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Chalunka (also known as Chalunkha or Chulungkha) is a small mountainous 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] After the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, the village came under the jurisdiction of Indian-administered Jammu & Kashmir.

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

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

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• Vohra, Rohit (1990), "Mythic Lore and Historical Documents from Nubra Valley in Ladakh", Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, Akadémiai Kiadó, 44 (1/2): 225–239, JSTOR 23658122

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