# Chhubu Gewog Gewog, Punakha Dzongkhag – Villages & Map > Source: https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/punakha/chhubu/ Gewog · Punakha Dzongkhag # Chhubu Gewog Chhubu Gewog is a gewog (block of villages) of Bhutan in Punakha Dzongkhag. It covers **91.3 km²**. 1 named village or locality is recorded here, and 4 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 91.3km² - 4mapped services - 1,360 mtypical elevation ## Where is Chhubu Gewog? Chhubu Gewog lies in [Punakha Dzongkhag](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/punakha/), [Bhutan](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/). It borders 5 other gewogs: [Dzoma Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/punakha/dzoma/), [Goenshari Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/punakha/goenshari/), [Guma Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/punakha/guma/), [Kabjisa Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/punakha/kabjisa/) and [Toewang Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/punakha/toewang/). By area it is the 122nd largest of 205 gewogs in Bhutan. It covers 8.2% of [Punakha Dzongkhag](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/punakha/). The centre of Chhubu Gewog is about 29 km in a straight line from Thimphu, the capital. It is about 9.0 km from Punākha, the main town of Punakha Dzongkhag. The centre point is at 27.6631° N, 89.8343° E. Source: [OCHA ROAP via HDX, Bhutan administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-btn). ## Villages and localities in Chhubu Gewog Open gazetteers list **1 village, town or locality** in Chhubu Gewog. - Bumtaka Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/); [© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract — named settlements](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright). ## Landscape and landmarks of Chhubu Gewog Named natural and historic features inside Chhubu Gewog, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 1 river or stream. - Pho Chhu ### History 1 fort. - Kapi Dzong Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/). Places of worship are not listed. Elevations are from the GeoNames terrain model and are approximate. ## Weather in Chhubu Gewog and the best time to visit In Chhubu Gewog, the warmest month is Jul (average 15 °C) and the coolest is Jan (1 °C). About 1,052 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (254 mm) and the driest Dec (2 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **May**. - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Month Average °C Rain mm Jan 1 4 Feb 2 12 Mar 5 32 Apr 8 74 May 11 119 Jun 14 164 Jul 15 254 Aug 14 202 Sep 13 130 Oct 9 55 Nov 5 4 Dec 3 2 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Chhubu Gewog Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Samadingkha BHU · Toewang 4.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.63731&mlon=89.86571#map=17/27.63731/89.86571) Bank Bank of Bhutan · Guma 13 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.55186&mlon=89.87107#map=17/27.55186/89.87107) ATM Sangay Wangmo Tshongkhang · Guma 9.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.58356&mlon=89.86060#map=17/27.58356/89.86060) Petrol pump Indian Oil petrol · Guma 13 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.54822&mlon=89.86960#map=17/27.54822/89.86960) Hotel andBeyond Punakha River Lodge · Kabjisa 4.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.63849&mlon=89.80257#map=17/27.63849/89.80257) Mall 9 to 9 shopping mall · Thedtsho 20 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.49492&mlon=89.90134#map=17/27.49492/89.90134) School Nawakha Primary School · Chhubu 3.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.63798&mlon=89.85862#map=17/27.63798/89.85862) College College of Natural Resources · Bapisa 18 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.50359&mlon=89.87854#map=17/27.50359/89.87854) Police station Jungshina Community Police Station · Kawang 26 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.50844&mlon=89.63656#map=17/27.50844/89.63656) Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/). Straight-line distance from the centre of the division, within 40 km. ## Hospitals, banks and other services in Chhubu Gewog Places mapped inside Chhubu Gewog in open map data, by type. - Hotels3 - Schools1 Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/). Coverage depends on what has been mapped; contact details are not shown. ## Other gewogs in Punakha Dzongkhag - Bapisa - Dzoma - Goenshari - Guma - Kabjisa - Lingmukha - Shengabjimi - Talo - Toepisa - Toewang ## Quick answers - Where is Chhubu Gewog?In Punakha Dzongkhag, Bhutan - What borders Chhubu Gewog?Dzoma Gewog, Goenshari Gewog, Guma Gewog, Kabjisa Gewog and Toewang Gewog - How many villages are in Chhubu Gewog?1 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the best time to visit Chhubu Gewog?May - Where is the nearest hospital to Chhubu Gewog?Samadingkha BHU, about 4.2 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Chhubu Gewog?Bank of Bhutan, about 13 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Chhubu Gewog?Sangay Wangmo Tshongkhang, about 9.2 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Chhubu Gewog?Indian Oil petrol, about 13 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Chhubu Gewog?BT01002 (OCHA common operational dataset)