Bogdang

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Bogdang
, Beyoqdan
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Bogdang
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Bogdang
Bogdang (India)
Coordinates: 34°48′12″N77°02′29″E / 34.803409°N 77.041481°E / 34.803409; 77.041481
Country India
Union Territory Ladakh
District Leh
Tehsil Nubra
Population
 (2011)
  Total1,988
Time zone UTC+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.The village is famous for its apricots and beautiful landscapes during summers and winters.The village is predominantly balti speaking and are followers of Sofia Noorbakshia sect of Islam.

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Location

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

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]
TotalMaleFemale
Population19881005983
Children aged below 6 years450242208
Scheduled caste 000
Scheduled tribe 1975998977
Literates998631367
Workers (all)782366416
Main workers (total)16515510
Main workers: Cultivators000
Main workers: Agricultural labourers110
Main workers: Household industry workers220
Main workers: Other16215210
Marginal workers (total)617211406
Marginal workers: Cultivators572173399
Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers303
Marginal workers: Household industry workers000
Marginal workers: Others42384
Non-workers1206639567

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