{{onesource|date=June 2023}} {{Use Indian English|date=January 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Rakchham | other_name = राक्छम | image_skyline = Rakchham Village, Sangla Valley.JPG | image_caption = Rakchham village | pushpin_label = Rakchham | pushpin_map = India Himachal Pradesh | coordinates = {{coord|31.377|78.366|display=inline, title}} | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Himachal Pradesh | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{IND}} | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Himachal Pradesh | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Kinnaur district | population_total = 597 | population_as_of = 2011 | demographics_type1 = Languages | demographics1_title1 = Official | demographics1_info1 = Hindi | demographics1_title2 = Native | demographics1_info2 = Chitkuli Kinnauri language | timezone1 = IST | utc_offset1 = +5:30 }} '''Rakchham''' is a village in Sangla Valley in the Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh state of India.<ref>"[https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/0212_PART_A_DCHB_KINNAUR.pdf District Census Handbook: Kinnaur]," Census of India 2011, Directorate of Census Operations, Himachal Pradesh, Government of India, 2011</ref>
==Administration==
Rakchham is also the geostrategically important proposed HQ of the proposed Maathi-Baspa district near disputed Pulam Sumda on India-Tibet LAC.
==Transport== {{see also | India–China Border Roads | India–China border infrastructure }}
Rakchham is around 569 km from the National capital Delhi, 345 km from Chandigarh<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wravel |first=Just |title=Plan Road Trip Chandigarh to Chitkul Distance {{!}} Book Outstation Taxi Cab Chandigarh to Chitkul - JustWravel |url=https://www.justwravel.com/trip-from-Chandigarh-to-Chitkul |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=www.justwravel.com |language=en}}</ref> and 28 km from Sangla.
From Kharcham at NH5, follow the Baspa River Valley to reach Sangla, Rakchham and then Chitkul.
{{anchor|KCH}} Karcham-Chitkul-Harshil Road, from Karcham NH-5 to Rakchham-Chitkul and then to Harshil (towards disputed Pulam Sumda on LAC,<ref name="nr1"/> with a road tunnel under the Lamkhaga Pass,<ref>[https://www.dailypioneer.com/2020/vivacity/one-step-closer.html One step closer], Daily Pioneer, 8 October 2020.</ref><ref>[https://www.business-standard.com/external-affairs-defence-security/news/bro-plans-tunnels-to-ensure-all-weather-connectivity-in-eastern-ladakh-125080200925_1.html. BRO plans tunnels to ensure all-weather connectivity in eastern Ladakh], Business Standard, 2 August 2025.</ref> is under construction which will cut down present 450 km long distance, which take nearly 16 hours, to just nearly 150 km or 2 to 3 hours.<ref name="nr1">{{Cite web |last=Dutta |first=Amrita Nayak |date=2020-09-15 |title=Modi govt's infra push along China border — 2 new roads, alternate route to Daulat Beg Oldie |url=https://theprint.in/defence/modi-govts-infra-push-along-china-border-2-new-roads-alternate-route-to-daulat-beg-oldie/502013/ |access-date=2025-07-09 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2024, BRO began constructing 40-km long Kharcham-Sangla-Chitkul section of Karcham-Harshil Road.<ref>[https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/himachal-bro-to-build-karcham-chitkul-road-along-china-border-101721039491538.html Himachal: BRO to build Karcham-Chitkul road along China border], Hindustan Ties, 15 July 2024.</ref> This road begins at NH5 (runs from Punjab, via Himachal, to Shipki La on India-Tibet Border).
== See also ==
* Baspa Valley * Sangla Valley, part of Baspa Valley where Baspa River flows by Sangla village * Chitkuli Kinnauri language * Liar's Dice (film), story set around Chitkul
== External links == * [http://thinkingparticle.com/blog/sangla-baspa-valley-himachal Sangla Valley Travelblog] * [https://raachotrekkers.com/brimming-valley-beauty-baspa-valley-kinnaur-raacho-trekkers/ Baspa Valley blog]
== References == {{reflist}}
Category:Villages in Kinnaur district
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