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Demchok ཌེམ་ཆོག་Dêmqog, New Demchok, bDe-mChog
Village
DemchokLocation in Ladakh, India and Tibet, ChinaShow map of LadakhDemchokDemchok (India)Show map of IndiaDemchokDemchok (Tibet)Show map of TibetDemchokDemchok (China)Show map of China
Coordinates: 32°42′00″N 79°26′58″E / 32.699910°N 79.449520°E / 32.699910; 79.449520
country	India, China
region	Indian-administered Kashmir, Tibet Autonomous Region
province	Ladakh, Ngari Prefecture
district	Leh, Gar
subdistrict	Nyoma, Zhaxigang
Elevation	4,240 m (13,920 ft)
Population
• Total	150

Demchok (Tibetan: ཌེམ་ཆོག, Wylie: Demchog, ZYPY: Dêmqog, historical: bDe-mChog) is a village and military encampment in the disputed Demchok sector between China and India. The village is claimed by India as part of the Nyoma tehsil in the Leh district of Ladakh by India, and claimed by China as part of the Ngari Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region. The combined village has a population of about 150.

The Line of Actual Control (LAC) passes through the village, following the Charding Nullah upstream from the nearby Indus River. The part of the village on the western bank of the river is administered by India, while the part of the village on the eastern bank of the river is administered by China. The Indian-claimed border extends 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Demchok, while the Chinese-claimed border extends 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Demchok.

Combined village

Description

The village lies 36.5 km east of Ukdungle (32°36′05″N 78°57′54″E / 32.6015°N 78.9651°E / 32.6015; 78.9651). The world’s highest motorable road passing through the Umling La pass (32°41′47″N 79°17′03″E / 32.6964°N 79.2842°E / 32.6964; 79.2842) in Ladakh at a height of 19,300 feet (5,900 m) connects to Demchok.

The combined village had a population of about 150 in 2005.

History

The Chronicles of Ladakh mention that, at the conclusion of the Tibet–Ladakh–Mughal War in 1684, Tibet and Ladakh agreed on the Treaty of Tingmosgang. The chronicles describe the treaty as fixing the boundary at "the Lhari stream at Demchok", which was described as flowing into the Indus at Demchok and dividing Demchok into two halves.

A British boundary commission in 1846–1847 on the borders of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir described the village as:

is a hamlet of half a dozen huts and tents, not permanently inhabited, divided by a rivulet (entering the left bank of the Indus) which constitutes the boundary of this quarter between Gnari ... ... and Ladakh.

Demchok was on an old route linking Ladakh and Tibet along the bank of the Indus River, currently closed. Though the Kailash Lake Manasarovar is 300 km away, the route there is mostly through plains.

Village on the western bank

The Indian-administered part of Demchok had 31 households according to the 2011 census of India. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 42.47%.

Village on the eastern bank

Dêmqog lies a kilometer southeast from the Indian-controlled Demchok village, which is to the northwest of the Demchok River (or Charding Nullah). The river forms the Line of Actual Control between China and India.

The village lies 22.7 miles east of Ukdungle (India) and 16.2 miles south of Lekong Yok.

See also

• List of towns and villages in Tibet

References

1. ^ Luv Puri, Ladakhis await re-opening of historic Tibet route, The Hindu, 2 August 2005.
2. Antiquities of Indian Tibet, Part (Volume) II, by A. H. Francke and edited by F. W. Thomas, (1926), pages 115-116.
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. https://leh.nic.in/about-district/administrative-setup/village/
5. ^ Lamb, Alastair (1965). "Treaties, Maps and the Western Sector of the Sino-Indian Boundary Dispute" (PDF). The Australian Year Book of International Law. 1 (1): 37–52.
6. "Ladakhis deplore Krishna's remark on Demchok road". Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2008.
7. "BRO builds world's highest motorable road in Ladakh at 19,300 feet". Archived from the original on 2 November 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
8. "Achievements of West Dte during the F/Y 2016-17" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
9. Lamb, Treaties, Maps and the Western Sector (1965), p. 38. sfnp error: no target: CITEREFLamb,_Treaties,_Maps_and_the_Western_Sector1965 (help)
10. Lamb, The China-India border (1964), p. 68. sfnp error: no target: CITEREFLamb,_The_China-India_border1964 (help)
11. "hindu.com - Ladakhis await re-opening of this historic Tibet route". Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
12. "expressindia.com - 'Issue of opening Demchok road with China taken up'". Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
13. Lack of infra forcing people to migrate from frontier, The Tribune, Chandigar, 17 July 2019.
14. ^ "Leh district census". 2011 Census of India. Directorate of Census Operations. Archived from the original on 24 July 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.

Bibliography

• Lange, Diana (2017), "Decoding Mid-19th Century Maps of the Border Area between Western Tibet, Ladakh, and Spiti", Revue d'Etudes Tibétaines,The Spiti Valley Recovering the Past and Exploring the Present

External links

• Demchok Western Sector (Chinese claim), OpenStreetMap
• Demchok Eastern Sector (Indian claim), OpenStreetMap

v t e Union Territory of Ladakh
Capital: Kargil; Leh
State symbols	Animal: Snow leopard Bird: Black-necked crane
History	Pre-Independent India Maryul Namgyal dynasty of Ladakh Tibet–Ladakh–Mughal war Treaty of Tingmosgang Dogra–Tibetan War Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir Post-Independent India 1947–1948 India-Pakistan War 1948 military operations in Ladakh 1971 battle of Turtuk 2010 Ladakh floods 2019 Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh reorganisation Conflicts Demchok conflict India–China conflict India–Pakistan conflict Kashmir conflict Siachen conflict
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Geography	General Four types of Himalayan ranges Geology of the Himalaya Ranges Baltoro Muztagh Ladakh Range Saltoro Mountains Zanskar Range Kailash Range Plateau Depsang Plains More plains Sirijap Teram Shehr Plateau Valleys Leh Rupshu Salt Valley Mushkoh Valley Padum Shyok Suru Valley Nubra Zanskar Aryan valley Glaciers Chumik Glacier Drang-Drung Glacier Machoi Glacier Parkachik Glacier Shafat Glacier Siachen Glacier Lakes Tso Moriri Pangong Tso Rivers Sutlej Beas Ravi Shyok Chenab Drass River Indus Zanskar Tsarap Doda Yapola Suru River Markha Galwan Chip Chap Passes Bilafond La Chang la Fotu La Gyong La Indira Col Karakoram Pass Khardung La Kongka Pass Lachulung La Taglang La Marsimik La Namika La Pensi La Rezang La Rimo Sasser Pass Sia La Shingo La Spanggur Gap Zoji La Mountain peaks Bana Top Chumik Kangri Ghent Kangri Gurung Hill India Saddle K12 Saltoro Kangri Sherpi Kangri Tiger Saddle
Human settlements	Meenamarg Burtse Chalunka Chemrey Chushul Daulat Beg Oldi Demchok Diskit Dras Dzingrulma Fukche Hemis Hanle Kargil Khalatse Leh Likir Murgo Nimo Nyoma Padum Panamik Purne Rangdum Sankoo Sasoma Shey Shyok Thiksey Thoise Turtuk Ukdungle Upshi Zangla
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Transport	Airports Kargil Airport Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport (Leh) Military AGLs Roads Darbuk–Shyok–DBO Road India-China Border Roads Leh–Manali Highway NH1 Leh–Kargil–Srinagar Highway Nimmu–Padum–Darcha road (under construction) Sasoma–Saser La Road Railway Bhanupli–Leh line (Planned) Srinagar–Leh line (Planned)
Infrastructure	General Indian Astronomical Observatory Dams and hydroelectric project Chutak Dumkhar Salal Education Central Institute of Buddhist Studies Defence Institute of High Altitude Research Druk White Lotus School Eliezer Joldan Memorial College Leh, Ladakh Government Degree College, Kargil Phuktal Monastic School Students' Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh University of Ladakh
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Category:Villages in Nyoma tehsil Category:Populated places in Ngari Prefecture