Garkon
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  Garkon Location in Ladakh  Garkon Garkon (India) | |
| Coordinates: 34°38′06″N 76°25′58″E / 34.634905°N 76.432720°E | |
| Land | Indien |
| Union Territory | Ladakh |
| District | Kargil |
| Tehsil | Kargil |
Garkon is a Headquartor of a panchayat village in the Aryan valley region [1] located in Kargil block of Kargil district, in a rural region in the Indian union territory of Ladakh.
Geography
The village is located on the right bank of the Indus below Dah.[2] It is at an altitude of 9000 meters.[3].It has six hamlets: Changra, Fantola, Haroo, Rama, Sirchangarh, and Thamtse. In addition, it includes a hemlet named Gurgurdho, which lies 5 miles west of Garkone. [4]
The stream descending from the adjoining mountains provides water to its fields for agriculture, which later drain into the Indus.[5] The stream is surrounded by the Gurgurdo stream in the west, which drains into the Indus at Batalik, the Yaldor village to the east.[6]
It is very close to the line of control (LOC) with Baltistan, Pakistan. Gargurdu, Garkhun, and Yaldor were focal points in the Kargil War because of their strategic location.[7]
The fruits cultivated in these village are apples, apricots, mulberries, grapes, etc. [8]
HISTORY
At Gurgurdo, the border between Ladakh and Baltistan was set up in the 17th century followed by the battle between the kingdom of Ali Sher Khan anchan and Gyalpo Jamyang Namgail.It has a sequence of seven strategically placed watchtowers, now in ruins, along the open terrain of the village that were previously guarded by both kingdoms which confirm this historical aspect.[9][10]
Administration
Garkon is a Headquarter of gram panchayat Village in kargil District.The Panchayat includes Garkon and Darchik villages .[11]
The Garkon panchayat seat includes the following area as a Panch constituency :[12]
1:Garkone
2: Gargardo
3:Hordass
4:Darchiks
5: Sanachay
6: GARKONE GARGARDOO
Demographics
It is primarily inhabited by Brokpas . According to census of india 2011 the are 1287 peoples living in 242 household . The literacy rate is 652 out of 1287 which makes 50.66% .It has 202.70 hactere of Land.[13]
See also
References
- ^ "GMDC Zanskar completes 3rd day of biological tour | The Administration of Union Territory of Ladakh | India". 6 July 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
Garkhon of Aryan valley region
- ^ Not Available (1890). Gazetteer Of Kashmir And Ladak.
- ^ Sharma, Devi Datt (1998). Tribal Languages of Ladakh: A concise grammar and dictionary of Brok-shad. Part One. Mittal Publications. p. 1. ISBN 978-81-7099-616-3.
- ^ Bhan, Mona (11 September 2013). Counterinsurgency, Democracy, and the Politics of Identity in India: From Warfare to Welfare?. Routledge. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-134-50983-6.
- ^ Not Available (1890). Gazetteer Of Kashmir And Ladak.
- ^ Ludra, Kuldip Singh (2001). Operation Badr: Mussharef's Contribution to Pakistan's Thousand Years War Against India. Institute for Strategic Research and Analysis. pp. 112 --115. ISBN 978-81-901361-1-2.
- ^ Khilnani, R. K. (2000). Nuclearisation in South Asia. Ajay Verma. pp. 300–325. ISBN 978-81-7169-622-2.
- ^ Not Available (1890). Gazetteer Of Kashmir And Ladak.
- ^ Vohra, Rohit (1982). "Ethnographic Notes on the Buddhist Dards of Ladakh: The Brog-Pā". Zeitschrift für Ethnologie. 107 (1): 69–94. ISSN 0044-2666.
- ^ Kalla, Aloke Kumar; Joshi, P. C. (2004). Tribal Health and Medicines. Concept Publishing Company. ISBN 978-81-8069-139-3.
- ^ https://www.dseokargil.ladakh.gov.in/panchayat.html
- ^ "DISTRICT KARGIL" (PDF).
- ^ Kargil District Census Handbook, Part B (PDF), Directorate of Census Operations, 2011, pp. 50--57
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