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Jispa (elevation 3,200 m or 10,500 ft; population 332)[1] is a village in Lahaul, in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.
Jispa is located 22 km north of Keylong[2][3] and 7 km south of Darcha,[4] along the Manali-Leh Highway and the Bhaga river.[3] There are approximately 20 villages between Jispa and Keylong.[5]
According to the 2001 census, of the town's 332 residents, 235 were male and 97 were female.[1] Four belong to scheduled castes, and 149 belong to scheduled tribes.[1] The village has 78 households.[1]
The village has a helipad, a post office,[6] and a monastery.[7] Travellers often stop for the night here; the village has a hotel, a mountaineers' hut, and a campground.[2][3][4] Jispa also has a small folk museum.[2]
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 2001 India Census. See census.gov.in Template:Webarchive (requires registration).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Joe Bindloss & Sarina Singh. India. Lonely Planet (2007), p. 341. Template:ISBN.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Jispa" Template:Webarchive. Himachal Tourism (2009). Accessed 22 October 2009.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 David Abram. Rough Guide to India. Rough Guides (2003), p. 523. Template:ISBN.
- ↑ Sudha Mahalingam. "On the trail of two rivers". Frontline (18–31 December 2004).
- ↑ S.C. Bajpai. Lahaul-Spiti: A Forbidden Land in the Himalayas. Indus Publishing (2002), p. 131. Template:ISBN.
- ↑ Sandeep Silas. Discover India by Rail. Sterling Publishers (2005), p. 187. Template:ISBN.