Jispa

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File:Jispa Monastery.jpg
Jispa Monastery
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Jispa - hotel. 2010

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 20 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]

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Houses in Jispa

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]





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  • Information and photos on Jispa and surrounds, and distances from Jispa to other centres [1]
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 2001 India Census. See census.gov.in (requires registration).
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Joe Bindloss & Sarina Singh. India. Lonely Planet (2007), p. 341. ISBN 978-1-74104-308-2.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Jispa". Himachal Tourism (2009). Accessed October 22, 2009.
  4. 4.0 4.1 David Abram. Rough Guide to India. Rough Guides (2003), p. 523. ISBN 978-1-84353-089-3.
  5. Sudha Mahalingam. "On the trail of two rivers". Frontline (December 18–31, 2004).
  6. S.C. Bajpai. Lahaul-Spiti: A Forbidden Land in the Himalayas. Indus Publishing (2002), p. 131. ISBN 978-81-7387-113-9.
  7. Sandeep Silas. Discover India by Rail. Sterling Publishers (2005), p. 187. ISBN 978-81-207-2939-1.