Chalunka
Chulungkha | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Chalunka Location in Ladakh  Chalunka Chalunka (India) | |
| Coordinates: 34°49′26″N 76°56′06″E / 34.824°N 76.935°E | |
| Country |  India |
| Union territory | Ladakh |
| District | Leh |
| Tehsil | Nubra |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 516 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Census code | 914 |
Chalunka (also known as Chalunkha or Chulungkha) is a small mountainous village, in Nubra tehsil and Turtuk community development block, in Chorbat area of Shyok River valley in Ladakh, India.[1][2] At the end of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947, it was on the cease-fire line agreed between the India and Pakistan.[3] After the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, the village came under the jurisdiction of Indian-administered Jammu & Kashmir.
- ^ Vohra, Mythic Lore from Nubra Valley (1990), p. 231.
- ^ "Blockwise Village Amenity Directory 2014–15" (PDF). Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2018.
- ^ Krishna Rao, Prepare or Perish (1991), p. 472, item (d).