About Warisfistan Village

Warisfistan is a small village in Nubra tehsil, in the district of Leh, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 258, made up of 139 males and 119 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 856 females per 1000 males. The village covers 74.5 hectares hectares.

Warisfistan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Warisfistan village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Leh
Tehsil	Nubra
Area (hectares)	74.5 hectares
Population	258
Male Population	139
Female Population	119
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	856
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Warisfistan compares

By the 2011 count Warisfistan is the 20th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 801 residents. Its 74.5 hectares work out to about 3.5 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 987.

Getting to Warisfistan

Warisfistan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Warisfistan as Available within village. 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 Terchey, Thanga Chathang, Tiggar and Turtok. 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 Warisfistan

As per the Census of India 2011, Warisfistan village had a population of 258. That makes it the 20th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 801 residents.

Warisfistan village has 139 males and 119 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Warisfistan has about 856 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Warisfistan covers 74.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Warisfistan falls under Nubra tehsil of Leh district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The census record for Warisfistan notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

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

Warisfistan is in Nubra tehsil of Leh 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.