About Pipcha Village

Pipcha is a small village in Zanskar tehsil, in the district of Kargil, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 213, made up of 129 males and 84 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 651 females per 1000 males. The village covers 100.77 hectares hectares.

Pipcha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pipcha village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kargil
Tehsil	Zanskar
Area (hectares)	100.77 hectares
Population	213
Male Population	129
Female Population	84
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	651
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 Pipcha compares

By the 2011 count Pipcha is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 552 residents. Its 100.77 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Pipcha

Pipcha is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Pipcha 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. The nearest villages by name are Kargyak, Karshah, Lungmi Rezing and Padam. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.

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Common questions about Pipcha

As per the Census of India 2011, Pipcha village had a population of 213. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 552 residents.

Pipcha village has 129 males and 84 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pipcha has about 651 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Pipcha covers 100.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pipcha falls under Zanskar tehsil of Kargil district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The census record for Pipcha notes the nearest railway station 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 Pipcha.

Pipcha is in Zanskar tehsil of Kargil district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.