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Dah, Ladakh

Coordinates: 34°36′09″N 76°30′40″E / 34.6025°N 76.5112°E / 34.6025; 76.5112
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Dah
Dha
Village
Dah is located in Ladakh
Dah
Dah
Location in Ladakh, India
Dah is located in India
Dah
Dah
Dah (India)
Coordinates: 34°36′09″N 76°30′40″E / 34.6025°N 76.5112°E / 34.6025; 76.5112
Country India
Union Territory Ladakh
DistrictLeh
TehsilKhalsi
PanchayatDha
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
609
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Census code939

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: Biama, Baldes, Sannit, Pardos, and Lastyang.[2] It is located in lower Indus valley of Ladakh in the Khalsi tehsil.

Geography

Dah village is a frontier part of Ladakh,located at the right bank of indus river in Ladakh[3]. It is in the left side of lower valley of the Dah stream that flows from the Yaldor nullah to drain into the Indus river.The Yaldor nullah gets its water from two mountain streams, one from the north-west (Yaldor West or Gragrio Nullah) and one from the north-east (Yaldor East or Junk Lungnal), which meet in a Y-shaped layout at Yaldor village.[4][5]

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[6].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.[7] All of the residents of these hamlets have ancestral homes in the Dah village. They also have houses in the higher valley pastures of Dah stream, where they graze their livestock and cultivate land in the summer.

Demographics

The inhabitants of these village are Buddhist Dards known as Brokpa , speaking Brokskat language.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%.[8]

Demographics (2011 Census)[8]
Total Male Female
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

  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. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Not Available (1890). Gazetteer Of Kashmir And Ladak.
  4. ^ Krishna, Ashok; Chari, P. R. (2001). Kargil: The Tables Turned. Manohar Publishers & Distributors. p. 92. ISBN 978-81-7304-368-0.
  5. ^ Verma, Ashok Kalyan (2002). Kargil, Blood on the Snow: Tactical Victory, Strategic Failure : a Critical Analysis of the War. Manohar. p. 165. ISBN 978-81-7304-411-3.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Vohra, Rohit (1982). "Ethnographic Notes on the Buddhist Dards of Ladakh: The Brog-Pā". Zeitschrift für Ethnologie. 107 (1): 69–94. ISSN 0044-2666.
  8. ^ a b "Leh district census". 2011 Census of India. Directorate of Census Operations. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
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