Chalunka
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Chalunka
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| Country | File:Flag of India.svg India |
| Union territory | Ladakh |
| District | Nubra |
| Tehsil | Nubra |
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| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
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| Census code | 914 |
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Chalunka (also known as Chalunkha or Chulungkha) is a small mountainous village, in Nubra tehsil and Turtuk community development block, in Chorbat area of Shyok River valley in Ladakh, India.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.[1] At the end of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947, it was on the cease-fire line agreed between the India and Pakistan.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. After the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, the village came under the jurisdiction of Indian-administered Jammu & Kashmir.
History
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Chalunka, along with Tyakshi, Turtuk and Thang, became part of the Pakistani-administered Northern Areas following the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948.
During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, on 10 December 1971, the Ladakh Scouts under the command of Major Chewang Rinchen cleared the village of the Pakistani forces (two companies of Karakoram Scouts).Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. Advancing further, they attacked Turtuk on 11 December, and captured it by 14 December.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
After the Simla Agreement of 1972, they were incorporated into the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. Following the reorganisation of the state in August 2019, these villages became part of the union territory of Ladakh.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census of India, Chulungkha has 42 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 91.1%.[2]
| Total | Male | Female | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 516 | 403 | 113 |
| Children aged below 6 years | 44 | 22 | 22 |
| Scheduled caste | 53 | 53 | 0 |
| Scheduled tribe | 223 | 110 | 113 |
| Literates | 430 | 372 | 58 |
| Workers (all) | 362 | 348 | 14 |
| Main workers (total) | 353 | 342 | 11 |
| Main workers: Cultivators | 36 | 27 | 9 |
| Main workers: Agricultural labourers | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Main workers: Household industry workers | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Main workers: Other | 316 | 314 | 2 |
| Marginal workers (total) | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| Marginal workers: Cultivators | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Marginal workers: Household industry workers | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marginal workers: Others | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Non-workers | 154 | 55 | 99 |
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Blockwise Village Amenity Directory 2014–15" (PDF). Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2018.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Leh district census". 2011 Census of India. Directorate of Census Operations. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
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- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Vohra, Rohit (1990), "Mythic Lore and Historical Documents from Nubra Valley in Ladakh", Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 44 (1/2), Akadémiai Kiadó: 225–239, JSTOR 23658122
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