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Martshalla Gewog is three and half hours walk from the road point, Tshangchutham. The Gewog has 28 villages with 545 households. The total area of the Gewog is 345.3 square kilometers and is bordered by Kangpara Gewog of Trashigang Dzongkhag in the North, Gomdar Gewog in the West, Serthi Gewog in the East and Phuntshothang Gewog in the South.
Gewog has subtropical climate with altitude ranging from 280 to 2500 meters above the sea level. Since Gewog falls within the Chirapunji Mountain Range, it gets heavy rainfall (1500 mm in a year ).
Martshalla Gewog consists of mainly dry land. Maize is cultivated as the staple food crop in the Gewog in Kamzhing and Pangshing/Tseri. The other crops like paddy, millets, mustard, legumes and buckwheat are grown in this gewog in small scale.
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