Domkhar

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Domkhar
Damkhar
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Domkhar
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Domkhar
Domkhar (India)
Coordinates: 34°19′55″N76°55′42″E / 34.331968°N 76.928472°E / 34.331968; 76.928472
Country India
Union Territory Ladakh
District Leh
Tehsil Khalsi
Population
 (2011)
 • Total1,202
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Census code944

Domkhar (also spelt Damkhar) is a village in Leh district of Ladakh in India, [1] located in the Khalsi tehsil.

The Domkhar Rock Art Sanctuary was created in 2012, in order to preserve prehistoric petroglyphs in the area. [2]

Demographics

According to the 2011 census of India, Damkhar has 199 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 62.22%. [3]

Demographics (2011 Census) [3]
TotalMaleFemale
Population1202608594
Children aged below 6 years1146351
Scheduled caste 1789
Scheduled tribe 1177594583
Literates677371306
Workers (all)650357293
Main workers (total)604336268
Main workers: Cultivators344176168
Main workers: Agricultural labourers422
Main workers: Household industry workers431
Main workers: Other25215597
Marginal workers (total)462125
Marginal workers: Cultivators954
Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers211
Marginal workers: Household industry workers101
Marginal workers: Others341519
Non-workers552251301

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References

  1. ↑ "Blockwise Village Amenity Directory" (PDF). Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  2. ↑ Tania Banerjee (6 April 2019). "How a farmer has been protecting the prehistoric Indus carvings of Domkhar". The Hindu.
  3. 1 2 "Leh district census". 2011 Census of India . Directorate of Census Operations. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
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