[1] The town is located at the south-eastern part of Bhutan and borders the Indian state of Assam.

to have developed as a result of the construction of the Samdrup Jongkhar-Tashigang national highway in the 1960s.

the Sharchops of Tashigang, Dundsan, Orong and Yangtse used to trade in a small Indian border town in Assam called Gudama (current day Daranga or Darranga Mela, better known as Mela Bazar).

After 2003, due to insurgency problems, much of the business was halted, causing a ripple effect on the developmental and socio-economic life of the people of most of eastern Bhutan.

Samdrup Jonkhar Dzongkhag has a mix of population largely dominated by the Sharchops and by Lhotshampas in Bangtar.