Pipcha observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Ladakh.
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Pipcha is a village in Zanskar mandal, Kargil district, Ladakh. It has a population of 213 across 36 households, with a literacy rate of 64.3%.
By population, Pipcha ranks #25 of 25 villages in Zanskar mandal — the smallest.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pipcha is a village of 213 people in 36 households (Census 2011) in Zanskar tehsil, Kargil district, Ladakh, the 25th-largest of 25 villages in Zanskar tehsil. Literacy is 64%, 13 points above the tehsil average of 52% and the sex ratio is 651 women per 1,000 men. It lies 99 km from the Kargil district centre (straight-line distances). The pincode is 194302, served by Padum post office; the LGD village code is 1082. The nearest hospital or health centre is New Type Primary Health Care, 4 km away. The population is estimated at 251 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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