Bogdang

Bogdang , Beyoqdan
Village
Bogdang Location in Ladakh, India Show map of Ladakh Bogdang Bogdang (India) Show map of 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)
• Total	1,988
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	194401
Census code	915

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.

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]

	Total	Male	Female
Population	1988	1005	983
Children aged below 6 years	450	242	208
Scheduled caste	0	0	0
Scheduled tribe	1975	998	977
Literates	998	631	367
Workers (all)	782	366	416
Main workers (total)	165	155	10
Main workers: Cultivators	0	0	0
Main workers: Agricultural labourers	1	1	0
Main workers: Household industry workers	2	2	0
Main workers: Other	162	152	10
Marginal workers (total)	617	211	406
Marginal workers: Cultivators	572	173	399
Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers	3	0	3
Marginal workers: Household industry workers	0	0	0
Marginal workers: Others	42	38	4
Non-workers	1206	639	567

References

1. "Chorbat Valley: The Picturesque Valley of Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan". Pakistan Source. 8 April 2016. Archived from the original on 23 October 2016.
2. Longstaff, Glacier Exploration in the Eastern Karakoram (1910), p. 638.
3. "Blockwise Village Amenity Directory" (PDF). Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
4. Longstaff, Glacier Exploration in the Eastern Karakoram (1910), p. 648.
5. Rao, K. V. Krishna (1991), Prepare Or Perish: A Study of National Security, Lancer Publishers, p. 472, item (d), ISBN   978-81-7212-001-6
6. "Leh district census". 2011 Census of India . Directorate of Census Operations. Retrieved 23 July 2015.

Bibliography

• Longstaff, T. G. (June 1910), "Glacier Exploration in the Eastern Karakoram", The Geographical Journal, 35 (6), The Royal Geographical Society: 622–653, doi:10.2307/1777235, JSTOR   1777235