Demchok, Ladakh
Demchok | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 32°42′00″N 79°26′58″E / 32.699910°N 79.449520°E | |
Country | India |
State | Ladakh |
District | Leh |
Tehsil | Nyoma |
Panchayat | Koyul |
Government | |
• Sarpanch | Ugrain Chodon |
Area | |
• Total | 33 ha (82 acres) |
Elevation | 4,200 m (13,800 ft) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 78 |
• Density | 240/km2 (610/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Census code | 906 |
[1][2] |
Demchok, also spelled Demjok and Bde-mchog,[3] is a village and military encampment in the disputed Demchok sector between China and India. It is claimed by India as part of the Nyoma tehsil in the Leh district of Ladakh,[1][4] and claimed by China as part of Gar County in the Ngari Prefecture of Tibet Autonomous Region.[5]: 39 Sources vary on whether it is administered by China or India.[6]
The Line of Actual Control (LAC) passes along the southeast side of the village, following the Charding Nullah upstream from the nearby Indus River. Across the nullah, less than a kilometre away, is a Chinese-administered village, called Dêmqog.[7] The Indian claimed border lies 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Demchok, while the Chinese claims coincide with British maps that placed the border 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Demchok.[5]: 39, 48
Description
This village was on an old route linking Ladakh and Tibet along the bank of the Indus River, currently closed.[8] Though the Kailash Lake Manasarovar is 300 km away, the route there is mostly through plains.[9]
The village lies 36.5 km east of Ukdungle (32°36′05″N 78°57′54″E / 32.6015°N 78.9651°E). The world’s highest motorable road passing through the Umling La pass (32°41′47″N 79°17′03″E / 32.6964°N 79.2842°E) in Ladakh at a height of 19,300 feet (5,900 m) connects to Demchok.[10][11]
Demographics
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Demchok (ཌེམ་ཆོཀ་) had 31 households according to the 2011 census of India. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 42.47%.[12]
Total | Male | Female | |
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Population | 78 | 43 | 35 |
Children aged below 6 years | 5 | 4 | 1 |
Scheduled caste | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Scheduled tribe | 64 | 37 | 27 |
Literates | 31 | 20 | 11 |
Workers (all) | 51 | 27 | 24 |
Main workers (total) | 49 | 26 | 23 |
Main workers: Cultivators | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Main workers: Agricultural labourers | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Main workers: Household industry workers | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Main workers: Other | 42 | 21 | 21 |
Marginal workers (total) | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Marginal workers: Cultivators | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Marginal workers: Household industry workers | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Marginal workers: Others | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Non-workers | 27 | 16 | 11 |
References
- ^ a b "Blockwise Village Amenity Directory" (PDF). Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ^ Lack of infra forcing people to migrate from frontier, The Tribune, Chandigar, 17 July 2019.
- ^ Antiquities of Indian Tibet, Part (Volume) II, by A. H. Francke and edited by F. W. Thomas, (1926), pages 115-116.
- ^ https://leh.nic.in/about-district/administrative-setup/village/
- ^ a b Lamb, Alastair (1965). "Treaties, Maps and the Western Sector of the Sino-Indian Boundary Dispute" (PDF). The Australian Year Book of International Law. 1 (1): 37–52.
- ^ The following sources state that Demchok is administered by China:
- "Jammu & Kashmir". European Foundation for South Asian Studies. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- Snow, Shawn (19 September 2016). "Analysis: Why Kashmir Matters". The Diplomat. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- Ruiz Estrada, Mario Arturo; Koutronas, Evangelos; Khan, Alam; Angathevar, Baskaran (2018). "Economic Dynamics of Territorial Military Conflicts: The Case of Kashmir". Journal of Strategic Studies. doi:10.2139/ssrn.3102745. ISSN 1556-5068.
The following sources state that Demchok is administered by India:- Tamkin, Emily; Karklis, Laris; Meko, Tim (28 February 2019). "The Trouble with Kashmir". The Washington Post. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- ^ "Ladakhis deplore Krishna's remark on Demchok road". Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2008.
- ^ "hindu.com - Ladakhis await re-opening of this historic Tibet route". Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ "expressindia.com - 'Issue of opening Demchok road with China taken up'". Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ "BRO builds world's highest motorable road in Ladakh at 19,300 feet". Archived from the original on 2 November 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
- ^ "Achievements of West Dte during the F/Y 2016-17" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Leh district census". 2011 Census of India. Directorate of Census Operations. Archived from the original on 24 July 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
External links
- Demchok Western Sector (Chinese claim), OpenStreetMap
- Demchok Eastern Sector (Indian claim), OpenStreetMap