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

LHUENTSE DZONGKHAG

ISBN 978-99936-28-56-9

National Statistics Bureau Royal Government of Bhutan www.nsb.gov.bt NATIONAL STATISTICS BUREAU ROYAL GOVERNMENT OF BHUTAN 9 789993 628569 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 Lhuentse...... 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...... 5 2.8 Population Age-sex Pyramid ...... 6 2.9 Population by type of Household...... 6 2.10 Bhutanese and Non-Bhutanese Population...... 8 Section 3: EDUCATION...... 9 Introduction...... 9 3.1 Literacy ...... 9 3.2 School Attendance ...... 10 3.3 Educational Attainment ...... 11 3.4 Attendance of Traditional Learning...... 12 Section 4: HEALTH...... 13 Introduction ...... 13 4.1 Fertility...... 13 4.2 Mortality...... 14 4.3 Disability ...... 14 Section 5: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT...... 16 Introduction...... 16 5.1 Working-age Population, Economically Active and Inactive Population...... 16 5.2 Labour Force Rates...... 17 Section 6: MIGRATION...... 18 Introduction...... 18 6.1 Concepts and Measures...... 18 6.2 Lifetime Migration...... 19 Section 7: HOUSING, HOUSEHOLD AMENITIES, AND FOOD SUFFICIENCY...... 20 Introduction...... 20 7.1 Household Size...... 20 7.2 Housing Conditions...... 21 7.3 Housing Amenities...... 24 7.4 Ownership of Household Assets and Communication/Media Facilities...... 26 7.5 Access to Road-head and Usage of Health Facilities...... 26 7.6 Food Sufficiency...... 26 ANNEX 1: 2017 PHCB Indicators: Definitions, Numerators and Denominators...... 28 ANNEX 2: Statistical Tables...... 31

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 14,437* Male 7,407 Female 7,030 Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females) 105.4 Total Dependency Ratio 60.3 Child Dependency Ratio 47.3 Demographic Characteristics Aged Dependency Ratio 13.0 Population by Broad Age Group 0-14 years 4,263 15-64 years 9,006 65 years and over 1,168

Literacy Rate (%) 65.4 Male (%) 73.9 Education Female (%) 56.4 School Attendance (% of 6 Years and Above) 28.8

Crude Birth Rate (Per 1,000 Population) 16.6 Total Fertility Rate 2.3 Crude Death Rate (Deaths per 1,000 Population) 8.3 Health Infant Mortality Rate 16.7 Child Mortality Rate 33.5 Under Five Mortality Rate 50.2

Total Regular Households 3,111 Average Household Size 3.8 Housing, Household Amenities, Improved drinking Water Source (%) 99.2 and Food Sufficiency Improved Sanitation Facility (%) 75.4

Note: Excludes 21 tourists/non-Bhutanese found in hotels on the census reference day

vi LIST OF TABLES

Table 2.1 Distribution of the population by Gewog/Town and Sex, Lhuentse 2017...... 4 Table 2.2 Distribution of Bhutanese Population by Sex and Gewog/Town, Lhuentse 2017...... 8 Table 3.1 School Attendance for Persons Aged 6 Years and Above by Age Group, Lhuentse 2017...... 10 Table 3.2 Population 6 Years and Above by Highest Level of Education Completed, Sex and Area, Lhuentse 2017...... 11 Table 3.3 Population 6 Years and Above by Attendance of Traditional Learning, Sex and Area, Lhuentse 2017...... 12 Table 4.1 Disability Prevalence Rate by Gewog/Town, Lhuentse 2017...... 14 Table 5.1 Population 15 Years and Over by Usual Activity Status, Lhuentse 2017...... 16 Table 5.2 Labour Force Rates, Lhuentse 2017...... 17 Table 7.1 Room Density (person per room) by Area, Lhuentse 2017...... 22 Table 7.2 Distribution of Households by Wall, Roof and Floor Materials by Area, Lhuentse 2017...... 23 Table 7.3 Distribution of Households by Main Type of Energy for Lighting and Cooking by Area, Lhuentse 2017...... 24 Table 7.4 Distribution of Households by Main Source of Drinking Water and by Area, Lhuentse 2017...... 25 Table 7.5 Distribution of Households Experiencing Food Insufficiency in the last 12 Months by Area, Lhuentse 2017...... 27

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 2.1 Distribution of Population by Area, Lhuentse 2005 and 2017...... 4 Figure 2.2 Age Sex Structure of Population, 2005 and 2017...... 6 Figure 2.3 Population by Type of Household, Lhuentse 2005 and 2017...... 7 Figure 3.1 Literacy Rate by Sex and Area, Lhuentse 2017...... 9 Figure 3.2 School Attendance for Persons Aged 6 Years and Above by Age Group, Lhuentse 2017...... 11 Figure 7.1 Mean Household Size by Gewog/Town, Lhuentse 2017...... 21 Figure 7.2 Percent Distribution of Housing Units by Tenancy, Lhuentse 2017...... 22 Figure 7.3 Distribution of Households with Improved Sanitation Facilities by Gewog/Town, Lhuentse 2017...... 23 Figure 7.4 Distribution of Households Without Improved Sanitation Facilities by Gewog/Town, Lhuentse 2017...... 23 Figure 7.5 Distribution of Households with Access to Improved Sources of Drinking Water by Gewog/Town, Lhuentse 2017...... 25 Figure 7.6 Distribution of Households without Access to Improved Sources of Drinking Water by Gewog/Town, Lhuentse 2017...... 25 Figure 7.7 Distribution of Households without Access to Reliable Sources of Drinking Water by Gewog/Town, Lhuentse 2017...... 26 Figure 7.8 Percent Distribution of Households by Time Taken to Reach the Nearest Road-head, Lhuentse 2005 and 2017...... 27 Figure 7.9 Distribution of Households Experiencing Food Insufficiency in the last 12 months by Gewog/Town, Lhuentse 2017...... 27

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 Bhutan (PHCB) is to provide the allocation of development resources, Government and other development positioning of social infrastructures and partners with data for the purposes services, research, 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 Lhuentse the achievement of key government Dzongkhag. Population characteris- as well as other time-bound targets. In tics include spatial distribution of the addition, the data collected through 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 (DCC)/Thromde Census Order, the National Census Secretariat Committee (TCC) were instituted at the (NCS) was established at the National Dzongkhag and Thromde levels respec- Statistics Bureau (NSB) and National tively with different sector heads as their Census Steering Committee (NCSC) was members. The Dasho Dzongdas/Thrompons instituted to provide overall policy guid- served as the chairpersons of DCCs/TCCs ance and advice on the conduct of the to oversee the successful conduct of the 2017 PHCB. census operation within their respective Dzongkhags and Thromdes. The DCC/TCC 1.3 Administrative set up at the was also responsible for recruiting super- Dzongkhag/Thromde level visors 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.

2 Section 2: DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Introduction rural). In addition to the size and distribution of the population, this section Population is the most important presents a brief analysis of changes in resource of any nation. Data on popula- such parameters by comparing data from tion size, age structure, characteristics, the current Census to results from the and spatial distribution in a well-defined 2005 PHCB. territory is a basis for plan formulation, resource allocation, and good governance. 2.1 Concepts and Definition It is, therefore, important to fully A population census is the total process examine and understand the popula- of collecting, compiling, evaluating, tion dynamics within each Dzongkhag analyzing, and publishing or otherwise to affect specific and proper planning at disseminating demographic, economic, local level. The 2017 PHCB collected data and social data pertaining, at a specified on important demographic characteris- time, to all persons in a country or in tics such as age, sex, marital 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, Lhuentse Dzongkhag as of the census and defined periodicity1. reference day. It also looks at the distri- The 2017 PHCB was conducted bution of the population by gewog and from 30 May to 01 June 2017. The town and place of residence (urban and reference date and time for the census

1 Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses, Revision 2: A General Outline* United Nations

3 2017 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS OF BHUTAN (PHCB) enumeration was midnight of 29 May 21 non-Bhutanese/tourists staying in 2017. This means that the 2017 PHCB hotels and a few who were on move on provides population data of Lhuentse as the census reference day. The analyses of 00:00 hours on 30th May 2017. in this Report are based on 14,437 per- The 2017 PHCB was conducted sons since no detailed information was based on the de-facto method of enumer- collected from the 21 non-Bhutanese/ ation (this means that the enumeration tourists. is done on the basis of where a person Table 2.1 presents the population is found at the moment of the Census), of Lhuentse by sex and by Gewog/Town. though in some isolated cases, the com- Of the total 14,437 persons, 51.3% were bination of the de-facto and the de-jure males and 48.7% were females. The total methods was also adopted. population of Lhuentse Dzongkhag rep- resents 2.0% of the total population of 2.2 Population of Lhuentse Bhutan. The total population of Lhuentse 2.3 Size and Change of Dzongkhag as of 30 May 2017 was 14,458 Population persons (Annex Table A2.1). This is the total number of people found within Lhuentse Dzongkhag experienced a slight the territory of Lhuentse Dzongkhag decrease in population size, from 15,395 on the census reference day irrespec- persons in 2005 to 14,437 persons in the tive of their nationality. It includes 2017 Census. This is a decrease of some 6.2% between the intercensal periods Table 2.1 Distribution of the population by Gewog/ Town and Sex, Lhuentse 2017 Figure 2.1 Distribution of Population by Area, Persons Lhuentse 2005 and 2017 Name Male Female Total Urban 100 Lhuentse Town 897 603 1,500 90 Autsho Town 386 389 775 80 Rural Gangzur 1,141 1,121 2,262 70 Khoma 731 770 1,501 60 84.2 90.4 Kurtoed 379 361 740 50 Minjey 714 716 1,430

Percentage 40 Jarey 494 514 1,008 Maenbi 1,191 1,150 2,341 30 Maedtsho 470 475 945 20 Tsaenkhar 1,004 931 1,935 10 15.8 9.6 Both Areas 7,407 7,030 14,437 0 Note: Excludes 21 tourists/non-Bhutanese found in hotels 2005 2017 on the census reference day Year urban ruran

4 DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

(2005-2017). Lhuentse Dzongkhag ranks (productive population); and 65 years the third lowest among all Dzongkhags in and over (elderly population). The dis- terms of population size. tribution of population among these age groups shows that in 2017, the popula- 2.4 Population by Area tion of those under 15 years in Lhuentse In 2017, for every 100 persons in the Dzongkhag was 4,263 persons, those Dzongkhag, 84 persons lived in rural between 15 and 64 years was 9,006 per- areas while 16 persons lived in the urban sons, and the population of those aged areas (Figure 2.1). At the national level, 65 years and over (aged population) was 62.2 % of the total population lives in 1,168 persons. rural areas while 37.8 % live in urban The proportions of population in areas. The proportion of urban popula- these broad age groups have signifi- tion in Lhuentse Dzongkhag is 15.8%, cantly changed between 2005 and 2017. which is an increase of 6.2 percentage The proportion of child population has points from the 2005 PHCB. decreased to 29.5% from 35.4%, while the productive population has increased 2.5 Sex Ratio to 62.4% from 57.8%, and the elderly Sex ratios of a population vary depend- population to 8.1% from 6.8% during the ing on age. In general, at birth, the sex same period. ratio is normally high as there are more 2.7 Dependency Ratios boys than girls born each year. As this population grows older, sex ratio changes Dependency ratio is an indicator of the because males and females have different economic burden for the care of depen- exposures to risks of dying. dents and is calculated by taking the The male population of Lhuentse ratio of the number of dependents to Dzongkhag exceeded its female popu- the number of working-age population. lation by 377 persons. The sex ratio of ‘Dependents’ include the children (aged Lhuentse (number of males for every 100 less than 15 years) and the elderly (65 females) is 105.4, which is lower than years and over). The total dependency the national sex ratio of 109.7 males for ratio is the sum of the child and old age every 100 females. dependency ratios. The total and child dependency 2.6 Population by Selected ratios for Lhuentse Dzongkhag in 2017 Broad Age Groups have fallen from 73.0 and 61.3 in 2005 Population can be divided into three to 60.3 and 47.3 respectively, while the broad age groups: those less than 15 aged dependency ratio has increased years (child population); 15-64 years from 11.7 in 2005 to 13.0 in 2017. The

5 2017 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS OF BHUTAN (PHCB) decline in dependency ratio reflects an Figure 2.2 Age Sex Structure of Population, 2005 and 2017 increase in the size of the economi- 2005 (shaded) & 2017 cally active cohort and a decline in the 75+ children-infant category (Annex Table 70-74 A2.3). 65-69 60-64 The period when the dependency 55-59 ratio declines is known as the ‘window 50-54 45-49 of opportunity’ when a ‘demographic 40-44 dividend’ may be reaped because soci- 35-39 Males Females 30-34 ety has a growing number of potential 25-29 producers relative to the number of 20-24 15-19 consumers. However, as fertility levels 10-14 continue to decline, dependency ratios 5- 9 0- 4 eventually increase because the propor- 1500 1000 500 0 500 1000 1500 tion of working age starts to decline and Numbers the proportion of older persons continue to increase. in the number of population in all the age groups until 20-24 years. However, a slight 2.8 Population Age-sex Pyramid increase in every age group since 20-24 Population pyramid is a graphical pre- years is observed until the ages 55-59 years sentation of age and sex composition of for both the sexes. a population. It is a reflection of the past Figure 2.2 illustrates the differences and current fertility patterns. Lhuentse between the shapes of the population Dzongkhag has a largely young popula- pyramids and the age-sex structure for tion although a gradual decline in fertility the population of Lhuentse Dzongkhag rates was observed in 2017. The length of between 2005 and 2017. A population each bar shows the number of population bulge is observed between the ages of in each age group. With advancing age, 10-14 and 15-19 for males, while for the length becomes shorter as compare females, the highest number of population to the base of the pyramid. The declining is observed in the age group 10-14 years. bar at the base indicates the declining 2.9 Population by type of fertility rates in the population, while Household the elongated bars at the top indicate the increase in the number of elderly people To ensure complete converge, three due to increasing life expectancy. types of households were considered: Compared to 2005 (shaded), Lhuentse regular households; institutional house- Dzongkhag in 2017 experienced a decline holds; and transient population. These

6 DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS different types of households are defined 3. Transient Population includes per- as follows: sons on transit or enroute to a certain 1. Regular Household consists of a sin- destination, e.g. persons who stayed gle or a combined household; on the census night at airports, bus • A single household is defined as a stands, in vehicles, and persons trav- household in which all its members elling on foot (trekkers). occupy a single house. Figure 2.3 shows that there were a • A combined household is defined as total of 11,706 persons (81.1%) living in a household in which its members the regular households, 2,429 persons are lodged in rooms located in two (16.8%) in institutional households, and or more buildings. A combined 302 persons (2.1%) were transient pop- household can occur if a household ulation in 2017. Compared to 2005, the has members eating in one place number of regular household population but has another apartment or cen- had decreased by about 10.1 percent- sus house used by the household. age points while the institutional and 2. Institutional Household consists of a transient populations have increased group of persons who live in an insti- by about 8.9 and 1.2 percentage points tution, having common arrangement respectively (Annex Table A2.4). of food or taking their food from a Of the total regular household common kitchen. population, 1,325 persons (11.3% ) live in urban areas while 10,381 persons Figure 2.3 Population by Type of Household, Lhuentse 2005 and 2017 (88.7%) live in rural areas. Of the two 0.9 2.1 100 towns in Lhuentse Dzongkhag, Lhuentse 7.9 Town has 896 persons, representing 90 16.8 67.6% of regular household population 80 living in urban areas. Autsho Town has 70 429 persons (32.4%). Comparing the regular household 60 population among the gewogs, Gangzur Transient 50 Gewog has the highest number of reg- Institution Percentage 40 ular household population with 2,089 91.2 81.1 Regular 30 persons (20.1%), closely followed by Tsaenkhar Gewog with 1,733 persons 20 (16.7%). Kurtoed with 635 persons 10 (6.1%) has the lowest number of regular

0 household population in the Dzongkhag. 2005 2017 Year

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

Number of Persons Percent Gewog/Town Male Female Total Male Female Total Sex Ratio Urban 1,188 989 2,177 54.6 45.4 100.0 120 Lhuentse Town 846 601 1,447 58.5 41.5 100.0 141 Autsho Town 342 388 730 46.8 53.2 100.0 88 Rural 6,050 6,013 12,063 50.2 49.8 100.0 101 Gangzur 1,133 1,119 2,252 50.3 49.7 100.0 101 Khoma 718 750 1,468 48.9 51.1 100.0 96 Kurtoed 374 361 735 50.9 49.1 100.0 104 Minjey 700 716 1,416 49.4 50.6 100.0 98 Jarey 488 513 1,001 48.8 51.2 100.0 95 Maenbi 1,175 1,148 2,323 50.6 49.4 100.0 102 Maedtsho 464 475 939 49.4 50.6 100.0 98 Tsaenkhar 998 931 1,929 51.7 48.3 100.0 107 Both Areas 7,238 7,002 14,240 50.8 49.2 100.0 103

In terms of institutional population 2.10 Bhutanese and Non- among the gewogs, Maenbi and Khoma Bhutanese Population with 613 and 231 persons have the The total Bhutanese population of highest number of people living in an Lhuentse Dzongkhag as of 30 May 2017 institution, while Lhuentse and Autsho was 14,240 persons. Of the total, 7,238 Towns have 390 and 346 persons each, persons were males and 7,002 persons representing 53% and 47% of the urban were females. Across the areas, 2,177 population respectively. persons were found in urban areas and 12,063 persons in rural areas. The total number of non-Bhutanese population of Lhuentse Dzongkhag on the census reference day was 197 persons.

8 Section 3: EDUCATION

Introduction PHCB revealed that in 2017, there were 8,393 literate persons in Lhuentse, rep- The 2017 PHCB collected information on resenting a literacy rate of 65.4% (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 57.9%. for all population aged 3 years and above. The highest level of education Figure 3.1 Literacy Rate by Sex and Area, Lhuentse 2017 completed was collected for all popula- 100 91.4 tion who were attending school/institute 89 85.8 or had attended in the past. In addition, 90 information on attendance of traditional 73.9 learning was collected. 80 70.1 65.4 70 60.8 3.1 Literacy 56.4 51.5 Literacy is defined as the ability to read 60 and write a short text in Dzongkha, 50 English, Lhotshamkha, or any other lan- 40 guage while literacy rate is defined as Literacy Rate the ratio of literate population aged 6 30 years and above to the total population 20 of same age group expressed in percentage. Out of 12,854 persons aged 6 years 10 and above, 12 had not responded to the 0 literacy questions. Therefore, the literacy Urban Rural Both Areas rate for the Dzongkhag is based on a total Male Female Total population of 12,842 persons. The 2017

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Table 3.1 School Attendance for Persons Aged 6 Years and Above by Age Group, Lhuentse 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 12,840 2,018 662 638 582 809 8,131 100.0% Currently Attending 3,703 91.1% 82.9% 83.4% 73.7% 27.8% 1.6% 28.8% Previously Attended 3,424 3.9% 11.6% 10.3% 20.8% 55.0% 32.4% 26.7% Never Attended 5,713 5.0% 5.4% 6.3% 5.5% 17.2% 66.0% 44.5%

There is marked difference in liter- attendance is based on 12,840 persons. acy levels between the male and female Of these, 28.8% are currently attending populations. Among males, 73.9% of the school/institute, 26.7% had attended in population are literate as compared to the past, and 44.5% have never attended only 56.4% of the female population. The school/institute. trend is similar in both urban and rural Across the age groups, the highest areas although the disparity is relatively proportion of population currently larger in rural areas. The disparity in attending school/institute is observed rural areas is 18.6 percentage points as in the age group 6-12 years (91.1%), compared to only 5.6 percentage points followed by 15-16 years (83.4%). More in urban areas. Overall, the literacy level than half (66.0%) of the population aged is substantially higher in urban areas 23 years and above had never attended (89.0%) than in rural areas (60.8%). school/institute. The proportion of Comparing the 2005 and 2017 population currently attending school/ PHCB, the literacy rate of Lhuentse institute is relatively higher in urban Dzongkhag has increased by 10.4 per- areas (45.2%) as compared to only 25.7% centage points. It has increased from in rural areas (Annex Table A3.2.). 55.0% in 2005 to 65.4% in 2017. Figure 3.2 shows the comparison of school attendance between the 2005 and 3.2 School Attendance 2017 PHCB for all persons aged 6 years The official entry age for primary educa- and above. The proportion of population tion is 6 years. The overall status of school aged 6 years and above who are currently attendance by age group in Lhuentse attending school/institute has declined Dzongkhag is summarized in Table 3.1. by less than one percentage point, while Out of 12,854 persons aged 6 years and those who had attended in the past has above, 14 persons had not responded increased by 11.9 percentage points to questions on the status of school (Figure 3.2). In 12 years, the drop in attendance. Therefore, the percentage of the proportion of population who had population under each category of school never attended school/institute is 11.0

10 EDUCATION

Figure 3.2 School Attendance for Persons Aged 6 Table 3.2 shows the distribution Years and Above by Age Group, Lhuentse 2017 of population 6 years and above by the highest level of education completed2 in Lhuentse Dzongkhag. Out of the total Year 2017 28.8 26.7 44.5 population of 7,127 persons who are currently attending school/institute or had attended in the past, 3,270 persons have completed grades between 03 to 6 Year 2005 29.7 14.8 55.5 (primary), 936 persons have completed grades between 7 to 8 (lower secondary), 893 persons have completed grades 0 20 40 60 80 100 Percentage between 9 to 10 (middle secondary), and Now Past Never 772 persons have completed any grades between 11 to 12 (higher secondary). It percentage points; it declined from is also observed that 440 persons have 55.5% in 2005 to 44.5% in 2017. completed their bachelor’s degrees while 72 persons hold master’s degrees and 3.3 Educational Attainment above. The 2017 PHCB collected information on In percentages, among those who the highest level of education completed have completed some levels of education, for all population aged 3 years and above if the highest proportions of population the person is currently attending school/ completed the primary level (45.9%), institute or had attended in the past. followed by lower secondary levels at

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

Highest Level of Urban Rural Both Areas Education Completed Population Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Total Population 7,127 899 716 1,615 2,987 2,525 5,512 3,886 3,241 100.0% Non-formal Education 498 0.7% 2.5% 1.5% 5.5% 12.2% 8.6% 4.4% 10.1% 7.0% ECCD/Daycare 41 0.4% 0.1% 0.3% 0.4% 0.9% 0.7% 0.4% 0.7% 0.6% Primary 3,270 29.4% 32.0% 30.5% 51.8% 48.7% 50.4% 46.6% 45.0% 45.9% Lower Secondary 936 14.7% 17.5% 15.9% 11.8% 13.0% 12.3% 12.5% 13.9% 13.1% Middle Secondary 893 15.4% 20.7% 17.7% 10.0% 12.2% 11.0% 11.3% 14.0% 12.5% Higher Secondary 772 22.5% 20.9% 21.8% 7.4% 7.9% 7.6% 10.9% 10.8% 10.8% Certificates 51 1.8% 1.3% 1.5% 0.7% 0.2% 0.5% 0.9% 0.5% 0.7% Diploma 97 4.2% 1.1% 2.8% 1.3% 0.5% 0.9% 2.0% 0.6% 1.4% Bachelor’s Degree 440 9.1% 3.6% 6.7% 7.9% 3.8% 6.0% 8.2% 3.8% 6.2% Masters and Above 72 1.7% 0.3% 1.1% 1.5% 0.4% 1.0% 1.6% 0.3% 1.0% Others 57 0.2% 0.0% 0.1% 1.6% 0.3% 1.0% 1.3% 0.2% 0.8%

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, Lhuentse 2017

Urban Rural Both Areas Traditional Learning Population Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Total Population 1,094 119 6 125 900 69 969 1,019 75 100.0% Monastic Public 430 74.8% 33.3% 72.8% 37.0% 8.7% 35.0% 41.4% 10.7% 39.3% Monastic Private 314 5.0% 50.0% 7.2% 30.2% 47.8% 31.5% 27.3% 48.0% 28.7% Gomchen/Laymonks 344 20.2% 16.7% 20.0% 32.4% 39.1% 32.9% 31.0% 37.3% 31.4% Other 6 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3% 4.3% 0.6% 0.3% 4.0% 0.5%

13.1%. About 6.2% have completed their population aged 6 years and above. Table bachelor’s degrees and only 1.0% have 3.3 shows the distribution of population completed their master’s degrees and attending traditional learning by sex and above. areas in Lhuentse Dzongkhag. Out of Among the persons aged 3-5 years, 12,854 persons aged 6 years and above, 215 persons completed pre-primary and/ 1,094 persons are attending traditional or ECCD. learning. Of these, 39.3% are attending traditional learning in public monaster- 3.4 Attendance of Traditional ies and 28.7% in private monasteries, Learning4 while 31.4% are Gomchen/Laymonks. Information on the attendance of tradi- About 89.0% of those attending traditional learning were also collected for all tional 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.

12 Section 4: HEALTH

Introduction were adopted. The disability questions Health is an integral part of any human were asked to all members of the house- development and the need for timely and hold irrespective of age. reliable health indicator data is crucial. 4.1 Fertility The 2017 PHCB collected information on general health conditions from all The mean age at first birth in Lhuentse members of the household. The Census is 20 years. The mean age at first birth collected information on fertility, mor- for urban was 21 years and 20 years for tality, and disability. rural. Questions on fertility were asked The child survival rate for Lhuentse to women aged 15-49 years in order to is 93.2. Child survival rate is defined collect information on age at first birth, as the number of children surviving or number of children ever born (living and living expressed as a percentage of the dead), and birth in the last 12 months. number of children born in their lifetime Questions on occurrence of death to women aged 15–49 years. in the last 12 months prior to the cen- The Crude Birth Rate (CBR) is the sus reference day collected information number of live births in a year per 1,000 on age, sex, and cause of death of the populations. The CBR for Lhuentse is deceased including information to iden- 16.6. The CBR for the urban areas in tify maternal death. Lhuentse is 17.1 and for the rural areas To understand and measure disabil- is 16.4 per 1,000 populations. The overall ity in Bhutan, the Washington Group CBR for Lhuentse has reduced from 20.9 of questions, which cover six functional in 2005 to 16.6 in 2017. domains of seeing, hearing, moving, General Fertility Rate (GFR) is cognition, self-care, and communication, the number of births during a year per

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1,000 women of reproductive age (15–49 Table 4.1 Disability Prevalence Rate by Gewog/ Town, Lhuentse 2017 years). The GFR for Lhuentse is 68.8 per 1,000 women of reproductive age (15–49 Gewog/Town Male Female Both Sexes Lhuentse Town 1.1 0.8 1.0 years), which is a significant drop from a Autsho Town 0.8 0.8 0.8 GFR of 89.7 in 2005. Gangzur 2.8 4.4 3.6 General Marital Fertility Rate Khoma 3.0 4.0 3.5 Kurtoed 1.8 2.8 2.3 (GMFR) is the number of births during Minjey 1.8 2.0 1.9 a year per 1,000 women of reproductive Jarey 2.0 3.9 3.0 age (15–49 years) who are married or liv- Maenbi 1.7 3.1 2.4 Maedtsho 1.9 2.7 2.3 ing together. The GMFR for Lhuentse is Tsaenkhar 5.2 6.0 5.6 105.1 per 1,000 women of reproductive Total 2.4 3.4 2.9 age who are married or living together. The GMFR for Lhuentse has also reduced live births in a year and for Lhuentse, the from 143.0 in 2005 to 105.1 in 2017. IMR is 16.7, which is a significant drop Total Fertility Rate (TFR) is defined from an IMR of 49.8 in 2005. as the average number of children a Child Mortality Rate (CMR) is the woman would bear during her entire number of deaths of children between reproductive life, at the prevailing of 1-4 years per 1,000 live births in a year; age-specific fertility rate. The TFR for Lhuentse’s CMR is 33.5. This is a sub- Lhuentse is 2.3 per woman based on stantial increase from 12.5 in 2005. the number of births in the 12 months Under Five Mortality Rate (U5MR) before the Census. The TFR for the is defined as the number of deaths of urban areas is 2.4 and for the rural areas children below 5 years per 1,000 live is 2.3 per woman. The TFR for Lhuntse births in a year. The U5MR for Lhuentse has reduced from 3.1 in 2005 to 2.3 in is 50.2 per 1,000 live births, a decrease 2017. from 62.3 in 2005. 4.2 Mortality 4.3 Disability Crude Death Rate (CDR) is defined as The information on disability for the the number of deaths in a year per 1,000 Census is based on the Washington population. The CDR for Lhuentse is 8.3. Group Short Set of questions on disabil- It remained unchanged over the last 12 ity. The WG Short Set is a set of questions years. The CDR for the urban areas is 4.4 designed to identify people with a dis- and for the rural areas is 9.0. ability. The questions ask whether people Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) is have difficulty performing basic universal defined as the number of deaths of chil- activities (walking, seeing, hearing, cog- dren below the age of one year per 1,000 nition, self-care, and communication).

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The disability prevalence rate for self-care, and communication is coded Lhuentse according to the cut-off rec- ‘Lot of Difficulty’ or ‘Cannot do at all.’ ommended by WG for 2017 is 2.9%. The The highest prevalence rate is found in cut-off recommended by WG defines a Tsaenkhar Gewog (5.6%) and the lowest person to be disabled if any one domain of prevalence rate is in Autsho Town (0.8%). seeing, hearing, walking, remembering,

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Section 5: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

Introduction up 14.2%, and in rural areas, it is 85.8%. Reliable statistics on labour force are Of the total working-age population, crucial for planning, monitoring, and 6,432 persons (63.2%) are economically evaluating economic growth and devel- active or in labour force. These are people opment. The 2017 PHCB collected who were either working or indicated information on employment for all per- they were seeking and available for work. sons aged 15 years and above. The rest of the working-age population, This section presents information totaling 3,742 (36.8%) are economically on working-age population, economi- inactive as they do not do any work to cally active, economically inactive, labour generate an income or help in a family force participation rate, and unemploy- business, or are not seeking employment ment rate. Table 5.1 Population 15 Years and Over by Usual Activity Status, Lhuentse 2017 5.1 Working-age Population, Sex Area Economically Active and Inactive Usual Activity Male Female Urban Rural Total Population Economically Active 3,381 3,051 594 5,838 6,432 Economically Table 5.1 shows population 15 years and Inactive 1,843 1,899 854 2,888 3,742 over by usual activity status in Lhuentse Both Active and Inactive 5,224 4,950 1,448 8,726 10,174 Dzongkhag. Lhuentse Dzongkhag’s Percent Economically working-age population (15 years and Active 64.7 61.6 41.0 66.9 63.2 above) totaled to 10,174 persons: 5,224 Economically Inactive 35.3 38.4 59.0 33.1 36.8 are males; and 4,950 females. In urban Both Active 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 areas, the working-age population makes and Inactive

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Table 5.2 Labour Force Rates, Lhuentse 2017

Urban Rural Both Areas Both Both Both Measure Male Female Sex Male Female Sex Male Female Sex Labour Force Participation Rate 50.2 28.9 41.0 67.4 66.4 66.9 64.7 61.6 63.2 Unemployment Rate 0.7 2.8 1.3 1.2 0.7 1.0 1.2 0.8 1.0 on account of them being students, Dzongkhag is 1% and there is no sig- monks/nuns, aged people, housewives, nificant difference between the male retired, sick, disabled, and others. and female populations. In urban areas, female unemployment rate of 2.8% is 5.2 Labour Force Rates much higher than that of males (0.7%), As shown in Table 5.2, the labour force while in rural areas, there is no signif- participation rate is slightly higher icant difference between males (1.2%) among the males than females. The and females (0.7%). overall unemployment rate for Lhuentse

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Section 6: MIGRATION

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

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Net-migrant: is difference between persons are from other Dzongkhags/ in-migration and out-migration. It can Thromdes. Conversely, a total 10,664 be positive or negative. persons have migrated out of Lhuentse to other Dzongkhags/Thromdes. 6.2 Lifetime Migration The percent of urban to urban A total of 4,056 persons are lifetime migrants is 1.9%, urban to rural migrants migrants in Lhuentse meaning that is 2.6%, rural to urban migrants is 9.0%, they have moved from their gewog/town and rural to rural migrants is 14.9% for of birth and are currently residing in Lhuentse Dzongkhag. Lhuentse. Out of these migrants, 2,213

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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 a 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 3,111 regular households This section presents some of the reported in Lhuentse Dzongkhag in results from the 2017 PHCB for Lhuentse 2017. This is a slight increase (3.7%) Dzongkhag in relation to the household from the 3,001 regular households size; housing conditions including num- reported in 2005. Gangzur Gewog has ber of rooms, construction materials for the largest number of households, while exterior walls, roofing, flooring material, Autsho Town has the smallest number of and sanitation facilities; housing ame- regular households. nities such as water supply and energy The average household size5 in the sources; access to road and other services Dzongkhag has reduced to 3.8 persons like communications and technology; from 4.7 persons in 2005. The average ownership of assets; and availing of household size is the ratio of the total health facilities.

5 The average household size is calculated based on the members present in the 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. 20 HOUSING, HOUSEHOLD AMENITIES, AND FOOD SUFFICIENCY

Figure 7.1 Mean Household Size by Gewog/Town, Lhuentse 2017

5 4.2 3.9 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.6 4 3.5 3 2 1 Mean Household Size 0

own Jarey own Minjey Maenbi Khoma Gangzur Kurtoed Lhuentse Maedtsho Tsaenkhar Autsho T Lhuentse T Gewog/Town population in regular households to the in their own housing units, about six in number of regular households in an area. ten are tenants (59.7%), while the rest Figure 7.1 shows the mean size of regular live in housing provided free of rent by households by Gewog/Town. The mean private, government, and other tenancy household size is the highest in Gangzur arrangements. Gewog (4.2). The lowest household size The Census collected information is recorded in Khoma Gewog with 3.5 on the number of rooms in the dwellings, persons. excluding toilets, kitchens, bathrooms, and balconies. The number of people 7.2 Housing Conditions sleeping in a room is a major determi- Information collected on the housing nant of crowding. The room density in conditions during the Census includes Lhuentse Dzongkhag is slightly lower in ownership of the housing unit, number urban areas (1.10 persons per room) than of rooms, type of toilet facility, and the in rural areas (1.15 persons per room) main materials of walls, roofs and floors. The main toilet facility used at the More than seven in ten of the Dzongkhag level is a flush toilet with households in Lhuentse Dzongkhag 63.4% of households reporting using this own their housing units. In rural areas, facility. More households in urban areas 84.1% of the households reside in their (75.8%) than in rural areas (61.8%) used own housing units, 10.5% are tenants, flush toilet. About 2.3% of households while the rest live in rent-free private or do not have toilet facility. The number government houses and other tenancy of households without toilet facility is arrangements. In contrast, in urban slightly higher in rural (2.5%) than in areas, only 26.7% of households reside urban areas (0.3%).

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Figure 7.2 Percent Distribution of Housing Units by Autsho Town reported the highest Tenancy, Lhuentse 2017 proportion of households with improved sanitation facilities at 91.1%, while Jarey 26.7 Owner occupied 84.1 Gewog recorded the lowest proportion 77.4 of households with improved sanitation facilities at 63.2% (Figure 7.3). Rented govt. 38.3 6.7 house A quarter of households (764) in 10.3 the Dzongkhag lacked access to improved Rented private 21.4 sanitation facilities in 2017. A much 3.9 house 5.9 Urban sharper focus on disparities in access to sanitation among gewogs will allow for 2.8 Rural Tenancy Rent free govt. 2.7 targeted interventions. In terms of abso- house 2.7 lute numbers, Tsaenkhar Gewog had 149 households without access to improved Rent free private 10.8 2.0 house sanitation facilities while Autsho Town 3.1 had only 10 households (Figure 7.4). 0.0 A significant proportion (68.1%) of Other 0.6 0.6 the households’ walls in the Dzongkhag are made of stone with mud and stone 0 20 40 60 80 100 with lime/cement (Table 7.2). In rural Percentage areas, the proportion of such housing units is much higher (74.7%) than in Additionally, 75.4% of households urban areas (17.2%). have toilet facilities that are either a flush Most of the households live in hous- toilet, Ventilated Improved Pit (VIP), pit ing units whose roofs are made of metal latrine with a slab, or composting toilet. sheets (91.4%), followed by planks/ These are classified as improved toilet shingles (5.8%). Planks and shingles facilities. The remaining households have are the most common flooring materi- flush toilet to somewhere else, Pit latrine als (86.2%), followed by tiles/marbles, (without a slab), long drop latrine, or no cement/concrete, and terrazzo (11.1%). latrine facilities.

Table 7.1 Room Density (person per room) by Area, Lhuentse 2017

Average Number of Room Density (Person Area Rooms in Dwelling Average Household Size per Room) Total Urban 3.36 3.68 1.10 360 Rural 3.29 3.77 1.15 2,751 Both Areas 3.31 3.76 1.14 3,111

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Figure 7.3 Distribution of Households with Improved Figure 7.4 Distribution of Households Without Sanitation Facilities by Gewog/Town, Lhuentse 2017 Improved Sanitation Facilities by Gewog/Town, Lhuentse 2017 Lhuentse 75.4 200 Autsho Town 91.1 149

Lhuentse Town 87.9 150 137 123 Maedtsho 83.5 102

Kurtoed 83.4 100 84 wn 61

Khoma 83.2 Numbers 50 39 30 29 Gangzur 75.4 Gewog/ To 10

Maenbi 70.6 0

Tsaenkhar 68.9 own own Jarey Minjey Khoma MaenbiGangzur Kurtoed Tsaenkhar Maedtsho Minjey 66.5 Autsho T Lhuentse T Jarey 63.2 Gewog/Town 0 20 40 60 80 100 Percentage

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

Main Material for Wall Bamboo with Rammed Mud, Plywood, Stone with Mud, Cement/RCC Wall, Cane/Palm/ Earth, Mud Cardboard, Wood Stone with Lime/ Bricks, Cement Trunks/ Area Blocks Planks Cement Blocks Bamboo, Other Total Urban 0.6 34.7 17.2 42.8 4.7 360 Rural 1.1 16.3 74.7 4.9 3.1 2,751 Both Areas 1.0 18.4 68.1 9.3 3.3 3,111 Main Material for Roof Thatch, Bamboo, Planks/ Tiles/Slates. Cardboard, Area Shingles Metal Sheets Concrete/Cement Tarpaulin, Other Total Urban 4.2 91.9 2.5 1.4 360 Rural 6.0 91.3 0.1 2.7 2,751 Both Areas 5.8 91.4 0.4 2.5 3,111 Main Material for Floor Tiles/Marbles, Cement/ Earthen/Clay Planks/ Concrete, Floor, Bamboo, Area Shingles Polished Wood Terrazzo Other Total Urban 49.4 0.0 49.7 0.8 360 Rural 91.0 1.0 6.1 2.0 2,751 Both Areas 86.2 0.9 11.1 1.8 3,111

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

Main Source of Energy for Lighting (%) Personal Area Electricity Kerosene Firewood Solar LPG Generator Candle Other Total Urban 99.4 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 360 Rural 97.2 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 2,751 Both Areas 97.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 3,111 Main Source of Energy for Cooking (%) Area Electricity Kerosene Firewood Bio-Gas LPG Other Total Urban 100.0 0.0 0.3 1.1 95.0 0.0 360 Rural 96.3 0.9 32.2 3.2 59.6 0.1 2,751 Both Areas 96.8 0.8 28.5 3.0 63.7 0.1 3,111

7.3 Housing Amenities dwelling), accounting for 98.8% of all households. In addition, 0.5% of house- A majority of the households in Lhuentse holds use protected well/protected Dzongkhag use electricity (97.5%) for spring and rainwater. These sources of lighting though there are still a few drinking water are classified as improved. households using kerosene (0.6%) and Some 99.2% of households have access solar energy (0.8%) for the same pur- to these improved sources today as com- pose. There is a slight difference between pared to 88.0% in 2005. There are more urban (99.4%) and rural areas (97.2%) households using piped water inside the in the use of electricity for lighting. The dwelling in urban areas (74.2%) than proportion of households using solar in rural areas (26.0%). About 0.5% of energy and kerosene for lighting is households in rural areas report unpro- slightly higher in rural areas (1.5%) than tected well/spring/rivers/ streams/lake/ in urban areas (0.3%). pond/dam as their main source of drink- Most households in Lhuentse ing water (Table 7.4). Dzongkhag use electricity or LPG as the Among the Gewogs/Towns, all the two main sources of energy for cooking. households (100%) in Lhuentse and In urban areas, all the households use Autsho Towns, and Khoma and Kurtoed electricity (100%) in combination with Gewogs have access to improved sources LPG (95.0%), while the usage of other of drinking water while Jarey Gewog sources of fuel is negligible. However, in (97.8%) has the lowest proportion of rural areas, about one-third of the house- households with access to improved holds (32.2%) use firewood for cooking. sources of drinking water (Figure 7.5). The main source of drinking water Despite progress in access to for most households in the Dzongkhag improved drinking water sources, 0.8% is piped water (inside and outside the or some 24 households in the Dzongkhag

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

Source of Drinking Water Unprotected Well/ Piped Water Piped water Protected Rain Spring/Rivers/ Inside the Outside the Well/Protected Water Streams/Lake/ Other Area Dwelling Dwelling Spring Collection Pond/Dam Source Total Urban 74.2 25.6 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 360 Rural 26.0 72.7 0.4 0.0 0.5 0.4 2,751 Both Areas 31.6 67.2 0.4 0.1 0.4 0.4 3,111 depend on unimproved drinking water In 2017, a little more than a tenth sources. In terms of absolute numbers, (434) of the households lacked reliable Gangzur Gewog had 8 households source of water supply. In terms of abso- without access to improved drinking lute numbers, Gangzur Gewog had the water sources while Khoma and Kurtoed highest number of households without Gewogs and Lhuentse and Autsho Towns reliable sources of water with 115 house- had no household (Figure 7.6). holds while Autsho Town had the lowest About 85.8% of all housing units in with 4 households (Figure 7.7) the Dzongkhag have reliable water supply. About 1.6% of all households in the Reliable water supply is defined as avail- Dzongkhag need to travel at least 30 min- ability of water at least during the critical utes to the nearest water source (Annex hours of the day (5AM-8AM, 11AM-2PM Table A7.11). and 5PM-9PM) and enough for washing and cooking.

Figure 7.5 Distribution of Households with Access Figure 7.6 Distribution of Households without to Improved Sources of Drinking Water by Gewog/ Access to Improved Sources of Drinking Water by Town, Lhuentse 2017 Gewog/Town, Lhuentse 2017

9 8 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.6 0.6 1.6 1.7 2.2 100 8 90 7 80 70 6 5 60 5 4 50 4 3 3 40

Percentage 3 30 Numbers 2 20 1 99.7 99.4 99.4 99.2 98.4 98.3 97.8 1 10 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Figure 7.7 Distribution of Households without 7.5 Access to Road-head and Access to Reliable Sources of Drinking Water by Gewog/Town, Lhuentse 2017 Usage of Health Facilities 140 The majority (88.6%) of households in 115 120 the Dzongkhag have access to the near-

100 est road head in less than 30 minutes.

80 70 This is a substantial improvement from 56 2005 (30.2%). However, there are some 60 46 41 37 households (0.7%) in the Dzongkhag

Numbers 40 26 24 that still need to travel for more than six 15 20 4 hours to reach the nearest road point. 0 The majority of households (90.6%)

arey in Lhuentse availed health services J Minjey Khoma

Maenbi

Kurtoed

Gangzur

during the 12 months prior to the census Maedtsho Tsaenkhar

Gewog/Town Autsho Town reference day. Among those households Lhuentse Town that did not avail health services, 72.7% stated that they did not require health 7.4 Ownership of Household services, 9.9% stated that the health Assets and Communication/ facilities were too far, and 8.5% stated Media Facilities that they did not have enough time to Information was collected on the avail health services. ownership of certain assets and com- 7.6 Food Sufficiency munication/media facilities at the household level. Assets include land/ About 8.4% of households in the Dzongkhag plot, house/building, livestock, business, reported to having experienced food insuffi- vehicle (commercial), vehicle (non-com- ciency (not enough food to feed all household mercial), fridge, washing machine, members) during the 12 months prior to the machinery, sofa, sewing machine, vac- Census. The situation of food insufficiency uum cleaner, rice cooker, jewelry, Direct among households is higher in rural areas To Home (DTH), wrist watch, bicycle, (9.2%) than in urban areas (2.2%). television/video, etc. For information on Households experiencing food the ownership of household assets and insufficiency vary across the Gewogs/ communication/media facilities at the Towns. Of the 261 households (8.4%) Dzongkhag level and by urban and rural that have experienced food insufficiency, areas refer to Annex Table A7.13-A7.15. Gangzur Gewog had 60 households while Autsho and Lhuentse Towns had only 4 households each reporting food insufficiency (Figure 7.9).

Figure 7.8 Percent Distribution of Households Table 7.5 Distribution of Households Experiencing by Time Taken to Reach the Nearest Road-head, Food Insufficiency in the last 12 Months by Area, Lhuentse 2005 and 2017 Lhuentse 2017

Experienced food Less Than 88.6 insufficiency in the last 12 30 Minutes 30.2 months 30 Area Yes No Not Reported Total 6.4 Minutes-1 7.3 Urban 2.2 97.5 0.3 360 Hour Rural 9.2 90.8 0.0 2,751 2.7 1-2 Hours Both Areas 8.4 91.6 0.0 3,111 12.1

1.0 2-3 Hours 9.9

0.2 2017 3-4 Hours 10.9 2005 0.1 4-5 Hours 12.8

0.3 5-6 Hours 7.9

More Than 0.7 6 Hours 9.0

Not 0.1 Reported 0.0

0.0 50.0 100.0

Figure 7.9 Distribution of Households Experiencing Food Insufficiency in the last 12 months by Gewog/ Town, Lhuentse 2017

70 60 60

50 46 39 37 40 34

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20 Numbers 10 6 5 4 4

0 y a n n arey inje aenbi J angzur Khom M

Kurtoed M

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Autsho Tow Gewog/Town L huentse Tow

27 2017 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS OF BHUTAN (PHCB) ANNEX 1: 2017 PHCB INDICATORS: DEFINITIONS, NUMERATORS AND DENOMINATORS

Sl. No. Indicators Definition Numerator Denominator Number of males for every 100 Number of 1 Sex Ratio Number of Males females Females Child Refers to dependents of children aged Number of Number of persons 0 to 2 Dependency 0 to 14 years as a percentage of persons 15 to 14 years Ratio population aged 15 to 64. 64 years Old Age Refers to dependents of old age 65 Number of Number of persons 65 3 Dependency years and above as a percentage of persons 15 to years and above Ratio population aged 15 to 64. 64 years Total Number of persons Number of Sum of child dependency and old 4 Dependency between 0 to 14 years persons 15 to dependency. Ratio and 65 years and above 64 years The ratio of literate population Population aged 6 years Total population aged 6 years and above to the above who can read and 5 Literacy Rate aged 6 years total population of same age group write a short text in any and above. expressed in percentage. language. The ratio of persons aged 6 years Currently Population aged 6 years and above who are currently Total population Attending above who are currently 6 attending school/institute to the aged 6 years School/ attending school/ total population of same age group and above. institute institute. expressed in percentage. The ratio of persons aged 6 years Previously Population aged 6 and above who had attended Total population Attended years above who had 7 school/institute in the past to the aged 6 years School/ attended school/ total population of same age group and above. institute institute in the past. expressed in percentage. The ratio of persons aged 6 Population aged 6 Never Attended years and above who have never Total population years above who have 8 School/ attended school/institute to the aged 6 years never attended school/ institute total population of same age group and above. institute. expressed in percentage. Crude Birth Number of live births in a year per Number of live births in 9 Total Population Rate 1,000 population a year Number of births during a year per Female General Number of live births in 10 1,000 women of reproductive age Population Fertility Rate a year (15–49 years) (Ages 15-49) Female Number of births during a year for Population General Marital Number of live births in 11 every 1,000 women of reproductive (Ages 15-49) Fertility Rate a year age who are married or living together. married or living together Average number of children a woman would bear during her entire Total Fertility reproductive life, at the prevailing age- 12 Rate specific fertility rate. ∑ (five-year age-specific birth rates for females aged 15 to 49) *5

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

Sl. No. Indicators Definition Numerator Denominator Disability Any one domain/question is coded a 13 Prevalence lot of difficulty or cannot do at all. Rate Crude Death The number of deaths in a year per 14 Total number of deaths. Total population Rate 1,000 population The number of deaths of children Total number of deaths Total number of Infant Mortality 15 below the age one year per 1,000 live of children below one live births in a Rate births in a year. year. year. The number of deaths of children Total number of deaths Total number Child Mortality 16 between 1-4 years per 1,000 live of children between 1-4 of live births in Rate births in a year. years. a year The number of deaths of children Total number of deaths Total number Under Five 17 below 5 years per 1,000 live births in of children below 5 of live births in Mortality Rate a year. years. a year All persons aged 15 years and above are considered to be working- Working-age Persons 15 years and 18 age population. It comprises of Total Population Population above economically active (labour force) and inactive population. All persons who are/were employed Economically or unemployed during the during the All persons employed Working-age 19 Active (Labour reference period of the census are and unemployed population Force) referred to as economically active population. Economically Inactive Population Economically comprise of persons who were neither 20 Inactive “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 work. It is Labour force Rate persons calculated as a percentage by dividing the number of unemployed individuals by all individuals currently in the labor force. LFPR is defined as the proportion Labour Force of the working age population which Economically active or Working-age 22 Participation is economically active or the labour labour force population Rate (LFPR) force. Number The ratio of the total population in Total population in Average of regular 23 regular households to the number of regular households in Household Size households in regular households in an area. an area. an area. Average number 24 Room Density Persons per room. Average household size. of rooms. Number of households with flush toilet, Improved Proportion of households with ventilated improved pit Total number of 25 Sanitation improved sanitation facilities. (VIP), pit latrine with households. Facility slab and composting toilet.

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Sl. No. Indicators Definition Numerator Denominator Number of households with pipe water inside Improved Proportion of households with the dwelling, pipe water Total number of 26 Sources of improved drinking water sources. outside the dwelling, households. Drinking Water protect well/spring and rainwater. Reliable water supply is defined as availability of water at least during the Number of households Reliable Water Total number of 27 critical time (5AM-8AM, 11AM-2PM with reliable water Supply households. and 5PM-9PM) adequate for washing supply. and cooking. 28 Not having food to feed all the Food Number of households Total number of household members during the last Insufficiency with food insufficiency. households. 12 months.

30 ANNEX 2: STATISTICAL TABLES

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

Number of Persons Percent Gewog/Town Male Female Total Male Female Total Sex Ratio LHUENTSE 7,407 7,030 14,437 51.3 48.7 100.0 105.4 Urban 1283 992 2275 56.4 43.6 100.0 129.3 Lhuentse Town 897 603 1,500 59.8 40.2 100.0 148.8 Autsho Town 386 389 775 49.8 50.2 100.0 99.2 Rural 6,124 6,038 12,162 50.4 49.6 100.0 101.4 Gangzur 1,141 1,121 2,262 50.4 49.6 100.0 101.8 Khoma 731 770 1,501 48.7 51.3 100.0 94.9 Kurtoed 379 361 740 51.2 48.8 100.0 105.0 Minjey 714 716 1,430 49.9 50.1 100.0 99.7 Jarey 494 514 1,008 49.0 51.0 100.0 96.1 Maenbi 1,191 1,150 2,341 50.9 49.1 100.0 103.6 Maedtsho 470 475 945 49.7 50.3 100.0 98.9 Tsaenkhar 1004 931 1,935 51.9 48.1 100.0 107.8 Note: Excludes 21 tourists/non-Bhutanese found in hotels on the census reference day

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

Gewog/ Age 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 LHUENTSE 1,278 1,357 1,628 1,425 1,003 1,258 1,092 991 834 658 629 608 508 369 307 492 14,437 Urban 171 168 328 504 188 234 185 153 113 70 47 31 28 10 17 28 2275 Lhuentse 119 110 126 341 136 173 141 116 91 45 35 19 18 6 9 15 1,500 Town Autsho Town 52 58 202 163 52 61 44 37 22 25 12 12 10 4 8 13 775 Rural 1107 1189 1300 921 815 1024 907 838 721 588 582 577 480 359 290 464 12162 Gangzur 251 203 218 151 161 193 159 153 127 121 116 108 87 67 53 94 2,262 Khoma 109 136 186 70 92 142 141 122 104 75 59 82 42 48 35 58 1,501 Kurtoed 53 88 71 20 55 66 62 53 48 30 44 51 34 22 18 25 740 Minjey 108 107 168 219 100 116 87 88 66 63 78 55 57 38 37 43 1,430 Jarey 115 142 120 25 67 77 73 62 54 46 50 51 46 24 19 37 1,008 Maenbi 187 224 301 327 123 177 164 148 114 98 98 97 80 64 53 86 2,341 Maedtsho 124 112 58 24 67 91 69 71 74 43 49 41 46 30 22 24 945 Tsaenkhar 160 177 178 85 150 162 152 141 134 112 88 92 88 66 53 97 1,935 Note: Excludes 21 tourists/non-Bhutanese found in hotels on the census reference day 2017 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS OF BHUTAN (PHCB)

Table A2.3 Population by Broad Age Groups, Dependency Ratios and Ageing Index, 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 LHUENTSE 4,263 9,006 1,168 14,437 60.3 47.3 13.0 27.4 Urban 667 1553 55 2275 46.5 42.9 3.5 8.2 Lhuentse Town 355 1,115 30 1,500 34.5 31.8 2.7 8.5 Autsho Town 312 438 25 775 76.9 71.2 5.7 8.0 Rural 3,596 7,453 1,113 12,162 63.2 48.2 14.9 31.0 Gangzur 672 1,376 214 2,262 64.4 48.8 15.6 31.8 Khoma 431 929 141 1,501 61.6 46.4 15.2 32.7 Kurtoed 212 463 65 740 59.8 45.8 14.0 30.7 Minjey 383 929 118 1,430 53.9 41.2 12.7 30.8 Jarey 377 551 80 1,008 82.9 68.4 14.5 21.2 Maenbi 712 1,426 203 2,341 64.2 49.9 14.2 28.5 Maedtsho 294 575 76 945 64.3 51.1 13.2 25.9 Tsaenkhar 515 1,204 216 1,935 60.7 42.8 17.9 41.9 Note: Excludes 21 tourists/non-Bhutanese found in hotels on the census reference day

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

Type of Household Percent Gewog/Town Regular Institution Transient Total Regular Institution Transient Total LHUENTSE 11,706 2,429 302 14,437 81.1 16.8 2.1 100.0 Urban 1325 736 214 2275 58.2 32.4 9.4 100.0 Lhuentse Town 896 390 214 1,500 59.7 26.0 14.3 100.0 Autsho Town 429 346 0 775 55.4 44.6 0.0 100.0 Rural 10,381 1,693 88 12,162 85.4 13.9 0.7 100.0 Gangzur 2,089 165 8 2,262 92.4 7.3 0.4 100.0 Khoma 1,265 231 5 1,501 84.3 15.4 0.3 100.0 Kurtoed 635 105 0 740 85.8 14.2 0.0 100.0 Minjey 1,184 224 22 1,430 82.8 15.7 1.5 100.0 Jarey 845 139 24 1,008 83.8 13.8 2.4 100.0 Maenbi 1,705 613 23 2,341 72.8 26.2 1.0 100.0 Maedtsho 925 20 0 945 97.9 2.1 0.0 100.0 Tsaenkhar 1,733 196 6 1,935 89.6 10.1 0.3 100.0 Note: Excludes 21 tourists/non-Bhutanese found in hotels on the census reference day

32 ANNEX 2: Statistical Tables 514 897 603 945 775 470 386 475 389 931 731 770 740 379 361 714 716 494 2,341 1,500 1,191 1,150 1,935 2,262 1,004 1,141 1,121 7,407 1,501 7,030 1,430 1,008 14,437 All Ages 5 9 4 86 15 34 10 52 24 13 11 13 97 94 45 32 52 62 58 28 30 25 15 10 43 23 20 37 11 26 75+ 218 274 492 9 7 2 8 5 3 3 9 53 23 30 22 11 11 53 53 31 22 22 31 35 18 17 18 15 37 19 18 19 10 148 159 307 70-74 6 2 4 4 3 1 9 64 30 34 30 17 13 66 67 41 33 25 34 48 20 28 22 13 38 19 19 24 11 13 189 180 369 65-69 8 4 6 80 18 44 36 10 46 10 22 24 88 87 51 45 37 42 42 22 20 34 18 16 57 31 26 46 27 19 272 236 508 60-64 7 6 6 97 19 47 12 50 41 12 23 18 92 41 57 51 51 82 41 41 51 27 24 55 24 31 51 24 27 108 302 306 608 55-59 7 5 98 35 42 25 56 10 49 12 21 28 88 45 53 43 63 59 32 27 44 21 23 78 41 37 50 21 29 116 308 321 629 50-54 98 45 36 28 62 17 43 25 26 15 17 10 50 52 62 69 75 36 39 30 14 16 63 34 29 46 18 28 112 121 309 349 658 45-49 91 54 60 60 31 74 22 34 10 40 12 65 52 69 75 52 52 48 26 22 66 25 41 54 27 27 Age 114 134 127 405 104 429 834 RURAL URBAN 40-44 BOTH AREAS 76 68 72 48 71 37 38 21 33 16 68 92 73 61 67 55 53 25 28 88 42 46 62 31 31 148 116 141 153 528 122 463 991 35-39 80 89 84 52 69 44 38 24 31 20 69 76 83 83 78 63 62 38 24 87 43 44 73 32 41 164 141 152 159 567 141 525 30-34 1,092 99 78 68 91 61 41 28 50 33 94 61 99 62 80 66 31 35 63 53 77 42 35 177 173 105 162 193 101 666 142 592 116 25-29 1,258 56 85 67 51 67 52 27 28 40 24 78 89 72 72 92 39 53 55 31 24 41 59 67 31 36 123 136 150 161 505 498 100 20-24 1,003 9 24 11 91 13 72 85 50 92 35 59 70 41 29 20 11 25 12 13 327 341 189 205 138 136 163 151 807 618 219 105 114 15-19 1,425 70 56 58 27 80 31 74 94 88 98 71 32 39 90 78 57 63 301 126 162 139 202 122 178 218 104 124 834 186 794 168 120 10-14 1,628 60 50 58 56 28 56 30 83 98 94 62 74 88 50 38 53 54 83 59 5-9 224 110 122 102 112 177 203 105 695 136 662 107 142 1,357 97 63 90 56 52 67 27 57 25 82 78 45 64 53 24 29 61 47 58 57 0-4 187 119 124 160 251 130 121 654 109 624 108 115 1,278 Population by Age, Sex and Gewog /Town, Dzongkhag 2017 Male Male Female Female Male Male Female Female Male Male Female Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female /Town Gewog Maenbi LHUENTSE Lhuentse Town Maedtsho Autsho Town Tsaenkhar Gangzur Khoma Both Sex Kurtoed Minjey Jarey Table A2.5 day Note: Excludes 21 tourists/non-Bhutanese found in hotels on the census reference

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

Urban Rural Both Areas Age Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total 0 18 21 39 109 107 216 127 128 255 1 16 11 27 84 85 169 100 96 196 2 15 17 32 121 100 221 136 117 253 3 17 16 33 115 127 242 132 143 275 4 24 16 40 135 124 259 159 140 299 5 18 17 35 141 129 270 159 146 305 6 20 10 30 115 106 221 135 116 251 7 10 21 31 105 121 226 115 142 257 8 21 19 40 119 109 228 140 128 268 9 19 13 32 127 117 244 146 130 276 10 28 14 42 106 132 238 134 146 280 11 22 27 49 129 108 237 151 135 286 12 24 41 65 172 163 335 196 204 400 13 36 48 84 136 126 262 172 174 346 14 40 48 88 141 87 228 181 135 316 15 49 32 81 144 92 236 193 124 317 16 54 58 112 124 85 209 178 143 321 17 87 56 143 92 96 188 179 152 331 18 65 37 102 83 67 150 148 104 252 19 41 25 66 68 70 138 109 95 204 20 17 13 30 84 80 164 101 93 194 21 23 10 33 79 97 176 102 107 209 22 27 13 40 75 90 165 102 103 205 23 21 20 41 71 76 147 92 96 188 24 25 19 44 83 80 163 108 99 207 25 27 27 54 100 92 192 127 119 246 26 23 20 43 97 90 187 120 110 230 27 33 25 58 116 114 230 149 139 288 28 24 10 34 118 96 214 142 106 248 29 26 19 45 102 99 201 128 118 246 30 34 19 53 115 108 223 149 127 276 31 18 14 32 92 93 185 110 107 217 32 26 15 41 88 84 172 114 99 213 33 15 16 31 76 93 169 91 109 200 34 20 8 28 83 75 158 103 83 186 35 22 12 34 77 66 143 99 78 177 36 15 10 25 88 70 158 103 80 183 37 19 13 32 102 84 186 121 97 218 38 20 18 38 84 95 179 104 113 217 39 13 11 24 88 84 172 101 95 196 40 20 6 26 88 98 186 108 104 212 41 11 8 19 55 57 112 66 65 131 42 14 18 32 64 74 138 78 92 170 43 12 7 19 76 82 158 88 89 177 44 13 4 17 52 75 127 65 79 144 45 4 7 11 49 72 121 53 79 132

34 ANNEX 2: Statistical Tables

Table A2.6 Population by Age, Sex and Area, Lhuentse Dzongkhag 2017 Urban Rural Both Areas Age Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total 46 9 3 12 41 67 108 50 70 120 47 6 3 9 51 60 111 57 63 120 48 10 7 17 58 59 117 68 66 134 49 14 7 21 67 64 131 81 71 152 50 12 4 16 59 76 135 71 80 151 51 3 2 5 52 65 117 55 67 122 52 9 3 12 58 58 116 67 61 128 53 1 4 5 51 46 97 52 50 102 54 7 2 9 56 61 117 63 63 126 55 6 3 9 60 53 113 66 56 122 56 3 3 6 68 67 135 71 70 141 57 3 3 6 54 61 115 57 64 121 58 3 3 6 48 68 116 51 71 122 59 3 1 4 54 44 98 57 45 102 60 3 2 5 74 65 139 77 67 144 61 3 1 4 54 49 103 57 50 107 62 4 6 10 54 36 90 58 42 100 63 2 2 4 46 33 79 48 35 83 64 0 5 5 32 37 69 32 42 74 65 2 0 2 48 43 91 50 43 93 66 1 1 2 36 40 76 37 41 78 67 0 3 3 36 35 71 36 38 74 68 1 0 1 36 33 69 37 33 70 69 1 1 2 28 24 52 29 25 54 70 4 0 4 34 32 66 38 32 70 71 1 1 2 29 25 54 30 26 56 72 2 3 5 23 36 59 25 39 64 73 4 1 5 25 35 60 29 36 65 74 1 0 1 25 26 51 26 26 52 75 0 1 1 22 21 43 22 22 44 76 1 0 1 23 27 50 24 27 51 77 3 1 4 15 15 30 18 16 34 78 2 1 3 22 28 50 24 29 53 79 2 0 2 13 21 34 15 21 36 80 1 1 2 15 30 45 16 31 47 81 3 2 5 11 18 29 14 20 34 82 0 2 2 16 23 39 16 25 41 83 1 0 1 13 6 19 14 6 20 84 0 0 0 13 14 27 13 14 27 85 2 0 2 6 15 21 8 15 23 86 1 0 1 10 8 18 11 8 19 87 1 0 1 6 5 11 7 5 12 88 0 0 0 1 8 9 1 8 9 89 0 0 0 3 5 8 3 5 8 90 1 0 1 3 10 13 4 10 14 91 0 1 1 1 4 5 1 5 6

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Table A2.6 Population by Age, Sex and Area, Lhuentse Dzongkhag 2017 Urban Rural Both Areas Age Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total 92 0 0 0 2 2 4 2 2 4 93 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 94 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 95 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 96 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 1 3 97 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 98 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 101 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 1,283 992 2,275 6,124 6,038 12,162 7,407 7,030 14,437 Note: Excludes 21 tourists/non-Bhutanese found in hotels on the census reference day

36 ANNEX 2: Statistical Tables 53 55 49 67 104 325 142 183 360 409 178 246 182 163 631 299 332 443 228 215 454 226 228 120 Total 2,262 1,141 1,121 0 7 4 3 3 9 7 9 9 5 8 0 0 12 19 19 10 12 25 16 16 11 22 14 94 32 62 75+ 4 9 1 5 3 4 6 8 4 4 2 4 6 8 2 6 5 6 4 3 1 17 11 11 53 22 31 70-74 7 3 6 4 5 1 1 4 0 6 9 9 8 4 6 6 2 4 11 10 18 12 16 10 67 33 34 65-69 1 0 5 1 8 9 6 6 3 9 3 3 2 1 13 15 25 13 12 14 11 20 10 10 87 45 42 60-64 5 2 6 3 7 7 7 4 2 2 22 16 21 20 14 13 22 15 23 12 11 21 11 10 57 51 108 55-59 6 3 3 9 7 9 9 6 2 2 0 20 11 20 18 13 31 14 17 16 10 31 13 18 53 63 116 50-54 5 4 9 1 8 9 4 5 19 10 22 25 11 11 17 32 15 17 20 10 10 25 10 15 52 69 121 45-49 7 9 9 9 4 9 8 6 5 16 18 24 17 11 13 13 50 22 28 20 11 22 14 52 75 11 127 Age 40-44 6 4 7 4 10 26 11 15 26 34 16 21 10 13 25 15 10 22 15 46 30 16 92 61 17 13 153 35-39 8 7 4 8 8 6 12 15 34 30 15 19 19 11 48 19 29 30 12 18 36 19 17 76 83 14 159 30-34 8 3 7 5 7 20 13 29 41 11 25 18 16 42 17 25 48 25 23 42 20 22 94 99 20 13 193 25-29 8 4 4 9 6 6 25 12 13 24 35 11 26 13 40 21 19 30 17 13 31 13 18 89 72 12 161 20-24 6 6 4 2 2 4 6 4 4 3 0 3 19 45 13 41 43 17 26 42 21 21 15 11 92 59 151 15-19 2 2 0 6 2 0 2 25 14 11 34 32 13 26 21 70 33 37 53 30 23 38 21 17 94 218 124 10-14 1 0 1 8 4 1 3 38 18 20 42 19 24 11 18 64 28 36 50 25 25 32 16 16 98 5-9 203 105 6 4 2 9 5 4 46 17 29 30 41 11 22 19 19 79 46 33 39 20 19 46 25 21 0-4 251 130 121 Population by Age, Sex, Chiwog and Gewog /Town, Lhuentse Dzongkhag 2017 Male Male Female Female Male Male Female Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female /Town/Chiwog/ Gewog Sex Pangkhar GANGZUR Ney Gangla_Kholma Thrima_Shawa_ Zhamling Kyidloong_Somshing Nyimzhong_Tongling Jang_Ngar All Chiwogs KHOMA Rolmoteng _Tsang-Ngo Table A2.7

37 2017 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS OF BHUTAN (PHCB) 65 31 34 57 30 27 81 57 64 665 317 348 740 252 379 114 361 138 206 106 731 100 770 196 115 121 301 146 155 Total 1,501 3 1 8 2 6 8 6 4 2 1 0 1 8 3 7 4 3 3 2 1 18 10 25 14 15 10 58 28 30 11 75+ 1 1 5 0 5 3 5 6 5 5 4 1 3 2 0 2 6 1 5 5 0 5 10 18 11 15 10 35 18 17 70-74 2 1 7 1 7 9 8 6 4 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 5 3 2 7 4 19 12 22 15 13 48 20 28 11 65-69 2 1 8 1 9 6 6 7 5 2 6 6 0 4 6 6 1 5 6 4 17 34 12 18 16 42 22 20 10 10 60-64 6 2 4 9 4 8 5 1 4 8 3 9 4 7 9 32 14 18 51 20 27 24 11 12 82 41 41 11 13 16 55-59 7 3 4 7 8 4 6 7 4 2 2 5 5 5 6 6 6 19 12 44 12 21 23 13 59 32 27 10 11 12 50-54 4 4 9 0 8 9 7 6 1 1 0 9 5 4 9 1 8 7 3 4 22 13 30 17 14 16 13 75 36 39 45-49 4 3 1 7 6 4 6 2 1 1 9 8 7 5 2 8 40 21 19 48 13 26 22 10 52 52 17 18 10 104 Age 40-44 5 2 3 8 4 2 2 7 8 4 9 6 44 19 25 53 25 25 13 28 12 18 10 67 55 15 13 16 10 122 35-39 9 5 4 9 9 7 5 2 4 8 2 6 8 8 58 33 25 62 23 38 14 24 22 78 13 63 22 18 16 141 30-34 3 1 2 9 7 5 5 2 3 8 7 5 7 58 26 32 66 27 31 35 18 12 62 80 15 12 31 15 16 142 25-29 3 2 1 4 9 4 1 3 6 5 3 2 33 14 19 55 15 31 24 11 22 92 13 39 53 18 12 25 13 12 20-24 2 0 2 5 2 9 3 4 2 1 1 7 5 2 4 3 1 5 2 3 37 22 15 20 11 14 70 41 10 29 15-19 1 1 0 8 5 3 5 5 0 1 1 0 4 3 1 3 3 0 68 72 71 32 39 88 98 62 24 38 140 186 10-14 8 3 5 4 6 6 2 2 0 4 4 0 75 33 42 88 14 50 38 10 12 62 74 23 13 10 51 28 23 5-9 136 5 1 4 7 7 3 4 9 8 4 4 7 6 43 18 25 53 21 24 29 14 24 13 45 11 64 20 11 13 0-4 109 Population by Age, Sex, Chiwog and Gewog /Town, Lhuentse Dzongkhag 2017 Male Male Female Female Male Male Female Female Male Male Female Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female /Town/Chiwog/ Gewog Sex Tabi Berpa_Khoma All Chiwogs Babtong_Dragteng MINJEY Amdrangchhu_Zham All Chiwogs KURTOED Jasabi_Ugyenphu Chagdzom_Chhusa Tang-Roong_Wawel Dungkar Table A2.7

38 ANNEX 2: Statistical Tables 89 98 92 88 84 44 44 49 79 70 96 187 176 645 323 322 119 175 228 114 114 714 716 338 162 176 276 150 126 Total 1,430 7 1 6 5 1 5 0 7 1 4 3 8 8 3 4 5 4 6 6 3 7 4 7 10 12 43 23 20 10 11 75+ 4 3 2 1 2 3 0 0 3 7 4 1 6 0 2 1 4 8 3 5 8 4 4 3 2 1 11 37 19 18 70-74 4 1 4 3 2 4 2 1 3 5 8 5 6 2 3 3 3 9 5 4 4 4 0 7 3 4 13 38 19 19 65-69 6 7 6 4 6 3 4 2 9 8 7 5 3 5 8 8 6 6 6 4 2 12 17 10 10 16 57 31 26 12 60-64 8 9 4 3 6 6 2 4 9 9 4 5 0 4 4 1 4 7 6 6 8 9 12 18 11 55 24 31 12 17 55-59 4 6 8 7 5 4 3 7 8 4 4 4 9 9 3 9 6 7 10 13 19 12 13 20 11 78 41 37 12 13 50-54 5 2 3 8 3 4 0 3 5 6 6 5 5 5 9 8 5 7 5 12 11 11 10 17 63 34 29 12 15 10 45-49 8 5 6 1 5 4 3 2 7 6 2 4 4 6 9 6 7 8 8 14 20 13 10 21 12 66 25 41 13 16 Age 40-44 5 7 4 5 2 3 7 3 8 4 7 9 4 5 7 12 14 10 32 16 16 15 88 42 46 20 10 10 18 11 35-39 5 5 2 6 2 0 7 1 5 6 9 9 6 3 15 11 10 31 18 13 14 87 43 44 22 10 12 27 14 13 30-34 8 9 6 6 3 3 2 2 6 0 4 8 4 17 16 10 55 28 27 10 23 12 11 63 53 27 19 25 21 116 25-29 6 5 1 3 7 6 5 8 3 2 5 9 5 10 11 35 14 21 12 10 21 12 41 59 19 14 23 12 11 100 20-24 2 2 0 5 5 2 3 3 0 3 3 8 4 4 1 3 7 4 16 11 85 78 14 11 12 11 163 219 105 114 15-19 4 7 4 6 5 2 9 7 3 4 9 11 16 12 11 57 61 12 22 13 10 90 78 62 30 32 24 15 118 168 10-14 6 7 7 5 2 9 7 6 6 7 9 34 17 13 17 53 27 26 15 13 16 53 54 60 37 23 26 15 11 5-9 107 6 4 4 2 7 5 4 7 3 7 22 10 18 12 14 42 20 22 12 17 10 61 47 41 24 17 34 15 19 0-4 108 Population by Age, Sex, Chiwog and Gewog /Town, Lhuentse Dzongkhag 2017 Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Male Female Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female /Town/Chiwog/ Gewog Sex Ladrong Chusa_Legshogang Kharchung Minjey_Wazhing Yumchhe Draag-Gong_Jalang Boo-Dur_Kupi-Nyalsa All Chiwogs JAREY Yabi_Zangkhar Artobi_Ngang-Ngae Table A2.7

39 2017 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS OF BHUTAN (PHCB) 81 81 162 494 514 456 315 214 129 242 186 324 164 160 293 145 148 624 517 268 129 139 Total 1,008 1,141 2,341 1,191 1,150 1 0 1 5 2 5 3 5 6 5 6 8 37 11 26 15 10 11 11 30 11 19 19 11 86 34 52 75+ 6 4 9 2 5 3 6 2 7 5 5 3 7 4 7 9 5 4 19 10 13 10 10 11 53 23 30 70-74 8 3 5 8 8 6 8 5 8 5 3 4 6 9 5 4 24 11 13 14 24 16 13 10 64 30 34 65-69 5 7 9 9 8 9 9 7 9 9 6 3 12 46 27 19 19 17 10 19 10 16 19 10 80 44 36 60-64 8 5 9 9 7 8 5 9 7 13 51 24 27 16 22 13 18 10 16 11 21 12 20 13 97 47 50 55-59 9 2 7 8 5 6 50 21 29 21 19 11 10 11 18 13 16 10 25 13 12 20 10 10 98 42 56 50-54 5 4 1 7 5 2 5 8 6 46 18 28 20 29 10 12 10 17 19 14 27 19 16 10 98 36 62 45-49 6 5 9 9 9 9 9 11 54 27 27 31 25 22 16 22 10 12 18 29 17 12 20 11 54 60 114 Age 40-44 3 7 9 5 10 62 31 31 29 26 16 10 13 16 26 15 11 24 15 57 32 25 15 10 76 72 148 35-39 7 8 4 15 73 32 41 31 20 18 13 16 26 11 15 25 14 11 68 37 31 25 14 11 80 84 164 30-34 4 7 16 77 42 12 35 45 27 21 14 24 13 27 20 35 17 18 63 33 30 25 15 10 99 78 177 25-29 7 5 2 5 9 8 7 67 31 36 38 14 10 28 22 14 27 14 13 41 22 19 19 12 56 67 123 20-24 2 2 0 8 8 5 3 6 2 2 6 5 1 3 2 1 25 12 13 12 10 298 174 124 327 189 138 15-19 2 1 1 2 2 9 7 5 2 6 3 3 57 63 41 19 22 25 16 120 261 136 125 301 162 139 10-14 9 9 8 8 21 12 83 59 65 19 30 35 10 36 19 17 21 13 73 48 27 19 5-9 142 121 224 122 102 9 8 24 15 58 57 68 35 33 13 35 22 32 17 15 34 21 13 60 38 22 26 18 97 90 0-4 115 187 Population by Age, Sex, Chiwog and Gewog /Town, Lhuentse Dzongkhag 2017 Male Male Female Female Male Male Female Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female /Town/Chiwog/ Gewog Sex Oong-gar All Chiwogs Gortshom_ Tshangthrom-Maed MAENBI Nyaibi_Zhungkhar Kamdhar_Moormo Phagidoong Tagmochhu_Gorgan Maenjabi All Chiwogs MAEDTSHO Table A2.7

40 ANNEX 2: Statistical Tables 77 40 76 37 41 88 35 76 86 47 39 488 289 199 164 931 945 470 475 448 232 216 364 181 183 559 261 298 Total 1,935 1,004 5 7 3 6 2 4 7 3 2 4 6 3 3 5 9 23 16 97 45 52 24 11 13 25 12 13 14 29 17 12 75+ 9 4 6 3 0 7 4 5 5 3 2 2 2 1 1 6 9 8 5 3 9 5 53 31 22 22 11 11 15 14 70-74 8 3 6 2 2 4 1 3 4 4 1 0 1 0 1 7 6 5 66 41 25 30 17 13 19 12 11 24 14 10 65-69 4 9 7 2 6 2 3 3 0 3 3 8 5 3 7 5 16 88 51 37 46 22 24 18 11 17 12 31 16 15 60-64 2 2 5 0 0 2 1 5 1 8 3 5 5 8 26 14 12 92 41 51 41 23 18 21 11 10 13 27 11 16 55-59 8 9 7 4 5 4 4 5 2 1 3 6 2 4 5 16 88 45 43 49 21 28 16 11 21 10 11 30 17 13 50-54 1 1 8 0 4 9 4 4 4 2 2 8 27 14 13 13 50 62 43 26 17 21 11 10 19 11 37 13 24 112 45-49 7 5 6 8 4 7 5 4 1 8 24 12 12 12 10 15 65 69 74 34 40 24 16 27 15 12 49 24 25 134 Age 40-44 8 4 3 1 8 3 7 6 3 3 33 11 15 18 15 68 73 71 38 33 31 16 15 36 17 19 37 19 18 141 35-39 5 4 8 1 4 6 4 4 8 3 5 29 17 12 10 69 83 69 38 31 32 14 18 31 12 19 52 22 30 152 30-34 7 3 5 4 2 8 3 5 5 5 57 42 15 13 10 61 91 41 50 32 17 15 31 17 14 37 23 14 162 101 25-29 3 1 3 2 2 8 1 6 5 3 2 4 61 43 18 14 78 72 67 27 40 17 13 30 15 15 39 14 25 150 20-24 0 8 0 0 0 0 3 0 7 4 1 3 9 6 7 4 38 30 10 85 50 35 24 11 13 15 17 10 15 11 15-19 0 0 1 0 1 7 0 8 0 0 0 51 38 13 15 74 58 27 31 55 35 20 26 12 14 45 18 27 178 104 10-14 4 1 2 3 1 1 8 3 2 1 33 16 17 19 11 83 94 56 56 59 29 30 26 14 12 57 23 34 5-9 177 112 8 2 2 6 1 7 1 7 0 37 11 26 14 82 10 78 10 67 57 48 32 16 37 21 16 36 17 19 0-4 160 124 Population by Age, Sex, Chiwog and Gewog /Town, Lhuentse Dzongkhag 2017 Male Female Male Female Male Male Female Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female /Town/Chiwog/ Gewog Sex Autsho_Chharbi Zhongmaed Artobadeb_Guendrang Obi_Tongthro All Chiwogs Bamdhir_Yurung LHUENTSE TOWN All Chiwogs TSAENKHAR Go-Nyid_Wambur Domkhar_Umling Dekaling_Tshochhen Table A2.7

41 2017 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS OF BHUTAN (PHCB) 613 419 468 284 184 897 603 775 386 389 775 386 389 Total 1,032 1,500 8 4 3 2 1 5 9 4 9 4 12 15 10 13 13 75+ 6 6 0 3 1 2 9 7 2 8 5 3 8 5 3 70-74 6 2 4 0 0 0 6 2 4 4 3 1 4 3 1 65-69 6 5 7 2 5 8 4 6 4 6 11 18 10 10 10 60-64 9 5 5 3 2 7 6 6 6 6 14 19 12 12 12 55-59 8 2 7 5 7 5 23 15 12 10 35 25 10 12 12 50-54 9 6 8 31 22 14 45 28 17 25 15 10 25 15 10 45-49 9 58 36 22 33 24 91 60 31 22 10 12 22 10 12 Age 40-44 79 46 33 37 22 15 68 48 37 21 16 37 21 16 116 35-39 89 57 32 52 32 20 89 52 44 24 20 44 24 20 141 30-34 77 41 55 28 27 68 61 28 33 61 28 33 118 173 105 25-29 78 41 37 58 44 14 85 51 52 28 24 52 28 24 136 20-24 42 31 11 91 72 91 72 299 174 125 341 205 136 163 163 15-19 78 40 38 48 30 18 70 56 80 80 126 202 122 202 122 10-14 62 37 25 48 23 25 60 50 58 28 30 58 28 30 5-9 110 68 37 31 51 26 25 63 56 52 27 25 52 27 25 0-4 119 Population by Age, Sex, Chiwog and Gewog /Town, Lhuentse Dzongkhag 2017 Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female /Town/Chiwog/ Gewog Sex Local Area 1 Local Area 1 All Local Areas AUTSHO TOWN Local Area 1 All Local Areas Table A2.7 day Note: Excludes 21 tourists/non-Bhutanese found in hotels on the census reference

42 ANNEX 2: Statistical Tables 709 751 599 665 Total 100.0 1,598 100.0 1,930 100.0 100.0 1,215 100.0 100.0 1,256 100.0 1,808 100.0 9,866 100.0 100.0 1,271 100.0 1,936 100.0 100.0 11,802 759 362 958 398 615 294 632 895 334 497 831 42.9 48.7 47.5 51.1 49.6 53.0 50.6 49.1 50.3 49.5 49.8 50.2 39.1 5,744 4,913 Female All Status 839 347 972 353 600 305 624 913 331 774 57.1 51.3 52.5 48.9 50.4 47.0 49.4 50.9 49.7 50.5 50.2 49.8 60.9 Male 6,058 4,953 1,105 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 6 0 0 0 10 10 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 Total 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 Female 7 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 7 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 Not Reported Male 54 26 74 58 53 39 78 99 10 12 22 1.1 4.3 3.4 3.7 3.8 7.7 4.4 6.5 6.2 5.5 4.9 1.5 0.9 503 481 Total 5 37 20 56 42 34 29 51 78 10 15 0.8 3.1 2.3 2.8 2.9 5.6 2.8 4.8 4.1 4.3 3.5 0.8 0.8 362 347 Female 6 5 2 7 17 18 16 19 10 27 21 0.4 1.2 1.1 0.8 0.9 2.1 1.6 1.7 2.1 1.2 1.4 0.8 0.2 141 134 Male Widow/Widower 5 5 4 5 6 1 4 5 78 14 15 19 73 0.3 0.7 0.3 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.4 1.0 1.2 1.1 0.7 0.2 0.3 Total 3 3 4 3 3 0 3 3 60 14 10 17 57 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.5 0.8 0.9 0.6 0.0 0.2 Female 2 2 0 0 2 3 5 2 1 1 2 Separated 18 16 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.2 Male 9 29 34 64 25 46 21 34 36 22 31 1.7 1.6 2.7 1.8 4.8 3.3 3.3 3.8 3.5 2.7 2.0 2.9 1.4 320 289 Total PERCENT Marital Status 7 20 26 51 20 34 14 22 22 12 19 0.9 1.0 1.9 1.3 3.7 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.3 1.8 1.2 2.1 1.1 228 209 Gewog /Town, Lhuentse Dzongkhag 2017 Female Divorced 9 8 5 7 2 92 13 12 12 14 80 10 12 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.6 1.1 0.7 0.7 1.0 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.3 Male 500 908 454 610 351 684 225 606 831 47.7 42.9 54.9 65.8 70.5 47.0 Total 60.5 50.2 58.6 54.5 60.3 57.3 33.8 5649 6,480 1,051 1,091 546 252 485 234 314 170 357 571 109 252 361 19.8 18.6 27.9 34.2 35.5 25.1 31.2 25.8 28.4 28.4 31.6 29.7 16.4 2929 3,290 Female Married 505 248 423 220 296 181 327 520 116 354 470 27.9 24.3 27.0 31.6 35.0 21.9 29.3 24.4 30.2 26.0 28.8 27.6 17.4 Male 2720 3,190 3 1 3 1 4 4 8 89 21 30 10 12 81 0.3 0.4 0.8 1.3 0.4 1.6 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.6 Total 2 0 1 1 6 9 4 2 6 52 10 17 46 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.9 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 Female 1 1 2 0 4 3 0 2 2 37 11 13 35 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.7 0.1 0.7 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.0 Living Together Male 438 141 840 209 498 178 434 545 416 623 49.0 53.7 36.6 27.4 19.9 43.5 Total 27.8 41.0 29.7 34.6 30.1 33.3 62.6 3283 4,322 1,039 59 98 77 8.9 8.3 143 335 229 185 196 209 218 427 17.2 22.1 14.8 17.4 13.0 18.8 12.9 14.7 10.8 13.4 31.4 1322 1,749 Female 82 Never MarriedNever 295 505 111 269 101 249 349 207 405 612 31.9 31.6 21.8 18.5 11.6 26.2 14.8 22.1 16.9 19.8 19.3 19.9 31.1 Male 1961 2,573 Population Aged 10 Years and Above by Marital Status, Sex Lhuentse Town Tsaenkhar Maedtsho Maenbi Tsaenkhar Jarey Maedtsho Minjey Maenbi Kurtoed Jarey Khoma Minjey Gangzur Kurtoed Khoma Autsho Town Autsho Gangzur Lhuentse Town Autsho Town Autsho Urban Both Areas Both Areas Rural Rural Urban /Town Gewog Table A2.8

43 2017 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS OF BHUTAN (PHCB) 218 307 369 508 608 629 658 834 991 105 169 Total 1,092 1,258 1,003 1,425 1,628 11,802 63 96 115 159 180 236 306 321 349 429 463 525 592 498 618 794 5,744 Female All Status 42 73 103 148 189 272 302 308 309 405 528 567 666 505 807 834 Male 6,058 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 10 Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 Female 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 7 0 0 0 Not Reported Male 6 3 0 0 0 76 58 58 72 52 29 19 21 13 43 53 503 Total 5 1 0 0 0 52 38 41 52 40 20 13 18 11 33 38 362 Female 9 6 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 24 20 17 20 12 10 15 141 Widow/Widower Male 1 3 3 0 3 4 7 9 9 7 9 8 1 0 0 14 78 Total 1 1 1 0 2 2 6 8 8 5 6 7 1 0 0 12 60 Female 0 2 2 0 1 2 1 1 1 Separated 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 18 Male 2 3 8 0 0 1 11 13 30 17 20 30 66 56 44 19 320 Total 1 1 7 7 9 0 0 1 Marital Status 21 13 12 24 49 38 32 13 228 Female Divorced 1 2 4 1 4 9 4 8 6 6 0 0 0 17 18 12 92 Male 0 40 58 101 123 214 291 402 495 547 571 716 795 875 871 381 Total 6,480 0 55 56 34 28 106 128 172 234 276 298 361 376 439 470 257 3,290 Female Married 6 0 46 67 30 108 163 230 261 271 273 355 419 436 401 124 Male 3,190 0 5 2 1 3 8 6 9 8 2 3 1 2 11 14 14 89 Total 0 3 2 1 1 3 2 7 5 1 6 7 1 1 1 11 52 Female 0 2 0 0 2 5 4 2 3 1 5 7 3 2 0 1 37 Living Together Male 8 1 12 19 11 15 19 22 27 49 108 130 316 578 Total 1,380 4,322 1,627 1 2 5 3 0 6 4 0 10 13 21 25 75 209 582 793 1,749 Female 6 8 1 Never Married 11 14 15 13 18 17 36 87 Population Aged 10 Years and Above by Marital Status Sex, Lhuentse Dzongkhag 2017 105 241 369 798 834 Male 2,573 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 Table A2.9

44 ANNEX 2: Statistical Tables

Table A3.1 Population 6 Years and Above by Literacy, Sex, Age Group and Area, Lhuentse 2017

Area/Age Male Female Both Sex Group Literate Illiterate Total % Literate Literate Illiterate Total % Literate Literate Illiterate Total % Literate Urban 1,074 101 1,175 91.4 766 127 893 85.8 1,840 228 2,068 89.0 6-9 66 4 70 94.3 63 0 63 100.0 129 4 133 97.0 10-14 150 0 150 100.0 178 0 178 100.0 328 0 328 100.0 15-19 293 3 296 99.0 206 2 208 99.0 499 5 504 99.0 20-24 107 6 113 94.7 71 4 75 94.7 178 10 188 94.7 25-29 120 13 133 90.2 88 12 100 88.0 208 25 233 89.3 30-34 97 16 113 85.8 66 6 72 91.7 163 22 185 88.1 35-39 72 17 89 80.9 38 26 64 59.4 110 43 153 71.9 40-44 62 8 70 88.6 25 18 43 58.1 87 26 113 77.0 45-49 39 4 43 90.7 11 16 27 40.7 50 20 70 71.4 50-54 26 6 32 81.2 8 7 15 53.3 34 13 47 72.3 55-59 15 3 18 83.3 2 11 13 15.4 17 14 31 54.8 60-64 9 3 12 75.0 5 11 16 31.2 14 14 28 50.0 65+ 18 18 36 50.0 5 14 19 26.3 23 32 55 41.8 Rural 3,794 1,618 5,412 70.1 2,759 2,603 5,362 51.5 6,553 4,221 10,774 60.8 6-9 393 73 466 84.3 390 63 453 86.1 783 136 919 85.2 10-14 665 19 684 97.2 604 12 616 98.1 1,269 31 1,300 97.6 15-19 498 13 511 97.5 391 18 409 95.6 889 31 920 96.6 20-24 346 44 390 88.7 359 63 422 85.1 705 107 812 86.8 25-29 446 86 532 83.8 358 132 490 73.1 804 218 1,022 78.7 30-34 359 95 454 79.1 246 207 453 54.3 605 302 907 66.7 35-39 289 150 439 65.8 135 264 399 33.8 424 414 838 50.6 40-44 175 159 334 52.4 78 308 386 20.2 253 467 720 35.1 45-49 143 121 264 54.2 67 254 321 20.9 210 375 585 35.9 50-54 106 169 275 38.5 35 271 306 11.4 141 440 581 24.3 55-59 111 173 284 39.1 38 255 293 13.0 149 428 577 25.8 60-64 102 158 260 39.2 20 200 220 9.1 122 358 480 25.4 65+ 161 358 519 31.0 38 556 594 6.4 199 914 1,113 17.9 Both Areas 4,868 1,719 6,587 73.9 3,525 2,730 6,255 56.4 8,393 4,449 12,842 65.4 6-9 459 77 536 85.6 453 63 516 87.8 912 140 1,052 86.7 10-14 815 19 834 97.7 782 12 794 98.5 1,597 31 1,628 98.1 15-19 791 16 807 98.0 597 20 617 96.8 1,388 36 1,424 97.5 20-24 453 50 503 90.1 430 67 497 86.5 883 117 1,000 88.3 25-29 566 99 665 85.1 446 144 590 75.6 1,012 243 1,255 80.6 30-34 456 111 567 80.4 312 213 525 59.4 768 324 1,092 70.3 35-39 361 167 528 68.4 173 290 463 37.4 534 457 991 53.9 40-44 237 167 404 58.7 103 326 429 24.0 340 493 833 40.8 45-49 182 125 307 59.3 78 270 348 22.4 260 395 655 39.7 50-54 132 175 307 43.0 43 278 321 13.4 175 453 628 27.9 55-59 126 176 302 41.7 40 266 306 13.1 166 442 608 27.3 60-64 111 161 272 40.8 25 211 236 10.6 136 372 508 26.8 65+ 179 376 555 32.3 43 570 613 7.0 222 946 1,168 19.0

45 2017 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS OF BHUTAN (PHCB) 1.4 1.6 1.6 45.2 93.4 95.3 95.3 92.7 45.0 25.7 90.7 78.6 78.2 59.9 23.3 28.8 91.1 82.9 83.4 73.7 27.8 Attending % Currently 6 1 4 4 32 94 35 36 28 36 40 32 453 406 107 100 139 Never 5,260 4,960 5,713 5,366 Attended 7 5 13 14 61 66 70 61 79 77 66 Both Sex 680 580 107 384 121 445 2,744 2,056 3,424 2,636 Attended Previously 76 14 935 270 164 184 227 385 348 202 149 115 549 532 429 225 129 2,768 1,569 3,703 1,839 Currently Attending 1.7 1.2 1.3 50.4 97.9 99.0 95.7 44.3 25.6 93.7 93.4 89.3 61.3 20.2 29.1 94.3 95.1 92.9 73.8 23.9 100.0 Attending % Currently 0 0 0 0 3 5 8 8 5 8 8 44 49 44 52 177 174 Never 2,837 2,723 3,014 2,897 Attended 3 1 0 4 9 Female 31 10 11 55 13 10 11 59 266 227 219 849 250 1,153 1,419 1,076 Attended Previously 7 95 90 89 27 68 45 95 52 450 142 802 199 158 100 944 294 248 189 1,372 1,822 Currently Attending 1.2 2.0 1.9 41.3 88.9 90.8 91.3 90.8 45.4 25.8 87.9 67.1 70.9 58.6 26.6 28.6 88.0 72.2 76.5 73.6 31.6 Attending % Currently 6 1 4 4 29 50 30 28 20 58 56 31 32 24 87 276 232 Never 2,423 2,237 2,699 2,469 Attended Male 6 5 10 10 30 56 61 50 52 66 67 55 62 414 353 165 195 1,591 1,207 2,005 1,560 Attended Previously 7 69 94 49 81 70 77 485 128 138 767 186 190 102 895 255 284 240 130 1,396 1,881 Currently Attending Population 6 Years and Above by School/Institute Attendance, Sex, Age Group Area, Lhuentse 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+ Area/Age Group Urban Rural Both Areas Table A3.2

46 ANNEX 2: Statistical Tables 2 2 0 0 0 0 8 7 1 2 18 25 23 19.3 35.9 27.2 34.1 23.3 24.6 19.5 58.3 38.3 28.8 Other Attending % Currently 2 5 5 0 8 2 12 10 12 12 10 931 425 867 399 514 353 689 124 329 Never Masters 1,082 5,713 Attended and Above 9 84 67 17 24 15 47 33 14 42 20 22 Both Sex 496 212 474 232 341 163 337 489 174 506 3,424 Degree Attended Previously Bachelors 7 8 7 1 8 8 0 6 3 3 38 31 313 152 752 236 443 157 335 380 416 519 3,703 Currently Attending Diploma 8 3 2 1 5 4 1 2 1 1 22 14 19.5 18.3 34.1 25.4 32.3 24.3 25.8 20.6 60.9 43.2 29.1 Attending % Currently Certificate 62 497 242 500 218 271 180 350 579 115 Never 34 15 19 75 35 40 65 31 34 3,014 Gewog /Town, Lhuentse 2017 318 187 131 Attended Higher Gewog , Lhuentse 2017 Secondary 88 69 79 Female 178 180 114 173 158 193 187 1,419 84 93 54 Attended 55 64 32 32 36 19 17 Previously 177 109 Middle 74 80 Secondary 164 352 113 212 177 200 220 230 1,822 Currently Attending 80 41 39 91 86 82 44 38 77 39 38 177 Highest Level of Education Completed Highest Level Lower Lower Secondary 16.5 20.3 37.7 29.1 36.0 22.4 23.4 18.4 55.5 35.2 28.6 Attending % Currently 96 278 168 110 215 119 428 235 193 328 167 161 School 62 Primary 434 183 367 181 243 173 339 503 214 Never 2,699 Attended 1 1 0 4 3 1 6 1 5 7 3 4 Male 94 95 ECCD 318 124 294 118 168 179 296 319 2,005 Daycare/ Daycare/ Attended Previously 3 3 8 13 10 11 65 69 74 23 51 134 78 77 149 400 123 231 158 180 196 289 1,881 Currently Attending Education Non-formal Non-formal Population 6 Years and Above by Highest Level of Education Completed, Sex Population 6 Years and Above by School/Institute Attendance, Sex Town/ Tsaenkhar Maedtsho Maenbi Jarey Minjey Kurtoed Khoma Gangzur Autsho Town Lhuentse Town Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Lhuentse Gewog Town/ /Town/Sex Gewog Lhuentse Town Autsho Town Gangzur Khoma Table A3.4 Table A3.3

47 2017 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS OF BHUTAN (PHCB) 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 8 2 3 2 1 5 4 1 8 10 57 49 Other 1 0 1 4 3 1 4 3 1 3 2 2 0 7 6 1 15 12 72 61 11 Masters and Above 8 9 6 2 7 26 18 46 37 29 23 83 55 28 22 20 37 30 440 318 122 Degree Bachelors 4 4 0 7 4 3 4 4 0 5 4 1 6 4 2 8 3 11 97 77 20 Diploma 4 3 1 5 3 2 3 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 51 36 15 Certificate 33 18 15 61 29 32 37 24 13 72 37 35 30 19 11 47 28 19 Gewog /Town, Lhuentse 2017 772 423 349 Higher Secondary 8 26 13 13 84 42 42 20 12 40 20 20 86 38 48 251 128 123 893 438 455 Middle Secondary 2 14 12 80 89 24 10 14 37 24 13 46 23 23 169 230 120 110 936 484 452 Highest Level of Education Completed Highest Level Lower Lower Secondary 89 87 89 176 368 187 181 265 145 120 528 321 207 190 101 494 303 191 3,270 1,812 1,458 School Primary 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 7 8 4 4 11 41 17 24 ECCD Daycare/ Daycare/ 6 6 33 13 20 38 13 25 80 19 61 28 22 23 17 64 20 44 498 171 327 Education Non-formal Non-formal Population 6 Years and Above by Highest Level of Education Completed, Sex Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female /Town/Sex Gewog Kurtoed Minjey Jarey Maenbi Maedtsho Tsaenkhar Lhuentse Table A3.4

48 ANNEX 2: Statistical Tables

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

Gewog/Town Male Female Both Sexes Gewog/Town Male Female Both Sexes Lhuentse Town 10 5 15 Lhuentse Town 2 1 3 Autsho Town 3 3 6 Autsho Town 2 1 3 Gangzur 32 49 81 Gangzur 11 17 28 Khoma 22 31 53 Khoma 8 9 17 Kurtoed 7 10 17 Kurtoed 4 0 4 Minjey 13 14 27 Minjey 5 2 7 Jarey 10 20 30 Jarey 4 7 11 Maenbi 20 36 56 Maenbi 7 10 17 Maedtsho 9 13 22 Maedtsho 2 3 5 Tsaenkhar 52 56 108 Tsaenkhar 22 26 48 Total 178 237 415 Total 67 76 143

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

Room Density Average Number of Average Room Density Regular Gewog/Town Rooms in Dwelling Household Size (Person per Room) Households Urban Lhuentse Town 3 4 1 248 Autsho Town 4 4 1 112 Rural Gangzur 3 4 1 500 Khoma 3 3 1 362 Kurtoed 4 4 1 175 Minjey 4 4 1 304 Jarey 3 4 1 228 Maenbi 4 4 1 466 Maedtsho 3 4 1 237 Tsaenkhar 3 4 1 479 Both Areas 3 4 1 3,111

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

House Occupancy Status Owner Rented Govt. Rented Rent Free Rent Free Gewog/Town Occupied House Private House Govt. House Private House Other Total Urban Lhuentse Town 50 121 47 5 25 0 248 Autsho Town 46 17 30 5 14 0 112 Rural Gangzur 428 27 20 16 6 3 500 Khoma 282 25 21 23 9 2 362 Kurtoed 146 14 6 3 5 1 175 Minjey 259 21 14 5 3 2 304 Jarey 195 17 5 2 8 1 228 Maenbi 380 44 21 9 11 1 466 Maedtsho 210 10 5 6 4 2 237 Tsaenkhar 413 25 15 11 10 5 479 Both Areas 2,409 321 184 85 95 17 3,111

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Table A7.3 Distribution of Households by Number of Rooms in Dwelling by Gewog/Town, Lhuentse 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 Lhuentse Town 6 41 118 48 29 1 4 1 0 248 Autsho Town 9 20 32 27 10 10 3 1 0 112 Rural Gangzur 74 153 112 109 31 7 4 10 0 500 Khoma 45 83 99 66 40 11 8 10 0 362 Kurtoed 6 23 47 53 27 10 4 5 0 175 Minjey 27 41 53 88 43 16 13 23 0 304 Jarey 30 74 52 34 17 14 5 2 0 228 Maenbi 28 114 130 93 38 34 8 20 1 466 Maedtsho 24 55 57 63 25 3 7 3 0 237 Tsaenkhar 76 115 124 94 38 15 5 10 2 479 Both Areas 325 719 824 675 298 121 61 85 3 3,111

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

Sanitation facility Flush Pit latrine toilet to latrine without Long No Flush somewhere with slab / drop Composting facilty,bush, Gewog/Town toilet else VIP slab open pit latrine toilet field Other Total Urban Lhuentse Town 190 20 1 25 8 1 2 1 0 248 Autsho Town 83 4 0 17 4 2 2 0 0 112 Rural Gangzur 305 38 3 68 45 15 1 21 4 500 Khoma 250 27 19 32 17 1 0 16 0 362 Kurtoed 125 19 1 16 9 0 4 1 0 175 Minjey 178 83 0 20 14 1 4 4 0 304 Jarey 84 24 5 55 34 10 0 12 4 228 Maenbi 298 120 1 30 11 1 0 3 2 466 Maedtsho 171 23 0 27 8 0 0 5 3 237 Tsaenkhar 288 122 2 40 13 3 0 8 3 479 Both Areas 1,972 480 32 330 163 34 13 71 16 3,111

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

Sharing toilet with other households Area/Dzongkhag Yes No Not Reported Total Urban Lhuentse Town 20 227 1 248 Autsho Town 16 96 0 112 Rural Gangzur 54 446 0 500 Khoma 66 296 0 362 Kurtoed 6 169 0 175 Minjey 29 275 0 304 Jarey 44 184 0 228 Maenbi 64 402 0 466 Maedtsho 14 223 0 237 Tsaenkhar 44 434 1 479 Both Areas 357 2,752 2 3,111

51 2017 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS OF BHUTAN (PHCB) 248 112 500 362 175 304 228 466 237 479 479 237 466 228 304 175 362 500 112 248 Total Total 3,111 3,111 1 1 2 4 1 5 0 1 0 2 17 Other 4 9 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 4 0 3 6 1 Other 21 Mud Blocks 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 7 10 Earth Rammed 5 8 33 48 29 35 11 11 27 66 273 Wood Wood Planks Concrete/Cement 4 4 1 1 2 1 0 8 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 Blocks Cement 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Tiles/Slates Bricks 417 207 432 198 298 160 335 465 105 226 5 8 0 1 2,843 24 11 15 11 20 18 113 Lime/ Gewog /Town, Lhuentse Dzongkhag 2017 Cement Metal Sheets Stone with 1 7 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 4 23 16 15 11 33 11 21 Gewog /Town, Lhuentse Dzongkhag 2017 123 266 Tarpaulin RCC wall Cement/ 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Main External Wall Material Used Main External Wall Main Roof Material Used in Dwelling Cardboard Cardboard 0 4 2 0 2 2 7 0 0 4 3 15 32 44 21 24 16 14 17 24 12 179 Plywood 19 14 344 253 with 139 237 181 314 173 330 Mud Stone Planks/Shingles 2,004 9 6 1 1 5 2 3 5 7 11 58 10 10 23 78 34 15 10 35 30 26 with 263 Mud Bamboo Bamboo 5 5 3 5 7 1 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 13 14 13 85 Trunks/ Thatch Bamboo Cane/Palm/ Distribution of Households by Main External Wall Material Used in Dwelling Distribution of Households by Main Roof Material Used in Dwelling Tsaenkhar Maedtsho Maenbi Jarey Minjey Kurtoed Khoma Gangzur Autsho Town Lhuentse Town Lhuentse Town Autsho Town Gangzur Khoma Kurtoed Minjey Jarey Maenbi Maedtsho Tsaenkhar Both Areas Rural Urban /Town Gewog /Town Gewog Urban Rural Botha Areas Table A7.6 Table A7.7

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

Main Floor Material Used in Dwelling Earthen/ Planks/ Polished Tiles/ Cement/ Gewog/Town Clay Floor Shingles Bamboo Wood Marbles Concrete/Terrazzo Other Total Urban Lhuentse Town 1 100 2 0 4 141 0 248 Autsho Town 0 78 0 0 2 32 0 112 Rural Gangzur 6 468 2 0 2 21 1 500 Khoma 8 334 0 1 0 17 2 362 Kurtoed 0 170 1 0 0 4 0 175 Minjey 2 275 2 2 1 21 1 304 Jarey 2 212 1 1 0 12 0 228 Maenbi 6 406 3 1 1 48 1 466 Maedtsho 1 230 2 0 0 4 0 237 Tsaenkhar 8 407 1 23 1 35 4 479 Both Areas 34 2,680 14 28 11 335 9 3,111

53 2017 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS OF BHUTAN (PHCB) 479 237 466 228 304 175 362 500 112 248 Total 3,111 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Other Cooking 88 46 92 LPG 298 346 261 278 230 102 240 1,981 2 7 5 9 2 2 93 15 11 19 21 Bio- Gas 1 0 76 24 56 63 886 132 133 173 228 Firewood 5 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 24 12 Kerosene 464 232 459 204 296 171 339 485 112 248 3,010 Electricity 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Other Lighting 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Candle 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gewog /Town, Lhuentse Dzongkhag 2017 Personal Personal Generator 4 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 LPG 1 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 26 18 Solar 1 0 5 4 1 5 2 3 0 1 22 Firewood 6 1 0 0 2 1 2 5 0 0 17 Kerosene 467 233 457 223 295 169 340 490 112 246 3,032 Electricity Distribution of Households by Use and Source Energy Tsaenkhar Maedtsho Maenbi Jarey Minjey Kurtoed Khoma Gangzur Autsho Town Lhuentse Town Both Areas Rural Urban /Town Gewog Table A7.9

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

Main Source of Drinking Water Protected Unprotected Piped water Piped Water Well/ Rain Well/Spring/ Inside the Outside the Protected Water Rivers/ Streams/ Gewog/Town Dwelling Dwelling Spring Collection Lake/Pond/Dam Other Total Urban Lhuentse Town 194 53 0 1 0 0 248 Autsho Town 73 39 0 0 0 0 112 Rural Gangzur 95 389 7 1 7 1 500 Khoma 102 256 4 0 0 0 362 Kurtoed 59 116 0 0 0 0 175 Minjey 95 208 0 0 1 0 304 Jarey 37 186 0 0 2 3 228 Maenbi 178 285 0 0 2 1 466 Maedtsho 32 201 0 0 1 3 237 Tsaenkhar 117 358 1 0 0 3 479 Both Areas 982 2,091 12 2 13 11 3,111

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

Distance of Household to Water Source Less Than 30 30 Minutes - 1 1 - 2 More Than 2 Gewog/Town Minutes Hour Hours Hours Not Reported Total Urban Lhuentse Town 245 0 2 0 1 248 Autsho Town 112 0 0 0 0 112 Rural Gangzur 492 5 3 0 0 500 Khoma 362 0 0 0 0 362 Kurtoed 175 0 0 0 0 175 Minjey 298 1 0 5 0 304 Jarey 226 0 1 1 0 228 Maenbi 466 0 0 0 0 466 Maedtsho 237 0 0 0 0 237 Tsaenkhar 448 18 12 1 0 479 Both Areas 3,061 24 18 7 1 3,111

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

Reliability of Source of Drinking Water Gewog/Town Yes No Not Reported Total Urban Lhuentse Town 207 41 0 248 Autsho Town 108 4 0 112 Rural Gangzur 385 115 0 500 Khoma 300 56 6 362 Kurtoed 160 15 0 175 Minjey 278 26 0 304 Jarey 190 37 1 228 Maenbi 420 46 0 466 Maedtsho 213 24 0 237 Tsaenkhar 407 70 2 479 Both Areas 2,668 434 9 3,111

55 2017 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS OF BHUTAN (PHCB) Total Total 248 112 500 362 175 304 228 466 237 479 479 237 466 228 304 175 362 500 112 248 3,111 Regular 3,111 Households Households 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 the Total Regular Total All of Items % with 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None Items of the % With Items 2 16 47 39 10 22 41 14 86 DTH 108 385 82 30 86 72 16 73 13 77 12 51 512 % with All of the Jewelries 50 58 70 57 83 40 39 34 46 55 23 Rice 233 106 426 319 160 266 166 427 209 396 Cooker 2,708 the Items 2 4 1 2 5 6 1 1 5 12 39 Cleaner Vacuum Vacuum % With None of 4 6 4 0 20 30 36 16 31 28 175 Sewing 48 14 65 13 79 34 93 79 26 Machine Kira 566 115 4 53 46 55 11 53 11 89 54 Sofa 160 Gewog /Town, Lhuentse Dzongkhag 2017 536 Gewog /Town, Lhuentse Dzongkhag 2017 7 5 7 Seshu Gho/ 44 52 16 55 24 47 77 334 3 2 9 31 17 63 18 75 29 31 VCR 278 Machinery DVD/ 9 6 91 35 26 49 12 29 48 29 334 6 3 21 Washing Washing 23 31 15 55 45 12 64 Machine 275 73 80 24 31 Camera 204 151 193 182 218 147 Fridge 1,303 7 0 9 69 34 61 52 71 99 12 32 39 40 37 20 42 17 55 63 437 122 444 Ownership of Common Usage Household Assets Commercial) Vehicle (Non- Vehicle Compound/ Ownership of Individual Usage Household Assets Foreign Bow Foreign 8 3 4 2 18 15 13 13 21 18 115 3 8 0 1 4 5 4 Vehicle Vehicle 55 10 10 10 (Commercial) Scooter 3 8 4 4 34 20 11 13 24 35 156 Motor Cycle/ Business 4 2 8 4 7 5 3 3 4 50 10 18 10 353 205 132 201 155 256 168 289 Bicycle 1,787 Livestock 94 56 29 50 26 52 23 877 126 106 108 168 114 357 278 141 216 189 296 193 313 Wrist Watch 2,058 House/ Building 74 62 Plot 396 273 138 217 199 308 195 389 Land/ 2,251 Distribution of Households by Ownership Common Usage Household Assets Distribution of Households by Ownership Individual Usage Household Assets Tsaenkhar Maedtsho Maenbi Jarey Minjey Kurtoed Khoma Gangzur Autsho Town Lhuentse Town Lhuentse Town Autsho Town Gangzur Khoma Kurtoed Minjey Jarey Maenbi Maedtsho Tsaenkhar Both Areas Rural Urban /Town Gewog Urban Gewog/Town Rural Both Areas Table A7.13 Table A7.14

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Table A7.16 Proportion of Households that 248 112 500 362 175 304 228 466 237 479 visited a Health Facility During the Past Year by 3,111 Gewog/Town, Lhuentse Dzongkhag 2017 Regular

Households Households that Visited 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Health Facility the

All of Not Items % with Gewog/Town Yes No Reported Total 4 0 1 5 4 2 3 8 4 7 4 Urban None

Items Lhuentse of the 232 16 0 248 % With Town 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 Autsho Town 107 5 0 112 Rural Other Gangzur 457 43 0 500 3 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 3 42 30 Khoma 293 69 0 362 Kurtoed 172 3 0 175 Minjey 295 9 0 304 Newspaper Jarey 201 26 1 228 9 0 2 1 1 0 1 4 0 2

20 Maenbi 428 38 0 466

Fixed Maedtsho 205 32 0 237

Internet- Tsaenkhar 428 50 1 479

7 Both Areas 2,818 291 2 3,111 53 84 15 28 62 861 199 143 145 125 Gewog /Town, Lhuentse Dzongkhag 2017 Mobile Internet- 3 3 9 1 3 1 6 0 2 50 22 Tablet 27 33 36 11 27 13 38 10 27 328 106 Laptop 5 5 8 4 6 3 1 4 76 30 10 Desktop 85 55 Ownership of Communication/Media Facilities Ownership of Communication/Media Facilities 319 211 122 210 177 301 139 318 1,937 Phone Mobile Phone) (Simple 85 63 60 87 220 221 221 204 204 199 1,564 Phone Mobile (Smart Phone) 4 4 3 3 4 5 4 0 3 53 23 (Landline) Telephone Telephone 92 48 94 TV/ 230 300 221 138 216 276 309 1924 Video 1,924 71 13 33 49 46 934 934 163 168 139 126 126 Tape Tape Player Radio/ Distribution of Households by Ownership Communication/Media Facilities Lhuentse Town Autsho Town Gangzur Khoma Kurtoed Minjey Jarey Maenbi Maedtsho Tsaenkhar Rural Both Areas Urban /Town Gewog Table A7.15

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

Reason Too No No No No Prefer Home Transport Gewog/Town Far Need Faith Time Money Treatment Problem Other Total Urban Lhuentse Town 0 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 16 Autsho Town 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 Rural Gangzur 0 36 0 5 0 1 1 0 43 Khoma 18 43 4 3 0 0 1 0 69 Kurtoed 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 Minjey 1 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 9 Jarey 1 22 0 1 0 1 1 1 27 Maenbi 1 33 1 1 0 1 1 0 38 Maedtsho 1 30 0 1 0 0 0 0 32 Tsaenkhar 6 24 0 10 0 5 5 1 51 Both Areas 29 213 5 25 1 8 10 2 293

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

Approach Road Less 30 More Than 30 Minutes-1 1-2 2-3 3-4 4-5 5-6 Than 6 Not Gewog/Town Minutes Hour Hours Hours Hours Hours Hours Hours Reported Total Urban Lhuentse Town 248 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 248 Autsho Town 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 112 Rural Gangzur 481 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 500 Khoma 258 23 34 13 4 2 6 21 1 362 Kurtoed 163 6 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 175 Minjey 282 17 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 304 Jarey 193 25 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 228 Maenbi 419 41 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 466 Maedtsho 207 26 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 237 Tsaenkhar 393 43 25 13 3 0 0 0 2 479 Both Areas 2,756 199 83 30 7 4 8 21 3 3,111

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Table A7.19 Distribution of Households Experiencing Food Insufficiency in the last 12 months by Gewog/Town, Lhuentse Dzongkhag 2017

Food Insufficiency Not Area/Dzongkhag Yes No Reported Total Urban Lhuentse Town 4 243 1 248 Autsho Town 4 108 0 112 Rural Gangzur 60 440 0 500 Khoma 37 325 0 362 Kurtoed 5 170 0 175 Minjey 34 270 0 304 Jarey 26 202 0 228 Maenbi 46 420 0 466 Maedtsho 6 231 0 237 Tsaenkhar 39 440 0 479 Both Areas 261 2,849 1 3,111