Chalunka

Chalunka (also known as Chalunkha or Chulungkha) is a 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] The village is now interior to Kashmir as further territory to the north of it was captured in Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.

Chalunka Chulungkha
Village
Chalunka Location in Ladakh Chalunka Chalunka (India)
Coordinates: 34.824°N 76.935°E
Country	India
Union territory	Ladakh
District	Leh
Tehsil	Nubra
Population  (2011)
• Total	516
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Census code	914

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Chorbat

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

Operations in 1971

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

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

• Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

References

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. Chakravorty, Stories of Heroism (1995), p. 140.
5. Cheema, Crimson Chinar (2015), pp. 311–312.
6. "Leh district census". 2011 Census of India. Directorate of Census Operations. Retrieved 23 July 2015.

Sources

• Chakravorty, B. (1995), Stories of Heroism: PVC & MVC Winners, Allied Publishers, pp. 139–140, ISBN 978-81-7023-516-3
• Cheema, Brig Amar (2015), The Crimson Chinar: The Kashmir Conflict: A Politico Military Perspective, Lancer Publishers, pp. 51–, ISBN 978-81-7062-301-4
• Rao, K. V. Krishna (1991), Prepare Or Perish: A Study of National Security, Lancer Publishers, ISBN 978-81-7212-001-6
• Vohra, Rohit (1990), "Mythic Lore and Historical Documents from Nubra Valley in Ladakh", Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, Akadémiai Kiadó, 44 (1/2): 225–239, JSTOR 23658122