19-524: Legship is a small town in Gyalshing district of the Indian State of Sikkim . Legship is the gateway to Gyalshing City . It is located on the main road connecting Gyalshing with the rest of the state, on the banks of the river Rangit . The place is in fact a main crossing point of roads from Yuksam , Tashiding , Kewzing, Rabangla , Gangtok , Jorethang , Pelling , Gyalshing and other places. Legship
38-456: A literacy rate of 78.69%. After bifurcation the district had a population of 71,675. 5.60% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 3,391 (4.73%) and 31,847 (44.43%) of the population respectively. The people are mainly of Limbu descent. Other ethnic groups include the Lepcha and Bhutia communities. Nepali is the most widely spoken language in
57-760: A Deputy Commissioner but is not an official district. Each of these officials is aided by officers from the appropriate branch of the state government. Most districts have a distinct headquarters; but the districts of Mumbai City in Maharashtra , Kolkata in West Bengal , Hyderabad in Telangana , and Chennai in Tamil Nadu are examples where there are no distinct district headquarters, although there are district collectors. The majority of districts are named after their administrative centre. Some are referred to by two names,
76-450: A great diversity of flora and fauna, many of which are used by Indigenous and local communities. Since most of the district is hilly it enjoys a temperate climate. Above 3,800 m (12,000 ft) the slopes are full of rhododendron forests. In 1977, the district became home to Khangchendzonga National Park , which has an area of 1,784 km (688.8 sq mi). It shares the park with North Sikkim district . Gyalshing district
95-459: A traditional one and one that uses the name of the town that is the headquarters. Since most of the districts are named after a town, the word "district" is appended to distinguish between the town and the district. The following tables list the population details of various states. The columns include the hierarchical administrative subdivision codes , the district name, district headquarters, 2011 census population, area in square kilometres, and
114-535: Is also the spot for a large hydro-electric dam. The Rangit Dam lies up stream, a dam which the people of Legship were partly responsible for. The large lake formed by the Rangit Dam is also the spot where locals visit for day outing or picnic. The place is known as Rangit Water World and rafting facility is available here. A place of interest is the Kirateshwar Mahadev Temple which is believed to be one of
133-596: Is divided into two sub-divisions: List of Indian districts A district ( zila ), also known as revenue district is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory . In some cases, districts are further subdivided into sub-divisions , and in others directly into tehsils or talukas . As of 24 November 2024 , there are a total of 787 districts in India. This count includes Mahe and Yanam which are Census districts and not Administrative districts and excludes Itanagar Capital Complex which has
152-729: Is sub-dendentric. Kirateshwar Mahadev Temple is a Hindu temple, identified to be a Hindu pilgrimage site which is located in Legship, West Sikkim, India along the banks of River Rangeet , which has many mythological episodes of the Mahabharata attached to it. The main attraction of the temple are the festival of the Bala Chaturdesi, which is observed in November–December every year and the Shiv Ratri also known as Maha Shivaratri which falls in
171-499: Is the site of the ancient state capital Yuksom . It served as Sikkim's capital beginning in 1642 for almost 50 years until it was shifted to Rabdentse . The district was under the occupation of the Nepalese for 30 years in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. After Anglo-Nepalese War (1814–16), the district was returned to Sikkim. Gyalshing district covers an area of 1,166 square kilometres (450 sq mi). Attractions include
190-499: Is the town of Pelling . The town has a large Nepali population, and the Nepali language is the predominant language of the region. The town is situated at an altitude of about 6,500 feet (2,000 m). The town enjoys a temperate climate for most of the year and snow sometimes falls in the vicinity. The Ranjit River on which the Rangit Dam is located, is a major right bank tributary of
209-527: The Khecheopalri Lake , where, according to legend, not a leaf is allowed to fall on the surface of the lake and the Dubdi Monastery , the first monastery of the state. The district was previously divided into 5 assembly constituencies . The economy is mainly agrarian, despite most of the land being unfit for cultivation owing to the precipitous and rocky slopes. Roads are in poor condition owing to
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#1732873459198228-619: The Lepchas named the place in the name of this fern. Gyalshing or Gayzing ( Nepali : गेजिंग ) is the capital of the district of West Sikkim in the Indian state of Sikkim . All the Government Offices, District Headquarter are located here. The town is connected to the capital Gangtok by a metalled road. Geyzing is also connected to the West Bengal towns of Siliguri , Darjeeling and Kalimpong via Jorethang . A few kilometres north
247-635: The Teesta River in Sikkim. The river arises from the Talung glacier and it meets the Teesta river at Melli after a travel of 61 kilometres (38 miles) from its source. At the dam site, the catchment area drained is 979.02 square kilometres (378.00 sq mi) (rain-fed catchment is 712 square kilometres (275 sq mi) and the balance area is snow fed above snow line contour of 4,570 metres (14,990 feet)); elevation of
266-547: The catchment area varies from about 600 metres (2,000 feet) to about 7,338 metres (24,075 feet) (North Kabru Peak) and is delimited between (27.275°N 88.0141°E) and (27.6195°N 88.42°E). A number of perennial streams originate in glacial fields of the river basin; important snow-fed rivers which constitute the Rangit basin above the dam site are the Rathong Chu, Rimbi Chu, Prek Chu, Ralli Chu, Rongdon Chu and Kayam Chu. The drainage pattern
285-596: The district. Hinduism is followed by majority of the people in the district. Buddhism followed by a considerable population. The Kirateshwar Mahadev Temple , a major Hindu pilgrimage centre in Sikkim, is situated in Legship in the district. Languages of Gyalshing district (2011) At the time of the 2011 Census of India , 51.85% of the population in the district spoke Nepali , 22.61% Limbu , 8.68% Lepcha , 7.05% Bhotia , 2.69% Sherpa , 1.55% Rai and 1.48% Hindi as their first language. Gyalshing district houses
304-454: The frequent landslides. According to the 2011 census Gyalshing district has a population of 136,435, roughly equal to the nation of Grenada . This gives it a ranking of 608th in India (out of a total of 640 ). The district has a population density of 117 inhabitants per square kilometre (300/sq mi) . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 10.58%. It has a sex ratio of 941 females for every 1000 males, and
323-413: The holiest and oldest Shiv temples in Sikkim. Another place of interest is Lho Khando Sang Pho is one of the four famous caves in Sikkim which is six kilometers away from Legship. Legship is actually pronounced as "Lyuksyep" and mispronounced as Legship. It means a kind of fern, which tastes like a chilli — in the Lepcha language , as the area when sparsely inhabited was a dense jungle of these ferns and
342-417: The month of February or March every year. There are other temples dedicated to Lord Rama and Durga can be found here making it an important pilgrimage destination for Hindus. Lho Khando Sang Pho is one of the four famous caves in Sikkim, where Guru Rempoche the 8th century great Indian Buddhist Tantric yogi meditated. The three other caves are Nub Dechenphu, Chyang Lhari Ngingphu and Sharcho Phephu which are in
361-487: The other three directions. This is this cave where Guru Rempoche tamed a female demon. Gyalshing district Gyalshing District or Geyzing District is a district of the Indian state of Sikkim . Its headquarter is Geyzing , also known as Gyalshing . The district is a favourite with trekkers due to the high elevations. Other important towns include Pelling and Yuksom . Local people also call it as Pallo-Sikkim and Sano-Sikkim commonly. Gyalshing district
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