Metakha Gewog

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Metakha Gewog (Dzongkha: སྨད་སྟབས་ཁ་,Metabkha Gewog) is a gewog (village block) of Chukha District, Bhutan.{{cite web |year=2011 |title=Chiwogs in Chukha |url=http://www.election-bhutan.org.bt/2011/finaldelimitation/chukha.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002183400/http://www.election-bhutan.org.bt/2011/finaldelimitation/chukha.pdf |archive-date=2011-10-02 |access-date=2011-07-28 |publisher=Election Commission, Government of Bhutan |format=PDF}}{{cite web |title=Bhutan Districts: Chhukha |url=http://www.bhutanmajestictravel.com/bhutan-districts/chhukha#high_1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100702160859/http://www.bhutanmajestictravel.com/bhutan-districts/chhukha#high_1 |archive-date=July 2, 2010 |access-date=August 25, 2010 |publisher=Bhutan Majestic Travel}} Metakha Gewog was established in 2016, and it is one of the smallest gewogs in Chukka Dzongkhag.{{Cite web |title=Metakha at a glance |url=http://www.chhukha.gov.bt/embedded-files/metakha-glance |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=www.chhukha.gov.bt |language=en}} The 100-km² gewog contains fifteen villages, 119 households and has a population of 1,036.{{Cite web |title=Metakha at a glance |url=http://www.chhukha.gov.bt/embedded-files/metakha-glance |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=www.chhukha.gov.bt |language=en}}

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.{{Cite web |last=Newspaper |first=Bhutan's Daily |title=PDP vows key changes in Phuentsholing |url=https://kuenselonline.com/pdp-vows-key-changes-in-phuentsholing/ |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=Kuensel Online}} The PDP were elected in 2024.{{Cite web |title=Tshering Tobgay set to return as Bhutan PM after liberal PDP wins elections |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/10/tshering-tobgay-set-to-return-as-bhutan-pm-after-liberal-pdp-wins-elections |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}

As of May 2023, Metakha gewog does not have an agriculture extension officer to oversee agriculture-related plans.{{Cite web |last=Newspaper |first=Bhutan's Daily |title=Empty chairs impede service delivery at grassroots level |url=https://kuenselonline.com/empty-chairs-impede-service-delivery-at-grassroots-level/ |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=Kuensel Online}}