# Bartsham Gewog Gewog, Trashigang Dzongkhag – Villages & Map

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/trashigang/bartsham/

Gewog · Trashigang Dzongkhag 

# Bartsham Gewog

Bartsham Gewog is a gewog (block of villages) of Bhutan in Trashigang Dzongkhag. It covers **34.8 km²**. 2 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 1 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 34.8km²
- 1mapped services
- 2,068 mtypical elevation

## Where is Bartsham Gewog?

Bartsham Gewog lies in [Trashigang Dzongkhag](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/trashigang/), [Bhutan](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/). It borders 6 other gewogs: [Bidung Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/trashigang/bidung/), [Jamkhar Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/yangtse/jamkhar/), [Ramjar Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/yangtse/ramjar/), [Samkhar Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/trashigang/samkhar/), [Yalang Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/yangtse/yalang/) and [Yangnyer Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/trashigang/yangnyer/). By area it is the 174th largest of 205 gewogs in Bhutan. It covers 1.6% of [Trashigang Dzongkhag](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/trashigang/). The centre of Bartsham Gewog is about 193 km in a straight line from Thimphu, the capital. It is about 6.9 km from Trashigang, the main town of Trashigang Dzongkhag. The centre point is at 27.3826° N, 91.5964° 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 Bartsham Gewog

Open gazetteers list **2 villages, towns and localities** in Bartsham Gewog.

- Bartsham
- Jam Khar

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).

## Weather in Bartsham Gewog and the best time to visit

In Bartsham Gewog, the warmest month is Jul (average 14 °C) and the coolest is Jan (0 °C). About 1,082 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (225 mm) and the driest Dec (4 mm). No month is both mild and dry, so plan around the rains.

- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
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Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan 0 4 

Feb 1 12 

Mar 4 29 

Apr 7 108 

May 10 143 

Jun 13 191 

Jul 14 225 

Aug 14 166 

Sep 12 128 

Oct 8 62 

Nov 5 9 

Dec 2 4 

Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/).

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Bartsham Gewog

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Bidung BHU II · Bidung 4.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.37561&mlon=91.63960#map=17/27.37561/91.63960) 

Bank Bhutan National Bank · Samkhar 6.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.33373&mlon=91.55385#map=17/27.33373/91.55385) 

Petrol pump BOD · Samkhar 9.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.32128&mlon=91.53624#map=17/27.32128/91.53624) 

Hotel Trashigang · Samkhar 6.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.33440&mlon=91.55383#map=17/27.33440/91.55383) 

School Bartsham Central School · Bartsham 1.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.39244&mlon=91.60731#map=17/27.39244/91.60731) 

College Rangjung Technical Training Institute · Shongphu 6.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.35653&mlon=91.64960#map=17/27.35653/91.64960) 

Police station RBP · Khamdang 6.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.43735&mlon=91.57855#map=17/27.43735/91.57855) 

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 Bartsham Gewog

Places mapped inside Bartsham Gewog in open map data, by type.

- 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 Trashigang Dzongkhag

- Bidung
- Kanglung
- Kangpara
- Khaling
- Lumang
- Merak
- Phongme
- Radi
- Sakteng
- Samkhar
- Shongphu
- Thrimshing
- Udzorong
- Yangnyer

## Quick answers

- Where is Bartsham Gewog?In Trashigang Dzongkhag, Bhutan
- What borders Bartsham Gewog?Bidung Gewog, Jamkhar Gewog, Ramjar Gewog, Samkhar Gewog, Yalang Gewog and Yangnyer Gewog
- How many villages are in Bartsham Gewog?2 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- Where is the nearest hospital to Bartsham Gewog?Bidung BHU II, about 4.3 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Bartsham Gewog?Bhutan National Bank, about 6.9 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Bartsham Gewog?BOD, about 9.0 km from the centre
- What is the P-code of Bartsham Gewog?BT01501 (OCHA common operational dataset)