The Kurtoep speaking people, constituting North-West Khamdang probably have been migrated during feudal era from Mongar/Zhongar.
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Near Shali in a small village called Denglum there is remains of ruins of Denglum Tshering Samdrup; a well known man during eighth century AD.
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The civic administration of Khamdang Gewog is the responsibility of the Khamdang Gup; who is directly accountable to the Dzongkhag Administration in Trashiyangtse.
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Although Mahayana Buddhism is the state religion, almost all the people residing in the gewog are following Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.