523 382 146 105 118 414 156 369 5,097 1,597 Currently Attending Population 6 Years and Above by School/Institute Attendance, Sex Town/ 6-12 Samdrup Thromde Jongkhar 13-14 Samdrupcholing Town 15-16 17-18 Jomotsangkha Town Jomotsangkha 19-22 23+ Dewathang Gomdar Orong Phuentshogthang Wangphu Langchenphu Lauri Martshala Pemathang Samrang Serthig Gewog Town/ Area/Age Group Area/Age Samdrup Jongkhar Both Areas Table A3.3 Table A3.2 Population 6 Years and Above by School/Institute Attendance, Sex, Age Group Area, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017

57 2017 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS OF BHUTAN (PHCB) 0 1 1 1 2 3 3 8 1 2 2 3 2 0 4 5 5 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 11 10 12 14 14 Other 0 9 0 9 6 0 6 1 1 1 4 2 5 8 0 4 4 2 3 8 1 10 12 14 11 11 29 12 91 120 Above Masters and 7 3 40 10 47 27 37 15 14 18 39 26 53 41 22 67 43 65 29 54 17 83 26 35 43 45 80 191 423 614 Degree Bachelors 0 2 1 2 4 0 5 5 1 5 9 3 6 3 9 7 3 1 7 10 10 14 17 15 16 24 31 279 591 870 Diploma 2 1 2 3 1 1 3 1 2 2 4 1 6 4 2 5 6 8 3 4 2 7 5 8 7 13 27 21 42 69 Certificate 10 13 16 23 17 11 33 18 50 29 93 33 30 63 59 70 19 31 83 50 94 167 143 250 417 129 486 177 473 959 Gewog /Town, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017 Higher Secondary 17 15 36 32 37 13 73 19 32 44 83 53 50 125 143 102 268 146 100 183 112 134 246 141 103 148 433 289 454 887 Middle Secondary 9 3 17 26 26 29 55 12 15 66 84 84 91 40 54 85 94 84 Highest Level of Education Completed Highest Level 107 137 244 140 150 135 275 175 284 169 372 656 Lower Lower Secondary 80 183 160 343 178 183 258 168 288 351 389 223 677 296 362 519 410 772 283 428 138 711 181 169 319 209 378 1002 1204 2206 School Primary 0 0 0 0 1 7 1 3 3 5 1 8 0 1 1 3 4 5 9 1 0 1 1 0 1 10 14 17 18 35 ECCD Daycare/ Daycare/ 3 7 5 2 5 15 19 18 45 26 31 37 76 34 24 71 26 74 50 50 37 43 15 80 28 20 86 30 91 124 Education Non-formal Population 6 Years and Above by Highest Level of Education Completed, Sex Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Lauri Langchenphu Wangphu Phuentshogthang Orong Gomdar Dewathang Jomotsangkha Town Jomotsangkha Samdrupcholing Town Samdrup Thromde Jongkhar /Town/Sex Gewog Table A3.4

58 ANNEX 2: Statistical Tables 1 0 0 3 0 5 0 8 3 3 14 68 82 14 15 Other 0 2 1 2 2 1 3 3 0 4 9 9 40 170 210 Above Masters and 2 9 17 32 49 13 15 18 12 27 35 47 394 851 1,245 Degree Bachelors 0 5 0 5 1 4 1 4 1 8 7 8 303 694 997 Diploma 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 1 6 6 7 53 91 144 Certificate 5 27 44 71 13 13 18 42 12 55 41 53 991 1,229 2,220 Higher Gewog /Town, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017 Secondary 9 14 26 23 28 71 54 78 138 132 270 149 1,359 1,396 2,755 Middle Secondary 3 13 64 16 48 92 Highest Level of Education Completed Highest Level 153 151 304 112 119 211 Lower Lower 1,156 1,346 2,502 Secondary 13 36 49 166 212 378 173 206 293 379 409 702 3,556 4,486 8,042 School Primary 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 5 0 8 2 2 39 47 86 ECCD Daycare/ Daycare/ 3 3 6 31 11 42 43 20 59 63 36 95 516 276 792 Education Non-formal Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Samdrup Jongkhar Serthig Samrang Pemathang Martshala /Town/Sex Gewog Table A3.4 Population 6 Years and Above by Highest Level of Education Completed, Sex

59 2017 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS OF BHUTAN (PHCB)

Table A4.1 Persons with Disability by Gewog/Town, Table A4.2 Persons with Disability in Multiple Samdrup Jongkhar 2017 Domain by Gewog/Town, Samdrup Jongkhar 2017

Gewog/Town Male Female Both Sexes Gewog/Town Male Female Both Sexes Samdrup Jongkhar Samdrup Jongkhar 53 51 104 11 16 27 Thromde Thromde Samdrupcholing Samdrupcholing 13 13 26 6 3 9 Town Town Jomotsangkha Jomotsangkha 9 8 17 3 2 5 Town Town Dewathang 22 16 38 Dewathang 4 5 9 Gomdar 44 42 86 Gomdar 16 13 29 Orong 21 31 52 Orong 11 17 28 Phuentshogthang 46 53 99 Phuentshogthang 17 26 43 Wangphu 18 23 41 Wangphu 7 8 15 Langchenphu 16 18 34 Langchenphu 4 3 7 Lauri 30 27 57 Lauri 12 13 25 Martshala 39 29 68 Martshala 12 7 19 Pemathang 23 31 54 Pemathang 2 3 5 Samrang 5 4 9 Samrang 2 2 4 Serthig 13 24 37 Serthig 6 6 12 Total 352 370 722 Total 113 124 237

Table A7.1 Room Density (person per room), Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag 2017

Room Density Average Number of Average Household Room Density Regular Gewog/Town Rooms in Dwelling Size (Person per Room) Households Urban Samdrup Jongkhar 2.9 3.7 1.3 2,055 Thromde Samdrupcholing Town 3.5 4.0 1.1 335 Jomotsangkha Town 2.7 3.7 1.3 287 Rural Dewathang 2.9 3.8 1.3 685 Gomdar 2.5 3.3 1.3 752 Orong 3.0 3.8 1.2 624 Phuentshogthang 3.1 4.2 1.4 701 Wangphu 2.2 4.0 1.8 428 Langchenphu 3.2 3.8 1.2 243 Lauri 1.8 3.0 1.7 498 Martshala 2.4 3.4 1.4 571 Pemathang 2.9 3.8 1.3 380 Samrang 2.9 3.5 1.2 55 Serthig 1.7 3.2 1.9 439 Both Areas 2.7 3.7 1.4 8,053

60 ANNEX 2: Statistical Tables

Table A7.2 Distribution of Households by Occupancy Status by Gewog/Town, Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag 2017

House Occupancy Status Rented Rented Rent Free Rent Free Owner Govt. Private Govt. Private Gewog/Town Occupied House House House House Other Total Urban Samdrup Jongkhar 214 449 725 106 527 34 2,055 Thromde Samdrupcholing Town 88 55 78 12 101 1 335 Jomotsangkha Town 48 52 63 4 119 1 287 Rural Dewathang 334 51 203 35 52 10 685 Gomdar 626 43 27 10 12 34 752 Orong 521 23 51 8 9 12 624 Phuentshogthang 594 6 63 27 6 5 701 Wangphu 399 17 4 2 3 3 428 Langchenphu 211 5 10 14 3 0 243 Lauri 467 18 6 4 2 1 498 Martshala 497 28 26 15 1 4 571 Pemathang 338 10 20 9 2 1 380 Samrang 36 0 3 1 7 8 55 Serthig 361 29 22 19 7 1 439 Both Areas 4,734 786 1,301 266 851 115 8,053

Table A7.3 Distribution of Households by Number of Rooms in Dwelling by Gewog/Town, Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag 2017

Number of Rooms in Dwelling Eight or One Two Three Four Five Six Seven More Not Gewog/Town Room Rooms Rooms Rooms Rooms Rooms Rooms Rooms Reported Total Urban Samdrup Jongkhar 270 553 630 387 130 38 24 19 4 2,055 Thromde Samdrupcholing Town 20 96 73 55 33 54 1 3 0 335 Jomotsangkha Town 28 133 61 37 14 9 1 4 0 287 Rural Dewathang 84 263 150 101 46 24 9 7 1 685 Gomdar 139 310 188 74 23 12 2 3 1 752 Orong 50 214 175 85 67 17 5 11 0 624 Phuentshogthang 126 178 143 121 67 39 11 16 0 701 Wangphu 108 195 78 30 11 5 1 0 0 428 Langchenphu 50 38 63 44 28 9 3 7 1 243 Lauri 223 192 55 19 7 0 0 1 1 498 Martshala 163 191 123 61 19 7 6 1 0 571 Pemathang 76 110 73 59 36 17 7 1 1 380 Samrang 11 19 9 9 2 2 1 2 0 55 Serthig 231 137 51 14 4 0 1 1 0 439 Both Areas 1,579 2,629 1,872 1,096 487 233 72 76 9 8,053

61 2017 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS OF BHUTAN (PHCB)

Table A7.4 Distribution of Households by Type of Toilet Facility by Gewog/Town, Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag 2017

Sanitation facility Flush toilet to latrine Long No facilty, Flush somewhere Pit latrine without slab drop Composting bush, Gewog/Town toilet else VIP with slab / open pit latrine toilet field Other Total Urban Samdrup Jongkhar 1,653 227 2 95 45 12 7 10 4 2,055 Thromde Samdrupcholing 254 68 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 335 Town Jomotsangkha 204 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 287 Town Rural Dewathang 513 99 15 22 19 3 1 8 5 685 Gomdar 579 61 31 34 11 3 4 24 5 752 Orong 480 78 6 16 30 1 1 9 3 624 Phuentshogthang 490 113 1 37 25 13 8 14 0 701 Wangphu 371 17 1 23 6 1 1 4 4 428 Langchenphu 166 31 12 7 13 1 1 10 2 243 Lauri 291 14 62 35 32 38 1 21 4 498 Martshala 459 69 6 8 10 1 1 15 2 571 Pemathang 308 35 8 14 6 0 1 5 3 380 Samrang 31 16 0 5 2 1 0 0 0 55 Serthig 355 26 0 36 13 3 0 4 2 439 Both Areas 6,154 937 145 338 218 77 26 124 34 8,053

Table A7.5 Distribution of Households by Type of Toilet by Extent of Sharing with Other Households by Gewog/Town, Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag 2017

Sharing toilet with other households Area/Dzongkhag Yes No Not Reported Total Urban Samdrup Jongkhar Thromde 421 1,633 1 2,055 Samdrupcholing Town 87 248 0 335 Jomotsangkha Town 75 212 0 287 Rural Dewathang 147 538 0 685 Gomdar 128 624 0 752 Orong 65 559 0 624 Phuentshogthang 66 635 0 701 Wangphu 33 395 0 428 Langchenphu 35 207 1 243 Lauri 26 472 0 498 Martshala 73 498 0 571 Pemathang 40 340 0 380 Samrang 19 36 0 55 Serthig 55 383 1 439 Both Areas 1,270 6,780 3 8,053

62 ANNEX 2: Statistical Tables 55 287 685 752 335 624 701 428 243 498 571 380 439 Total 2,055 8,053 0 7 4 3 3 7 1 2 25 40 34 30 30 15 201 Other 1 4 0 0 3 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 10 11 36 Mud Blocks 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 19 Earth Rammed 5 88 42 17 98 43 23 53 92 46 13 103 107 105 835 Wood Wood Planks 9 3 0 4 0 3 80 84 19 10 18 29 16 11 286 Blocks Cement 7 2 0 0 2 0 56 31 26 19 15 18 10 267 453 Bricks 6 51 16 53 23 84 68 20 25 11 29 37 37 168 628 Stone with Lime/Cement Gewog /Town, Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag 2017 51 20 40 14 39 81 11 30 wall 195 143 174 102 112 1,168 2,180 Cement/RCC 1 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Main External Wall Material Used Wall Main External Cardboard 0 8 6 6 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 11 42 12 92 Plywood 2 2 61 48 54 34 65 368 178 100 182 380 222 214 Mud 1,910 Stone with 50 27 13 69 56 26 47 18 21 107 111 136 192 100 973 Bamboo with Mud 6 2 7 2 61 28 21 51 42 20 15 27 24 125 431 Cane/Palm/ Trunks/Bamboo Distribution of Households by Main External Wall Material Used in Dwelling Dewathang Gomdar Orong Samdrup Thromde Jongkhar Samdrupcholing Town Jomotsangkha Town Jomotsangkha Phuentshogthang Wangphu Langchenphu Lauri Martshala Pemathang Samrang Serthig Rural Urban /Town Gewog Both Areas Table A7.6

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Table A7.7 Distribution of Households by Main Roof Material Used in Dwelling by Gewog/Town, Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag 2017

Main Roof Material Used in Dwelling Planks/ Metal Tiles/ Concrete/ Gewog/Town Thatch Bamboo Shingles Cardboard Tarpaulin Sheets Slates Cement Other Total Urban Samdrup Jongkhar Thromde 1 3 21 15 19 1,889 25 72 10 2,055 Samdrupcholing Town 0 1 3 2 0 315 2 12 0 335 Jomotsangkha Town 1 0 18 0 0 261 1 6 0 287 Rural Dewathang 11 5 35 3 2 606 3 16 4 685 Gomdar 28 8 35 9 1 664 1 3 3 752 Orong 3 12 32 2 2 557 1 7 8 624 Phuentshogthang 24 7 35 0 2 620 2 8 3 701 Wangphu 50 7 16 0 1 327 0 2 25 428 Langchenphu 0 2 1 0 0 237 0 3 0 243 Lauri 2 8 19 0 3 465 1 0 0 498 Martshala 31 17 30 2 28 440 0 3 20 571 Pemathang 7 1 3 0 0 357 1 8 3 380 Samrang 0 2 0 0 0 53 0 0 0 55 Serthig 1 4 13 0 1 418 1 0 1 439 Both Areas 159 77 261 33 59 7,209 38 140 77 8,053

Table A7.8 Distribution of Households by Main Floor Material Used in Dwelling by Gewog/Town, Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag 2017

Main Floor Material Used in Dwelling Earthen/Clay Planks/ Polished Tiles/ Cement/Concrete/ Gewog/Town Floor Shingles Bamboo Wood Marbles Terrazzo Other Total Urban Samdrup Jongkhar 11 133 13 7 209 1,679 3 2,055 Thromde Samdrupcholing Town 1 29 1 0 21 283 0 335 Jomotsangkha Town 2 5 1 1 5 273 0 287 Rural Dewathang 7 249 2 14 18 393 2 685 Gomdar 10 589 8 18 7 119 1 752 Orong 4 420 5 13 4 177 1 624 Phuentshogthang 187 104 3 14 2 391 0 701 Wangphu 4 385 3 0 0 34 2 428 Langchenphu 56 45 0 9 0 133 0 243 Lauri 2 476 2 9 0 8 1 498 Martshala 14 428 7 16 0 104 2 571 Pemathang 64 92 0 1 1 221 1 380 Samrang 15 6 3 0 0 31 0 55 Serthig 6 377 0 7 3 46 0 439 Both Areas 383 3,338 48 109 270 3,892 13 8,053

64 ANNEX 2: Statistical Tables 55 428 243 498 335 287 685 752 571 380 439 624 701 Total 2,055 8,053 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 1 2 0 0 1 22 32 Other 55 90 48 31 LPG 319 269 488 197 179 177 102 320 274 1,887 4,436 2 5 6 5 0 15 37 35 35 31 15 55 65 20 326 Bio-Gas 9 2 28 22 116 503 326 123 436 358 139 316 228 372 2,978 Cooking Firewood 1 3 8 6 6 7 4 15 12 18 33 16 11 12 152 Kerosene 50 334 284 665 692 222 414 532 365 390 593 661 342 1,977 7,521 Electricity 3 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 12 Other 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Candle 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 Personal Personal Generator Gewog /Town, Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag 2017 3 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 14 LPG 5 0 1 1 1 4 3 7 1 32 11 14 11 55 146 Solar Lighting 1 0 2 1 4 3 1 0 11 18 18 15 11 22 107 Firewood 2 3 8 2 7 8 1 11 13 30 14 12 14 11 136 Kerosene 52 332 278 667 706 597 668 349 229 433 526 365 397 2,029 7,628 Electricity Distribution of Households by Use and Source Energy Samdrup Thromde Jongkhar Samdrupcholing Town Town Jomotsangkha Dewathang Gomdar Orong Phuentshogthang Wangphu Langchenphu Lauri Martshala Pemathang Samrang Serthig /Town Gewog Urban Rural Both Areas Table A7.9

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Table A7.10 Distribution of Households by Main Source of Drinking Water by Gewog/Town, Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag 2017

Main Source of Drinking Water Piped Protected Unprotected Well/ water Piped Water Well/ Spring/Rivers/ Inside the Outside the Protected Rain Water Streams/Lake/ Gewog/Town Dwelling Dwelling Spring Collection Pond/Dam Other Total Urban Samdrup Jongkhar Thromde 1,464 567 10 1 7 6 2,055 Samdrupcholing Town 174 161 0 0 0 0 335 Jomotsangkha Town 173 114 0 0 0 0 287 Rural Dewathang 289 378 0 2 10 6 685 Gomdar 118 578 10 0 11 35 752 Orong 182 427 2 0 0 13 624 Phuentshogthang 157 532 3 0 6 3 701 Wangphu 69 353 0 5 0 1 428 Langchenphu 35 198 1 0 8 1 243 Lauri 78 402 6 0 5 7 498 Martshala 127 422 5 0 10 7 571 Pemathang 74 301 2 0 1 2 380 Samrang 15 40 0 0 0 0 55 Serthig 74 358 1 1 5 0 439 Both Areas 3,029 4,831 40 9 63 81 8,053

Table A7.11 Distribution of Households by Time Taken to Reach the Nearest Water Source by Gewog/Town, Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag 2017

Distance of Household to Water Source Less Than 30 30 Minutes - More Than Not Gewog/Town Minutes 1 Hour 1 - 2 Hours 2 Hours Reported Total Urban Samdrup Jongkhar Thromde 2,048 4 1 1 1 2,055 Samdrupcholing Town 335 0 0 0 0 335 Jomotsangkha Town 287 0 0 0 0 287 Rural Dewathang 683 1 1 0 0 685 Gomdar 741 8 2 1 0 752 Orong 622 1 1 0 0 624 Phuentshogthang 681 13 5 2 0 701 Wangphu 426 1 0 1 0 428 Langchenphu 238 2 1 1 1 243 Lauri 477 4 17 0 0 498 Martshala 557 6 7 1 0 571 Pemathang 379 0 0 1 0 380 Samrang 52 2 1 0 0 55 Serthig 431 2 4 2 0 439 Both Areas 7,957 44 40 10 2 8,053

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Table A7.12 Distribution of Households by Reliability of Source of Drinking Water by Gewog/Town, Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag 2017

Reliability of Source of Drinking Water Gewog/Town Yes No Not Reported Total Urban Samdrup Jongkhar Thromde 1,518 533 4 2,055 Samdrupcholing Town 305 30 0 335 Jomotsangkha Town 178 109 0 287 Rural Dewathang 622 62 1 685 Gomdar 596 152 4 752 Orong 506 118 0 624 Phuentshogthang 606 95 0 701 Wangphu 351 77 0 428 Langchenphu 208 35 0 243 Lauri 395 103 0 498 Martshala 450 121 0 571 Pemathang 347 30 3 380 Samrang 18 37 0 55 Serthig 376 63 0 439 Both Areas 6,476 1,565 12 8,053

67 2017 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS OF BHUTAN (PHCB) 55 439 380 571 498 243 428 701 624 752 685 287 335 8,053 2,055 Households Total Regular Total 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 the Items % with All of % with 2.1 2.1 2.4 0.6 2.81 3.42 1.82 1.32 3.41 2.06 2.43 3.19 4.38 1.39 3.41 of the Items % With None 71 14 38 22 27 55 22 84 70 53 53 48 14 20 DTH 591 6 33 85 20 30 89 27 77 74 59 63 158 114 577 1,412 Jewelries 49 338 311 427 349 202 291 579 541 591 579 272 319 Rice 1877 6,725 Cooker 3 1 2 6 2 4 3 7 8 0 6 7 10 89 148 Cleaner Vacuum Vacuum 5 0 7 3 5 7 3 7 9 10 18 10 14 76 174 Sewing Sewing Machine 4 Gewog /Town, Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag 2017 40 14 56 56 38 16 87 58 116 204 172 175 Sofa 1293 2,329 0 6 18 28 20 10 24 11 40 32 15 25 13 39 281 Machinery 7 3 2 6 3 15 10 24 36 19 56 31 51 717 454 Washing Washing Machine 7 70 23 89 33 141 116 260 268 185 398 225 262 1640 Fridge 3,717 6 8 Ownership of Common Usage Household Assets Household Ownership of Common Usage 28 26 37 12 15 42 60 51 56 90 104 594 1,129 Commercial) Vehicle (Non- Vehicle 3 8 9 7 7 12 17 28 38 24 23 39 21 419 183 Vehicle Vehicle (Commercial) 2 22 15 36 19 11 12 45 65 55 29 20 37 618 250 Business 25 19 31 57 170 250 302 214 178 285 405 375 509 160 2,980 Livestock 25 57 94 253 250 339 304 176 276 422 417 532 308 292 3,745 House/ Building 39 Plot 352 340 484 426 203 382 557 488 576 364 125 161 668 Land/ 5,165 Distribution of Households by Ownership Common Usage Household Assets Serthig Samrang Pemathang Martshala Lauri Langchenphu Wangphu Phuentshogthang Orong Gomdar Dewathang Jomotsangkha Jomotsangkha Town Samdrupcholing Town Samdrup Thromde Jongkhar Both Areas Rural Urban Gewog/Town Table A7.13

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Table A7.14 Distribution of Households by Ownership of Individual Usage Household Assets by Gewog/Town, Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag 2017

Ownership of Individual Usage Household Assets Wrist Motor Cycle/ Compound/ Seshu % With None % with All of Total Regular Gewog/Town Watch Bicycle Scooter Foreign Bow Camera DVD/VCR Gho/Kira of the Items the Items Households Urban Samdrup Jongkhar 950 135 78 102 349 143 604 37.1 0.10 2,055 Thromde Samdrupcholing Town 134 35 11 13 44 20 101 42.4 0.30 335 Jomotsangkha Town 95 50 11 20 115 14 60 33.8 0.00 287 Rural Dewathang 233 27 29 23 60 33 71 49.8 0.00 685 Gomdar 228 21 7 27 22 53 78 56.3 0.00 752 Orong 236 11 9 23 29 43 94 49.8 0.00 624 Phuentshogthang 218 79 23 5 53 49 37 53.6 0.00 701 Wangphu 81 0 1 1 18 18 34 70.1 0.00 428 Langchenphu 86 74 20 7 119 33 10 30.9 0.00 243 Lauri 128 4 2 2 6 2 42 69.7 0.00 498 Martshala 173 4 4 9 20 17 49 62.2 0.00 571 Pemathang 80 18 2 2 11 24 24 67.4 0.00 380 Samrang 14 7 2 3 2 2 3 61.8 0.00 55 Serthig 146 23 9 3 34 11 52 52.9 0.00 439 Both Areas 2,802 488 208 240 882 462 1,259 50.3 0.04 8,053

69 2017 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS OF BHUTAN (PHCB) 55 335 287 685 752 624 701 428 243 498 571 380 439 2,055 8,053 Regular Households 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 the Items % with All of % with 0.83 0.00 0.35 2.77 8.91 4.49 5.28 7.71 3.70 9.24 7.18 4.47 9.09 4.53 10.25 of the Items % With None 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 11 Other 0 5 5 6 9 0 0 3 2 2 0 1 15 124 172 Newspaper 3 9 1 2 2 1 3 0 1 0 1 11 10 133 177 Fixed Internet- 5 95 41 56 28 70 81 191 209 268 104 219 100 1325 2,792 Mobile Internet- 1 1 9 1 2 3 5 1 0 0 Gewog /Town, Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag 2017 19 12 12 148 214 Tablet 8 8 94 51 69 36 44 49 20 14 30 29 36 606 1,094 Laptop 4 7 1 4 1 5 5 2 7 21 17 12 18 205 309 Desktop 35 634 148 138 302 537 424 491 326 180 368 399 297 273 4,552 Ownership of Communication/Media Facilities Ownership of Communication/Media Facilities Mobile Phone (Simple Phone) 90 25 215 221 435 227 233 284 142 110 210 155 173 1712 4,232 Mobile Phone (Smart Phone) 5 4 3 3 0 0 1 2 4 0 1 11 10 163 207 Telephone Telephone (Landline) 77 25 299 261 502 368 377 393 115 132 213 202 154 1850 4,968 TV/Video 1 33 37 76 90 48 60 76 285 176 167 104 114 116 Player 1,383 Radio/Tape Radio/Tape Distribution of Households by Ownership Communication/Media Facilities Samdrup Thromde Jongkhar Samdrupcholing Town Jomotsangkha Town Jomotsangkha Dewathang Gomdar Orong Phuentshogthang Wangphu Langchenphu Lauri Martshala Pemathang Samrang Serthig /Town Gewog Urban Rural Both Areas Table A7.15

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Table A7.16 Proportion of Households that visited a Health Facility During the Past Year by Gewog/Town, Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag 2017

Households that Visited Health Facility Gewog/Town Yes No Not Reported Total Urban Samdrup Jongkhar Thromde 1,858 194 3 2,055 Samdrupcholing Town 310 25 0 335 Jomotsangkha Town 266 21 0 287 Rural Dewathang 556 128 1 685 Gomdar 635 116 1 752 Orong 500 124 0 624 Phuentshogthang 664 37 0 701 Wangphu 367 61 0 428 Langchenphu 234 9 0 243 Lauri 452 46 0 498 Martshala 490 81 0 571 Pemathang 368 12 0 380 Samrang 41 14 0 55 Serthig 358 81 0 439 Both Areas 7,099 949 5 8,053

Table A7.17 Reasons for Not Visiting a Health Facility During the Past One Year by Gewog/Town, Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag 2017

Reason No No No No Prefer Home Transport Gewog/Town Too Far Need Faith Time Money Treatment Problem Other Total Urban Samdrup Jongkhar Thromde 8 176 0 3 0 5 1 4 197 Samdrupcholing Town 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 Jomotsangkha Town 0 20 0 0 0 1 0 0 21 Rural Dewathang 15 84 2 26 1 0 0 1 129 Gomdar 23 73 0 14 1 3 2 1 117 Orong 8 100 0 5 1 8 2 0 124 Phuentshogthang 0 35 1 1 0 0 0 0 37 Wangphu 0 52 0 6 0 2 1 0 61 Langchenphu 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Lauri 9 28 0 3 0 2 4 0 46 Martshala 14 50 0 6 2 7 2 0 81 Pemathang 0 6 0 0 0 4 2 0 12 Samrang 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Serthig 2 77 0 1 0 0 1 0 81 Both Areas 87 741 3 65 5 32 15 6 954

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Table A7.18 Distribution of Households by Time Taken to Reach the Nearest Road Head by Gewog/Town, Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag 2017

Approach Road Less Than 30 Minutes- 1-2 2-3 3-4 4-5 5-6 More Than Gewog/Town 30 Minutes 1 Hour Hours Hours Hours Hours Hours 6 Hours Not Reported Total Urban Samdrup Jongkhar 2,054 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2,055 Thromde Samdrupcholing Town 335 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 335 Jomotsangkha Town 287 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 287 Rural Dewathang 660 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 685 Gomdar 566 71 100 14 0 0 0 0 1 752 Orong 547 16 3 6 28 24 0 0 0 624 Phuentshogthang 628 43 27 3 0 0 0 0 0 701 Wangphu 269 29 35 38 13 28 16 0 0 428 Langchenphu 240 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 243 Lauri 170 64 76 51 65 17 13 42 0 498 Martshala 447 35 20 31 32 2 4 0 0 571 Pemathang 364 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 380 Samrang 54 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 Serthig 308 41 33 3 36 9 3 6 0 439 Both Areas 6,929 334 302 146 174 80 36 48 4 8,053

Table A7.19 Distribution of Households Experiencing Food Insufficiency in the last 12 months byGewog / Town, Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag 2017

Food Insufficiency Area/Dzongkhag Yes No Not Reported Total Urban Samdrup Jongkhar Thromde 94 1,960 1 2,055 Samdrupcholing Town 7 328 0 335 Jomotsangkha Town 19 268 0 287 Rural Dewathang 28 657 0 685 Gomdar 61 691 0 752 Orong 35 589 0 624 Phuentshogthang 80 621 0 701 Wangphu 37 391 0 428 Langchenphu 19 223 1 243 Lauri 29 469 0 498 Martshala 41 530 0 571 Pemathang 17 363 0 380 Samrang 3 52 0 55 Serthig 19 420 0 439 Both Areas 489 7,562 2 8,053