Demchok
| Demchok Demjok | |
|---|---|
| village | |
  Demchok Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India  Demchok Demchok (India) | |
| Coordinates: 32°42′00″N 79°26′58″E / 32.699910°N 79.449520°ECoordinates: 32°42′00″N 79°26′58″E / 32.699910°N 79.449520°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Jammu and Kashmir |
| District | Leh |
| Tehsil | Leh |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 78 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Census code | 906 |
Demchok, also spelled Demjok, is a village and military encampment in the Leh district of Jammu and Kashmir, India.[1] It is administered as part of the Leh tehsil, in the Indian-administered part of the disputed Demchok sector south of Aksai Chin. The Line of Actual Control (LAC) passes along the southeast side of the village, following a wadi just upstream from the nearby Indus River. Across the wadi, less than a kilometer away, is a Chinese-administered village, called Dêmqog, which was once part of Demchok.[2]
This village was on an old route linking Ladakh and Tibet, currently closed.[3] The village lies 36.5 km east of Ukdungle. China claims it as part of the Tibet Autonomous Region. Though the Kailash Mansarovar is 300 km away, the route there is mostly through plains [4] The world’s highest motorable road passing through Umling La Top in Ladakh at a height of 19.029 feet connects Demchok.[5][6]
Demographics
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%.[7]
| Total | Male | Female | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- ↑ "Blockwise Village Amenity Directory" (PDF). Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council. Retrieved 2015-07-23.
- ↑ "Ladakhis deplore Krishna's remark on Demchok road". Retrieved 31 May 2008.
- ↑ hindu.com - Ladakhis await re-opening of this historic Tibet route
- ↑ expressindia.com - ‘Issue of opening Demchok road with China taken up’
- ↑ "BRO builds world's highest motorable road in Ladakh at 19,300 feet".
- ↑ "Achievements of West Dte during the F/Y 2016-17" (PDF).
- 1 2 "Leh district census". 2011 Census of India. Directorate of Census Operations. Retrieved 2015-07-23.