Your Bhutanese Citizenship
Card Number gives you the following information.
There are 11 digits number
My Citizenship ID card No. is 11404000581. Now let us interpret.
The First Digit (1) represents the Status of your census. So I
am Bhutanese. The first digit could be 1, 2 or 3.
- Form 1 (Bhutanese): 1
- Form 4 (Mothers/fathers are Non- Bhutanese): 2
- Form 5 (No regular census status): 3
The second & Third digits (14) represent your Dzongkhang. 14
means I am from Thimphu Dzongkhang.
The Dzongkhag serial number are given in an alphabetical order
as follows:
- Bumthang: 01
- Chukha: 02
- Dagana: 03
- Gasa: 04
- Haa: 05
- Lhuntse: 06
- Mongar: 07
- Paro: 08
- Pema Gatshel: 09
- Punakha: 10
- Samdrup Jongkhar: 11
- Samtse: 12
- Sarpang: 13
- Thimphu: 14
- Trashigang: 15
- Trashi Yangtse: 16
- Trongsa: 17
- Tsirang: 18
- Wangdue Phodrang: 19
- Zhemgang: 20
The Fourth & Fifth digits represent the serial number of my
Gewog in alphabetical order. So (04) mean I am from 4th Gewog of Thimphu Dzongkhang.
Kindly note that there could be slight errors especially in Gewog numbering as
some changes was made later and numbering was given much before.
And the final six digits represent your actual individual serial
number in your Gewog.
For example, my CID ends with the number ‘000581’, so I am the
581th person in my Gewog. The main purpose of having six digits is to create
space so that Gewog can include people up to 999,999 in future if there is rise
in population.
So My Citizenship ID card No. 11404000581 means:
I am (in Form 1) Bhutanese, from Thimphu Dzongkhang under Geney Gewog. I am
581st person in my Gewog.
Please note that if your
numbering system are not as per the above interpretation, don’t worry, it could
be due to change in census from one Dzongkhang to another. Your ID card remains
same.
Now please interpret
yourself referring your CID Number.
Note: I have posted this in my Facebook page long time back.
