Domkhar
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Domkhar
Damkhar | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 34°19′55″N 76°55′42″E / 34.331968°N 76.928472°E | |
Country | India |
Union Territory | Ladakh |
District | Leh |
Tehsil | Khalsi |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,202 |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Census code | 944 |
Domkhar, also spelt Damkhar, is a village in Leh district of Ladakh in India.[1] It is located in the Khalsi tehsil.
The Domkhar Rock Art Sanctuary was created in 2012 to preserve prehistoric petroglyphs in the area.[2]
Demographics
[edit]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]
Total | Male | Female | |
---|---|---|---|
Population | 1202 | 608 | 594 |
Children aged below 6 years | 114 | 63 | 51 |
Scheduled caste | 17 | 8 | 9 |
Scheduled tribe | 1177 | 594 | 583 |
Literates | 677 | 371 | 306 |
Workers (all) | 650 | 357 | 293 |
Main workers (total) | 604 | 336 | 268 |
Main workers: Cultivators | 344 | 176 | 168 |
Main workers: Agricultural labourers | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Main workers: Household industry workers | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Main workers: Other | 252 | 155 | 97 |
Marginal workers (total) | 46 | 21 | 25 |
Marginal workers: Cultivators | 9 | 5 | 4 |
Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Marginal workers: Household industry workers | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Marginal workers: Others | 34 | 15 | 19 |
Non-workers | 552 | 251 | 301 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Blockwise Village Amenity Directory" (PDF). Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ^ Tania Banerjee (6 April 2019). "How a farmer has been protecting the prehistoric Indus carvings of Domkhar". The Hindu.
- ^ a b "Leh district census". 2011 Census of India. Directorate of Census Operations. Retrieved 23 July 2015.