Where is Jibhi? District, State, Altitude and How to Find It
Jibhi is a village in the Tirthan Valley, Banjar tehsil, Kullu district, Himachal Pradesh. Location, altitude, nearest town, and how the valley fits together.
Where is Jibhi?
Jibhi is a village in the Tirthan Valley, in Banjar tehsil, Kullu district, Himachal Pradesh, India. It sits on the Tirthan river system in the western Himalaya, roughly at 31.63°N, 77.35°E, on the road that runs from Banjar towards Jalori Pass.
That is the short answer. Below is everything people usually mean when they ask it.
Which state is Jibhi in?
Himachal Pradesh, in northern India.
Which district is Jibhi in?
Kullu district. Jibhi is not in Kullu town, though. It sits in a side valley off the Kullu-Manali corridor, one that most of that traffic never turns into. This is the single most useful thing to understand about Jibhi: it shares a district with Manali and shares almost nothing else with it.
Which tehsil is Jibhi in?
Banjar tehsil. Banjar is the nearest proper town, and it is where you go for a bank, an ATM, a chemist and a fuller market. Jibhi village itself has no ATM.
Which valley is Jibhi in?
The Tirthan Valley, named for the Tirthan river that runs through it. The Tirthan is a protected river, and the Great Himalayan National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, lies at its upper end. Jibhi, Shoja, Seri, Ghiyagi, Tandi and Banjar are all part of the same valley system.
How high is Jibhi?
At the valley coordinates, the instrument elevation reads about 1,540 metres above sea level.
Altitude here is a range rather than a number, which is why you will see different figures quoted for "Jibhi". The village and the river sit low in the valley; hamlets and homestays on the slopes above sit several hundred metres higher; and Jalori Pass, at the head of the valley, is at 3,120 metres. When someone quotes a much higher figure for Jibhi, they are usually describing the ridges rather than the village.
Frequently Asked Questions
Jibhi is a village in the Tirthan Valley, in Banjar tehsil, Kullu district, Himachal Pradesh, India. It sits on the Tirthan river system in the western Himalaya at roughly 31.63°N, 77.35°E, on the road running from Banjar towards Jalori Pass.
Jibhi is in Himachal Pradesh, in northern India.
Kullu district. Jibhi is not in Kullu town, though: it lies in a side valley off the Kullu to Manali corridor, which is why it stays far quieter than the better known destinations it shares a district with.
Banjar tehsil. Banjar is the nearest town and is where you go for a bank, an ATM, a chemist and a fuller market.
At the valley coordinates the instrument elevation reads about 1,540 metres above sea level. Altitude here is a range rather than a single figure: the village and river sit low in the valley, hamlets on the slopes above sit several hundred metres higher, and Jalori Pass at the head of the valley is at 3,120 metres. There is no acclimatisation problem in Jibhi itself.
Every road route converges on the same move: reach Aut, leave the main Kullu to Manali highway at the tunnel, and follow NH-305 through Banjar and on to Jibhi.
No. Tirthan Valley is the region and Jibhi is one village in it. People often use Tirthan Valley loosely to mean the whole Banjar to Jalori stretch, including Jibhi, Shoja and Seri, so if a stay advertises itself as being in Tirthan Valley it is worth asking which village.
Partly. Coverage is patchy and network dependent, and it changes as you move up the valley. Download offline maps before you arrive, and treat villages further up, and the pass, as places where you may have no signal at all.
No. Jibhi village has no ATM. The nearest is in Banjar, so draw cash before you turn off the highway.