Gyalshing, the second largest district of Sikkim, with its headquarters also known as Geyzing

Background

Gyalshing is one of the six districts of the reorganised Sikkim whose administration reports to the Governor sworn in at Gangtok this month. The district administration records that Gyalshing District is the second largest district in the Indian state of Sikkim, with an area of 836 square kilometres. Its population is 75,040, made up of 38,993 males and 36,047 females. The headquarters of the district is at Gyalshing, also known as Geyzing, and the district contains 125 villages. The languages recorded for the district are Nepali, Bhutia and Lepcha. The headquarters town is linked to the state capital Gangtok by a metalled road, and Geyzing also connects to the West Bengal towns of Darjeeling and Kalimpong via Jorethang.