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Bogdang

Coordinates: 34°48′12″N 77°02′29″E / 34.803409°N 77.041481°E / 34.803409; 77.041481
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Bogdang
, Beyoqdan
Village
Bogdang is located in Ladakh
Bogdang
Bogdang
Location in Ladakh, India
Bogdang is located in India
Bogdang
Bogdang
Bogdang (India)
Coordinates: 34°48′12″N 77°02′29″E / 34.803409°N 77.041481°E / 34.803409; 77.041481
CountryIndia
Union TerritoryLadakh
DistrictLeh
TehsilNubra
Population
 (2011)
 • Total1,988
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
194401
Census code915

Bogdang (Bukdang, Beyoqdan,[1] Biagdangdo,[2] ) is a village in the Leh district of Ladakh, India.[3] It is located in Nubra tehsil.

Location

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Bogdang is located in the Shyok River valley after it narrows near Yagulung, the portion sometimes called the Chorbat Valley, distinguishing it from the "Lower Nubra" (the wider Shyok Valley).[4] During the First Kashmir War of 1947–48, the Gilgit Scouts that invaded the region were pushed beyond the village, and the cease-fire line was set at Chalunka, the next village on the Shyok River.[5] Thus Bogdang was the northernmost village of Ladakh on the Shyok River until 1971.

In the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, the Ladakh Scouts conquered Chalunka, Turtuk Thang Tyakshi small villages of the Chorbat Valley, making Bogdang safely in the interior of Indian-administered Kashmir.

Demographics

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According to the 2011 census of India, Bogdang has 272 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 64.89%.[6]

Demographics (2011 Census)[6]
Total Male Female
Population 1988 1005 983
Children aged below 6 years 450 242 208
Scheduled caste 0 0 0
Scheduled tribe 1975 998 977
Literates 998 631 367
Workers (all) 782 366 416
Main workers (total) 165 155 10
Main workers: Cultivators 0 0 0
Main workers: Agricultural labourers 1 1 0
Main workers: Household industry workers 2 2 0
Main workers: Other 162 152 10
Marginal workers (total) 617 211 406
Marginal workers: Cultivators 572 173 399
Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers 3 0 3
Marginal workers: Household industry workers 0 0 0
Marginal workers: Others 42 38 4
Non-workers 1206 639 567

References

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  1. ^ "Chorbat Valley: The Picturesque Valley of Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan". Pakistan Source. 8 April 2016. Archived from the original on 23 October 2016.
  2. ^ Longstaff, Glacier Exploration in the Eastern Karakoram (1910), p. 638.
  3. ^ "Blockwise Village Amenity Directory" (PDF). Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  4. ^ Longstaff, Glacier Exploration in the Eastern Karakoram (1910), p. 648.
  5. ^ Rao, K. V. Krishna (1991), Prepare Or Perish: A Study of National Security, Lancer Publishers, p. 472, item (d), ISBN 978-81-7212-001-6
  6. ^ a b "Leh district census". 2011 Census of India. Directorate of Census Operations. Retrieved 23 July 2015.

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