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{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Stok
| other_name = Stak
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| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Village of Stok.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Stok Village
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| pushpin_map = India Ladakh#India
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ladakh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|34.06441|N|77.553344|E|display=inline,title}}
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|Union Territory]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Ladakh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Leh district|Leh]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Tehsil]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Leh]]
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| seat_type = [[Panchayat]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_total_km2 =
| elevation_m = 3497
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 1471
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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'''Stok''' is a village in the [[Leh district]] of [[Ladakh]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://leh.nic.in/depts/villageamenitydirectory.pdf |title=Blockwise Village Amenity Directory |publisher=Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council |accessdate=2015-07-23 }}</ref> It is located in the [[Leh]] [[tehsil]], in the [[Indus Valley]] 17 km southeast of the [[Leh]] town.

The village is home to the 14th century [[Stok Monastery]], with its {{convert|71|ft|m|0}} high seated [[Gautama Buddha]] statue, constructed between 2012–2015 and consecrated by the [[14th Dalai Lama|Dalai Lama]] on 8 August 2016.<ref name="statue">{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/maryloosemore/30696787723/in/photostream/|title= Information Board at the Gautama Buddha statue and temple, Stok Gompa|website=www.flickr.com|author=Mary Loosemore|accessdate=8 December 2016}}</ref>

Stok's 19th century palace is the current residence of the former [[Namgyal dynasty of Ladakh|royal family of Ladakh]]. Within the palace, a museum contains the shrine, crown, ceremonial dress and jewellery of the Ladakhi king.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Stok Palace|url = https://www.lonelyplanet.com/india/stok/attractions/stok-palace/a/poi-sig/1149914/1335894/|website = www.lonelyplanet.com|accessdate = 2016-10-28}}</ref>

[[Stok Kangri]] ({{convert|6153|m|ft|0}}) sits at the head of the Stok Chu river valley.<ref name="Cic">{{cite book
| last = Kucharski
| first = Radek
| author-link = Radek Kucharski
| title = Trekking in Ladakh
| publisher = [[Cicerone]]
| edition = 1st
| date = 2012
| page = 86
| isbn = 978 1 85284 675 6 }}</ref>

[[Siddhartha School]] is located at the northernmost edge of the village.

==Geography==
Stok is located at {{coord|34.07|N|77.57|E}}. It has an average elevation of {{convert|3364|m|ft|0}}.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Falling Rain Genomics, Inc – Stok|url = http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/12/Stak.html |website = www.fallingrain.com|accessdate = 2016-10-28}}</ref>

==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 census of India]], Stok has 300 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 73.79%.<ref name="census_2011"/>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Demographics (2011 Census)<ref name="census_2011">{{cite news |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/datagov/CDB_PCA_Census/PCA_CDB_0103_F_Census.xls |title=Leh district census |work=[[2011 Census of India]] |publisher=Directorate of Census Operations |accessdate=2015-07-23 }}</ref>
! !! Total !! Male !! Female
|-
| Population || 1471 || 706 || 765
|-
| Children aged below 6 years || 151 || 72 || 79
|-
| [[Scheduled caste]] || 4 || 2 || 2
|-
| [[Scheduled tribe]] || 1457 || 697 || 760
|-
| Literates || 974 || 513 || 461
|-
| Workers (all) || 589 || 389 || 200
|-
| Main workers (total) || 529 || 345 || 184
|-
| Main workers: Cultivators || 209 || 136 || 73
|-
| Main workers: Agricultural labourers || 2 || 1 || 1
|-
| Main workers: Household industry workers || 6 || 6 || 0
|-
| Main workers: Other || 312 || 202 || 110
|-
| Marginal workers (total) || 60 || 44 || 16
|-
| Marginal workers: Cultivators || 24 || 17 || 7
|-
| Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers || 5 || 2 || 3
|-
| Marginal workers: Household industry workers || 1 || 1 || 0
|-
| Marginal workers: Others || 30 || 24 || 6
|-
| Non-workers || 882 || 317 || 565
|}

==See also==
* [[Chogyal]]
* [[Ladakh#Princely_state_of_Jammu_and_Kashmir|History of Stok]]
* [[Dogra–Tibetan War]]
* [[Zhabdrung]]

==References==
{{reflist}}
{{commons category|Stok}}

{{Ladakh}}
{{Leh district}}

[[Category:Villages in Leh tehsil]]

{{Ladakh-geo-stub}}

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