Chalunka

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}

{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Chalunka

| other_name = Chulungkha

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| settlement_type = Village

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ladakh

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| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}

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| subdivision_name2 = Leh

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| subdivision_name3 = Nubra

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| population_as_of = 2011

| population_total = 516

| population_density_km2 = auto

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| timezone1 = IST

| utc_offset1 = +5:30

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| blank_name_sec1 = Census code

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{{OSM Location map

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| width = 275

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| caption = {{center|Chorbat}}

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| mark-description2 = Baltistan

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| label3 = Turtuk

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| mark-description8 = District headquarters

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| label10 = Shyok river

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| mark-description11= Tributary of the Indus river

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| mark-description12= Tributary of the Shyok river

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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.{{sfnp|Vohra, Mythic Lore from Nubra Valley|1990|p=231}}{{cite web |title=Blockwise Village Amenity Directory 2014–15 |publisher=Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council |url=http://leh.nic.in/depts/villageamenitydirectory.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403131559/https://leh.nic.in/depts/villageamenitydirectory.pdf |archive-date=3 April 2018}} At the end of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947, it was on the cease-fire line agreed between the India and Pakistan.{{sfnp|Krishna Rao, Prepare or Perish|1991|loc=p. 472, item (d)}} After the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, the village came under the jurisdiction of Indian-administered Jammu & Kashmir.