Darchik

Darchik
Darchik
village
	Derchiks
	Darchik Location in Ladakh, India Darchik Darchik (India)
	Coordinates: 34°37′59″N76°22′59″E / 34.6331626°N 76.3831383°E
Country	India
Union Territory	Ladakh
District	Kargil
Tehsil	Kargil
Household	85
Panchayat	Garkon
Area
• Land	95.50 ha (235.99 acres)
Population (2011)
• Total	624
Languages
• Official	Brokskat
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	194103

Last updated November 09, 2024

Darchik^[a] is a village in the Kargil district of Ladakh, primarily populated by the Brokpa people. The main language spoken here is known as Brokskat (in Ladakhi) which is part of the Dardic language of the Indo-European branch.

Geography

The village includes three hamlets: Gund (Barjay), Hordass and Sanachay.^[3]

History

Historically, Chulichan and the adjacent regions were populated by Brokpa people — folklore maintains that they arrived at their current habitat from the Gilgit region.^[4] The Brokpa chieftains wielded autonomy in the region, pledging nominal allegiance to the Maqpon rulers of Skardu.^[4]

However, things changed in the seventeenth century when Jamyang Namgyal of Ladakh had a conflict with Ali Sher Khan Anchan of Skardu and had to accept Gurgurdho as a boundary between their territories.^[4] Consequently, Darchik integrated with Ladakh, though probably not to any substantial extent. In the early nineteenth century, as the village came under the Dogras of Jammu upon their annexation of Ladakh, it became part of Leh tehsil in the princely State of Jammu and Kashmir.

In 1947, as Jammu and Kashmir joined India, Darchik became part of the Ladakh Division. In 1979, it became a part of the newly-formed Kargil District. Local Brokpas have demanded representation to the seats reserved for minorities in the hill council. In the aftermath of the Kargil War, the Indian Army adopted Darchik as a model village under Operation Sadbhavana.

Demography

Darchik falls in the Soudh community development block.^[3] As per the 2011 census of india, it has a population of 624 people living in 85 households.^[2]

Notes

↑ Alternative spellings: Darchiks,^[1] and Derchiks^[2]

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References

↑ Ethnologue, 15th Edition , SIL International, 2005, p. 357 – via archive.org
1 2 Kargil District Census Handbook, Part B (PDF), Directorate of Census Operations, 2011, p. 56
1 2 "Village wise Hamlet detail". District statistics & Evaluation office Kargil, Ladakh. Archived from the original on 27 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
1 2 3 Vohra, Rohit (1982). "Ethnographic Notes on the Buddhist Dards of Ladakh: The Brog-Pā". Zeitschrift für Ethnologie. 107 (1): 72, 81–82. ISSN 0044-2666.

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[3] Alternative spellings: Darchiks,^[1] and Derchiks^[2]

[1] Ethnologue, 15th Edition , SIL International, 2005, p. 357 – via archive.org

[census-2] 1 2 Kargil District Census Handbook, Part B (PDF), Directorate of Census Operations, 2011, p. 56

[:0-4] 1 2 "Village wise Hamlet detail". District statistics & Evaluation office Kargil, Ladakh. Archived from the original on 27 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.

[Vohra2-5] 1 2 3 Vohra, Rohit (1982). "Ethnographic Notes on the Buddhist Dards of Ladakh: The Brog-Pā". Zeitschrift für Ethnologie. 107 (1): 72, 81–82. ISSN 0044-2666.

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