Ghursay (Balti: གྷིར་སེ།; Urdu: غورسے) is a village in district Ghanche, in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. It lies about 25 km from district headquarter Khaplu. It was among the large settlements of Baltistan but river floods have reduced habitable areas. Ghursay village is also an early settlement of Baltistan. The population is about 9000 people as of 2010. The people of Ghursay are locally known as Ghursaypa (as "pa" is used as a suffix to denote where a person belongs to in almost all Balti-speaking settlements).
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Khaplu in the context of Chorbat Valley
Chorbat Valley (Urdu: وادی چھوربٹ, Balti: ཆོར་བད, romanized: chor bad) is a section of the Shyok river valley divided between Pakistan-administered Gilgit-Baltistan and Indian-administered Ladakh. The Pakistan-administered portion is in the Khaplu tehsil of Ghanche District in Gilgit–Baltistan, and the Indian-administered portion is in the Nubra tehsil, Leh district of Ladakh. Chorbat stretches from the edge of Khaplu to the Chalunka village of Nubra.
The Khan of Chorbat moved his capital from Siksa (originally called "Chorbat") to Turtuk in the 18th century. These two villages (now in Pakistan and India respectively) are the largest villages of the Chorbat region.
Khaplu in the context of Haldi, Baltistan
Haldi (Urdu: ہلدی) also Halde or Huldi is a village in Ghanche District of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Haldi is a historic village of Baltistan, located at the confluence of Saltoro and Hushe rivers 28 km from the district centre Khaplu.