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'''Gunji''' is a small village in [[Pithoragarh district]] in the [[North India|northern]] state of [[Uttarakhand]], [[India]].<ref name=census/> It is near the borders of [[Tibet]] and [[Nepal]] and the confluence of the [[Kuthi Yankti]] and [[Kalapani River]], at the east end of the [[Kuthi Valley]]. It overlooks Mount Api in Nepal. The village is on the traditional Indian route to [[Kailas]]–[[Manasarovar]].<ref>{{citation |editor-first=H. G. |editor-last=Walton |title=Almora: A Gazetteer |series=District Gazetteers of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh |volume=35 |publisher=Government Press, United Provinces |year=1911 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.181493/page/n3 |via=archive.org |page=229}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
As per the 2011 census, the village of Gunji has a population of 335 people living in 194 households.<ref name=census>[http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/0507_PART_A_DCHB_PITHORAGARH.pdf Pithoragarh district census handbook], Director of Census Operations, Uttarakhand, 2011.</ref>

The village is only populated seasonally, with winters coming people migrate to lower places (mostly to [[Dharchula]], in the same district).{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}

[[Sashastra Seema Bal]], the Indo-Tibet Border Police and GREF personnel remain there throughout the year.

== Transportation ==
It is possible to reach Gunji by helicopter, which takes off from [[Dharchula]].

While approaching Gunji from Dharcula and the rest of India, the route along the western bank of [[Sharda River]] (also called Mahakali River) at Gunji forks into two separate motorable routes, one goes north to Kailash-Mansarovar and another to the west to [[Adi Kailash]].<ref name=kalu2/> In May 2020, India inaugurated a new 80 km long road from [[Dharchula]] via Gunji to [[Lipulekh Pass]] on [[Line of Actual Control|India-China border]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>under geostrategic [[India-China Border Roads]] project<nowiki>]</nowiki> to the [[Lake_Manasarovar#Religious_significance|Kailas]]-[[Mount_Kailash#Religious_significance|Manasarovar]].<ref name=kalu1>Suhasini Haidar, [https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/new-road-to-kailash-mansarovar-runs-into-diplomatic-trouble/article31545943.ece New road to Kailash Mansarovar runs into diplomatic trouble], The Hindu, 9 May 2020.</ref> In July 2020, India also opened a newly constructed road in this area from Gunji to Limpiyadhura Pass (Lampiya Dhura Pass on India-China border) which will reduce the trek time to [[Adi Kailash#Adi Kailash Yatra Circuit|Adi Kailash]] to two hours.<ref name=kalu2>Kalyan Das and BD Kasniyal, [https://archive.today/20200717183017/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/road-to-limpiyadhura-will-reduce-adi-kailash-trek-to-two-hours/story-fDg3O1RB4JyBTdk3CLnK4M.html Road to Limpiyadhura will reduce Adi Kailash trek to two hours], Hindustan Times, 17 July 2020.</ref>

Trekkers and other travelers may get food and accommodation here, but in order to reach Gunji one has to obtain an Inner line permit which is issued by SDM at Dharchula. Travellers need a valid ID, a health certificate and a character certificate at hand for this permit.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== Bibliography ==
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* {{citation |first=Edwin Thomas |last=Atkinson |title=The Himalayan Gazetteer, Volume 3, Part 2 |publisher=Cosmo Publications |year=1981 |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.15260/page/n5 |via=archive.org |orig-year=first published 1884 |ref={{sfnref|Atkinson, Himalayan Gazetteer, Vol. 3, Part 2|1981}}}}
* {{citation |first=Bishwa B. |last=Chatterjee |title=The Bhotias of Uttarakhand |journal=India International Centre Quarterly |volume=3 |pages=3–16 |number=1 |date=January 1976 |jstor=23001864 |ref={{sfnref|Chatterjee, The Bhotias of Uttarakhand|1976}}}}
* {{citation |first1=Andrew E. |last1=Manzardo |first2=Dilli Ram |last2=Dahal |first3=Navin Kumar |last3=Rai |title=The Byanshi: An ethnographic note on a trading group in far western Nepal |journal=INAS Journal |publisher=Institute of Nepal and Asian Studies, Tribhuvan University |year=1976 |volume=3 |issue=2 |pmid=12311979 |pages=84–118 |url=http://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/contributions/pdf/INAS_03_02_06.pdf |ref={{sfnref|Manzardo, Dahal & Rai, The Byanshi|1976}}}}
* {{citation |first1=R. S. |last1=Negi |first2=J. |last2=Singh |first3=J. C. |last3=Das |chapter=Trade and Trade-Routes in the Cis and Trans Himalayas: Pattern of Traditional Entrepreneurship Among the Indian Highlanders |editor=Makhan Jha |title=The Himalayas: An Anthropological Perspective |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zeg-uNBcgncC&pg=PA57 |year=1996 |publisher=M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd. |isbn=978-81-7533-020-7 |pages=53–66 |ref={{sfnref|Negi, Singh & Das, Trade in the Cis and Trans Himalayas|1996}}}}
* {{citation |editor-first=H. G. |editor-last=Walton |title=Almora: A Gazetteer |series=District Gazetteers of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh |volume=35 |publisher=Government Press, United Provinces |year=1911 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.181493/page/n3 |via=archive.org |ref={{sfnref|Walton, Almora District Gazetteer|1911}}}}
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