Thang | |
Other Name: | Dhothang, Thanga Chathang |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | India Ladakh#India |
Coordinates: | 34.926°N 76.795°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | Union Territory |
Subdivision Name1: | Ladakh |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Leh |
Subdivision Type3: | Tehsil |
Subdivision Name3: | Nubra |
Seat Type: | Panchayat |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 103 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 194401 |
Blank Name Sec1: | Census code |
Blank Info Sec1: | 911 |
Thang (also called Dhothang, Thanga Chathang) is a small village in the Leh district of Ladakh, India.[1] It is in the historical Chorbat region of Baltistan, divided between India and Pakistan by the 1972 Line of Control. Thang is part of the Nubra tehsil and the Turtuk community development block.
The village was seized from Pakistan along with three other villages in the area as a result of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. It is 2.5 kilometers from the line of control.[2] The area's population is largely Balti.[3]
See history of Turtuk and nearby areas.
According to the 2011 census of India, Thang had 16 households in that year. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) was 63.41%.[1]
Population | 103 | 53 | 50 | |
Children aged below 6 years | 21 | 11 | 10 | |
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
88 | 45 | 43 | ||
Literates | 52 | 27 | 25 | |
Workers (all) | 48 | 25 | 23 | |
Main workers (total) | 36 | 19 | 17 | |
Main workers: Cultivators | 34 | 18 | 16 | |
Main workers: Agricultural labourers | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Main workers: Household industry workers | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Main workers: Other | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
Marginal workers (total) | 12 | 6 | 6 | |
Marginal workers: Cultivators | 5 | 3 | 2 | |
Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Marginal workers: Household industry workers | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Marginal workers: Others | 6 | 3 | 3 | |
Non-workers | 55 | 28 | 27 |