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{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Fiang
| other_name = Phyang
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| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Village of Phyang.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = View from [[Phyang Monastery]]
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| pushpin_map = India Ladakh#India
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ladakh, India
| pushpin_map1 = India
| pushpin_map_caption1 = Location in India
| coordinates = {{coord|34.189399|N|77.489076|E|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes =
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|Union Territory]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Ladakh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Leh district|Leh]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Tehsil]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Leh]]
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| seat_type = [[Panchayat]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_total_km2 =
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| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 2036
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| blank_name_sec1 = [[Census of India|Census]] code
| blank_info_sec1 = 855
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'''Fiang''' (also known as '''Phyang''') is a village in [[Leh district]] of [[Ladakh]] in [[India]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://leh.nic.in/depts/villageamenitydirectory.pdf |title=Blockwise Village Amenity Directory |publisher=Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council |access-date=2015-07-23 }}</ref> It is in the [[Leh]] [[tehsil]]. The [[Phyang Monastery]] is in this village. This is one of the largest inhabited villages of [[Ladakh]], comprising eight clusters: Phulungs, Phyang, Tsakma, Changmachan, Gaon, Thangnak, Chusgo and Mankhang. It is in a south-facing valley in the [[Ladakh Range]] of mountains. The village is about {{cvt|15|km}} long and {{cvt|1.5|km}} average width. There is an old dilapidated castle near the cluster of Phyang on a hilltop. Just below this castle, there is a single-room temple, Lobon, with paintings of Ladakh, but in the tourism industry, it is known as Guru Lhakhang. The Tokpo river is in the middle of the valley. The source of the river is small glaciers in upper Spangkul and Lungnak valley northwest of the village at an altitude of about {{cvt|5200|m}}. The river joins the [[Indus River]] near [[Phey]] village at a lower altitude of {{cvt|3250|m}}. The village has some tourist facilities, including a guesthouse and campsites. Hidden North guesthouse is just opposite the site of Guru Lhakhang at Tsakma cluster.

== Demographics ==
According to the [[2011 census of India]], Fiang has 352 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 75.37%.<ref name="census_2011"/>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Demographics (2011 Census)<ref name="census_2011">{{cite news |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/datagov/CDB_PCA_Census/PCA_CDB_0103_F_Census.xls |title=Leh district census |work=[[2011 Census of India]] |publisher=Directorate of Census Operations |access-date=2015-07-23 }}</ref>
! !! Total !! Male !! Female
|-
| Population || 2036 || 1064 || 972
|-
| Children aged below 6 years || 229 || 124 || 105
|-
| [[Scheduled caste]] || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| [[Scheduled tribe]] || 1998 || 1043 || 955
|-
| Literates || 1362 || 789 || 573
|-
| Workers (all) || 713 || 439 || 274
|-
| Main workers (total) || 536 || 348 || 188
|-
| Main workers: Cultivators || 185 || 91 || 94
|-
| Main workers: Agricultural labourers || 2 || 1 || 1
|-
| Main workers: Household industry workers || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| Main workers: Other || 349 || 256 || 93
|-
| Marginal workers (total) || 177 || 91 || 86
|-
| Marginal workers: Cultivators || 121 || 50 || 71
|-
| Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers || 6 || 4 || 2
|-
| Marginal workers: Household industry workers || 2 || 2 || 0
|-
| Marginal workers: Others || 48 || 35 || 13
|-
| Non-workers || 1323 || 625 || 698
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Ladakh}}
{{Leh district}}

[[Category:Villages in Leh tehsil]]

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