Dah, Ladakh
Dah
Dha | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 34°36′09″N 76°30′40″E / 34.6025°N 76.5112°E | |
Country | India |
Union Territory | Ladakh |
District | Leh |
Tehsil | Khalsi |
Panchayat | Dha |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 609 |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Census code | 939 |
Dah (or Dha, Da; Tibetan: མདའ, Wylie: mda, THL: da) is a panchayat village in the Leh district of Ladakh, India.[1] It is the most prominent of all the Brokpa settlements, other than Dah, it has five hamlets: Byema, Baldes, Sannit, Pardos, and Lastyang.[2] It is located in lower Indus valley of Ladakh in the Khalsi tehsil.
Geography
Dah is located on the right bank of indus river in Ladakh[3]. Lastyang is a small tributary valley located north of the Indus and northeast of Dha.Baldes is located on the opposite of lastyang, on the left bank of indus river. Biama is located between Hanu and Dah, at a river junction where the heniskot stream meets the sanjak.Sannit is a small side Valley located north of the Indus and northeast of Dah[4].The village and the hamlets are built into the side of a high mountain wall and are situated on a slope above the fields. The alleys are used as irrigation canals, with water flowing into the fields on a regular basis.The hamlets, which are an extension of the Dah village are sparsely populated.They are located between or near cultivated fields strewn with fruit trees, which are especially concentrated near the stream and water canals.[5] All of the residents of these hamlets have ancestral homes in the Dah village. They also have houses in the higher valley pastures of mDa-brouk,[clarification needed] where they graze their livestock and cultivate land in the summer.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census of India, Dah has 103 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 58.95%.[6]
Total | Male | Female | |
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Population | 609 | 324 | 285 |
Children aged below 6 years | 95 | 62 | 33 |
Scheduled caste | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scheduled tribe | 607 | 323 | 284 |
Literates | 303 | 176 | 127 |
Workers (all) | 312 | 160 | 152 |
Main workers (total) | 183 | 152 | 31 |
Main workers: Cultivators | 135 | 110 | 25 |
Main workers: Agricultural labourers | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Main workers: Household industry workers | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Main workers: Other | 46 | 41 | 5 |
Marginal workers (total) | 129 | 8 | 121 |
Marginal workers: Cultivators | 119 | 1 | 118 |
Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Marginal workers: Household industry workers | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Marginal workers: Others | 10 | 7 | 3 |
Non-workers | 297 | 164 | 133 |
See also
References
- ^ "Blockwise Village Amenity Directory" (PDF). Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ^ Vohra, Rohit (1982). "Ethnographic Notes on the Buddhist Dards of Ladakh: The Brog-Pā". Zeitschrift für Ethnologie. 107 (1): 72. ISSN 0044-2666.
My focus of attention was the village mDa. It is also the most prominent of all the Dard settlements, being composed of five hamlets, namely: Byema, Baldez, Sanid, Pardos, and Lastieahce.
- ^ Not Available (1890). Gazetteer Of Kashmir And Ladak.
- ^ Nicolaus, Peter (9 October 2015). "Residues of Ancient Beliefs among the Shin in the Gilgit-Division and Western Ladakh". Iran and the Caucasus. 19 (3): 201–264. doi:10.1163/1573384X-20150302. ISSN 1573-384X.
- ^ Vohra, Rohit (1982). "Ethnographic Notes on the Buddhist Dards of Ladakh: The Brog-Pā". Zeitschrift für Ethnologie. 107 (1): 69–94. ISSN 0044-2666.
- ^ a b "Leh district census". 2011 Census of India. Directorate of Census Operations. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
External links
- Jitaditya Narzary, Into The Brokpa Country: Dah, Hanu, & Beama, Travelling Slacker (blog), 27 October 2018.
- Jitaditya Narzary, Dah Village: The Citadel of Brokpas, Travelling Slacker (blog), 14 January 2019.