Metakha Gewog (

Dzongkha Dzongkha (; ) is a Tibeto-Burman languages, Tibeto-Burman language that is the official and national language of Bhutan. It is written using the Tibetan script. The word means "the language of the fortress", from ' "fortress" and ' "language ...

: སྨད་སྟབས་ཁ་,Metabkha Gewog) is a gewog (village block) of

Chukha District Chukha District (Dzongkha: ཆུ་ཁ་རྫོང་ཁག་; Wylie: ''Chu-kha rdzong-khag''; officially spelled "Chhukha" ) is one of the 20 dzongkhag (districts) comprising Bhutan. The major town is Phuentsholing. Languages In Chu ...

Bhutan Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked country in South Asia, in the Eastern Himalayas between China to the north and northwest and India to the south and southeast. With a population of over 727,145 and a territory of , ...

. Metakha Gewog was established in 2016, and it is one of the smallest gewogs in Chukka Dzongkhag. The 100-km² gewog contains fifteen villages, 119 households and has a population of 1,036. Metakha is considered a rural gewog and currently doesn’t have any blacktopped roads, making travel in and out of the area difficult. The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) promised to build blacktopped roads and maintain them if elected in December 2023. The PDP were elected in 2024. As of May 2023, Metakha gewog does not have an agriculture extension officer to oversee agriculture-related plans.

Sacred Places

Phuentsho Pelri Goempa Lhakhang

Phuntshog Pelri Monastery was built in the 15th century by the son of Drubchen Thangtong Rgyalpo, Dewa Zangpos. There are two guardians of the temple, Lhamo Ngag Sungma and Pho Lha Tashi Jungney.

Land Use

Metakha has 770.23 acres of dry land and 116.230 acres of wet land, and farming is the main land use. Cardamom, Potato, Ginger and Rice are the major cash crops.

References

Gewogs of Bhutan Chukha District {{Bhutan-geo-stub