Okhrey is a small village situated in
West Sikkim
Gyalshing District or Geyzing District is a list of Indian districts, 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 impor ...
district, India. Okhrey is mostly inhabited by
Sherpas
The Sherpa are one of the Tibetan ethnic groups native to the most mountainous regions of Nepal, Tingri County in the Tibet Autonomous Region and the Himalayas. The term ''sherpa'' or ''sherwa'' derives from the Sherpa language words ("east") ...
. Okhrey comes under Daramdin BAC
Block Administrative Center, and is approximately from the capital
Gangtok
Gangtok is a city, municipality, the capital and the largest populated place of the Indian state of Sikkim. It is also the headquarters of the East Sikkim district, Gangtok District. Gangtok is in the eastern Himalayas, Himalayan range, at an e ...
. The nearest town from Okhrey is Sombaria at a distance of around . The main occupation of the people of Okhrey is farming, and they mainly produce potatoes. The temperature of Okhrey can fall to in winter, and it has a moderate climate during summer.
Villages in Gyalshing district
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