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'''Chalunka''' (also known as '''Chalunkha''' or '''Chulungkha''') is a small mountainous village in the [[Chorbat]] area of the [[Shyok River]] valley in [[Ladakh]], [[India]].{{sfnp|Vohra, Mythic Lore from Nubra Valley|1990|p=231}} At the end of the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947]], it was on the cease-fire line agreed between the India and Pakistan.{{sfnp|Krishna Rao, Prepare or Perish|1991|loc=p.&nbsp;472, item (d)}} The village is now interior to the Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir as further territory to the north of it was captured in [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]].
'''Chalunka''' (also known as '''Chalunkha''' or '''Chulungkha''') is a small mountainous village in the [[Chorbat]] area of the [[Shyok River]] valley in [[Ladakh]], [[India]].{{sfnp|Vohra, Mythic Lore from Nubra Valley|1990|p=231}} At the end of the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947]], it was on the cease-fire line agreed between the India and Pakistan.{{sfnp|Krishna Rao, Prepare or Perish|1991|loc=p.&nbsp;472, item (d)}} After the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]], the village came under the jurisdiction of Indian-administered [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu & Kashmir]].


The Chalunka village is in the [[Nubra Valley|Nubra]] [[tehsil]] and the [[Turtuk]] community development block.<ref>{{cite web |title=Blockwise Village Amenity Directory 2014–15 |publisher=Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council |url=http://leh.nic.in/depts/villageamenitydirectory.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403131559/https://leh.nic.in/depts/villageamenitydirectory.pdf |archive-date=3 April 2018}}</ref>
The Chalunka village is in the [[Nubra Valley|Nubra]] [[tehsil]] and the [[Turtuk]] community development block.<ref>{{cite web |title=Blockwise Village Amenity Directory 2014–15 |publisher=Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council |url=http://leh.nic.in/depts/villageamenitydirectory.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403131559/https://leh.nic.in/depts/villageamenitydirectory.pdf |archive-date=3 April 2018}}</ref>
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* {{citation |last=Chakravorty |first=B. |title=Stories of Heroism: PVC & MVC Winners |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uzizVBSb4YsC&pg=PA139 |year=1995 |publisher=Allied Publishers |isbn=978-81-7023-516-3 |pages=139–140 |ref={{sfnref|Chakravorty, Stories of Heroism|1995}}}}
* {{citation |last=Chakravorty |first=B. |title=Stories of Heroism: PVC & MVC Winners |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uzizVBSb4YsC&pg=PA139 |year=1995 |publisher=Allied Publishers |isbn=978-81-7023-516-3 |pages=139–140 |ref={{sfnref|Chakravorty, Stories of Heroism|1995}}}}
* {{citation |last=Cheema |first=Brig Amar |title=The Crimson Chinar: The Kashmir Conflict: A Politico Military Perspective |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qc25BwAAQBAJ&pg=PA51 |date=2015 |publisher=Lancer Publishers |ISBN=978-81-7062-301-4 |pages=51– |ref={{sfnref|Cheema, Crimson Chinar|2015}}}}
* {{citation |last=Cheema |first=Brig Amar |title=The Crimson Chinar: The Kashmir Conflict: A Politico Military Perspective |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qc25BwAAQBAJ&pg=PA51 |date=2015 |publisher=Lancer Publishers |isbn=978-81-7062-301-4 |pages=51– |ref={{sfnref|Cheema, Crimson Chinar|2015}}}}
* {{citation |last=Rao |first=K. V. Krishna |title=Prepare Or Perish: A Study of National Security |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G7xPaJomYsEC&pg=PA43 |year=1991 |publisher=Lancer Publishers |isbn=978-81-7212-001-6 |ref={{sfnref|Krishna Rao, Prepare or Perish|1991}}}}
* {{citation |last=Rao |first=K. V. Krishna |title=Prepare Or Perish: A Study of National Security |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G7xPaJomYsEC&pg=PA43 |year=1991 |publisher=Lancer Publishers |isbn=978-81-7212-001-6 |ref={{sfnref|Krishna Rao, Prepare or Perish|1991}}}}
* {{citation |title=Mythic Lore and Historical Documents from Nubra Valley in Ladakh |first=Rohit |last=Vohra |journal=Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae |volume=44 |number=1/2 |year=1990 |pp=225-239 |publisher=Akadémiai Kiadó |jstor=23658122 |ref={{sfnref|Vohra, Mythic Lore from Nubra Valley|1990}}}}
* {{citation |title=Mythic Lore and Historical Documents from Nubra Valley in Ladakh |first=Rohit |last=Vohra |journal=Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae |volume=44 |number=1/2 |year=1990 |pages=225–239 |publisher=Akadémiai Kiadó |jstor=23658122 |ref={{sfnref|Vohra, Mythic Lore from Nubra Valley|1990}}}}


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Chalunka
Chulungkha
Village
Chalunka is located in Ladakh
Chalunka
Chalunka
Location in Ladakh
Chalunka is located in India
Chalunka
Chalunka
Chalunka (India)
Coordinates: 34°49′26″N 76°56′06″E / 34.824°N 76.935°E / 34.824; 76.935
Country India
Union territoryLadakh
DistrictLeh
TehsilNubra
Population
 (2011)
 • Total516
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Census code914

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Chalunka (also known as Chalunkha or Chulungkha) is a small mountainous village in the Chorbat area of the Shyok River valley in Ladakh, India.[1] At the end of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947, it was on the cease-fire line agreed between the India and Pakistan.[2] After the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, the village came under the jurisdiction of Indian-administered Jammu & Kashmir.

The Chalunka village is in the Nubra tehsil and the Turtuk community development block.[3]

Operations in 1971[edit | edit source]

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).[4][5] Advancing further, they attacked Turtuk on 11 December, and captured it by 14 December.[4]

Demographics[edit | edit source]

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%.[6]

Demographics (2011 Census)[6]
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


See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Vohra, Mythic Lore from Nubra Valley (1990), p. 231.
  2. ↑ Krishna Rao, Prepare or Perish (1991), p. 472, item (d).
  3. ↑ "Blockwise Village Amenity Directory 2014–15" (PDF). Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2018.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Chakravorty, Stories of Heroism (1995), p. 140.
  5. ↑ Cheema, Crimson Chinar (2015), pp. 311–312.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Leh district census". 2011 Census of India. Directorate of Census Operations. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
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