Official Name: | Gircha |
Native Name: | Gul e Gircha |
Girča | |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Coordinates: | 36.6486°N 74.8488°W |
Pushpin Map: | Gilgit Baltistan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Pakistan |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Gilgit–Baltistan |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Hunza |
Subdivision Type3: | Tehsil |
Subdivision Name3: | Gojal |
Population Total: | more than 470 |
Population As Of: | 2014 |
Elevation M: | 2832 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Area Code Type: | Calling code |
Timezone1: | PST |
Utc Offset1: | +5 |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | BWk |
Gircha (Girča wakhi, گرچہ Urdu) is a village in the Gojal Tehsil of Hunza in the Gilgit Baltistan region of Pakistan. It is one of the oldest Wakhi villages of upper Gojal Hunza, settled by Bobo e Sufi, who was the first man to settle in the region and the ancestor of present wakhis.
The word "Gircha" is considered to come from Grich which means a hut near spring water. An alternative theory supposes that Gircha comes from the snail shell/ Kišrif Wakhi or reefs found in Gircha, which are of great archeological interest.According to numerology, the study of the significance of numbers, one is the life path number for Gircha.[1]