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About Gispu Village

Gispu is a small village in LUMLA tehsil, in the district of Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 477, made up of 221 males and 256 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,158 females per 1000 males.

Gispu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gispu village
Description Value
State Arunachal Pradesh
District Tawang
Tehsil LUMLA
Population 477
Male Population 221
Female Population 256
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,158
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gispu compares

By the 2011 count Gispu is the 4th largest of the 21 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 294 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1057.

Getting to Gispu

Gispu is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gispu as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gispu from other places

Gispu lies about 10 km from Tawang, and the nearest railway station is Harisinga, about 100 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Gispu
Tehsil headquarters LUMLA 6.4 km
District headquarters Tawang 10 km
Nearest railway station Harisinga 100 km
Nearest town Dhekiajuli 125 km

Villages closest to Gispu

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in LUMLA tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Gispu

As per the Census of India 2011, Gispu village had a population of 477. That makes it the 4th largest of the 21 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 294 residents.

Gispu village has 221 males and 256 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gispu has about 1158 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1057.

Gispu falls under LUMLA tehsil of Tawang district in Arunachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gispu is Harisinga, about 100 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gispu.

Gispu is about 10 km from Tawang in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gispu is in LUMLA tehsil of Tawang district. LUMLA is about 6.4 km away. Tawang is about 10 km away. Harisinga is about 100 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sharbrang (3.4 km), Yabab (3.5 km) and Baghar (4.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Gispu today is likely to be higher.

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