Chatorkhand
{{Short description|Village in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan}}
Chatorkhand is a village in Pakistan.{{Cite book |last=Rensch |first=Calvin Ross |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cx9iAAAAMAAJ |title=Sociolinguistic Survey of Northern Pakistan: Languages of Chitral |date=1992 |publisher=National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University |language=en}} It is situated in Ghizer district of Gilgit-Baltistan.{{Cite book |last=国立民族学博物館 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0Ae1nIEzLncC |title=国立民族学博物館研究報告 |date=2016 |publisher=国立民族学博物館 |language=ja}}{{Cite book |last=Brenzinger |first=Matthias |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i3xdDwAAQBAJ |title=Language Diversity Endangered |date=2015-07-31 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |isbn=978-3-11-090569-4 |language=en}} It is the headquarter of Ishkoman tehsil.{{Cite web |last=says |first=Nizar Alvi |date=2012-05-02 |title=Ishkoman: People suffer due to absence of Tehsil officials |url=https://pamirtimes.net/2012/05/02/ishkoman-people-suffer-due-to-absence-of-tehsil-officials/ |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=PAMIR TIMES |language=en-US}}{{Infobox settlement
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Geography
Chatorkhand is located at an elevation of 6850 feet above sea level.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xk8lAQAAMAAJ |title=Transactions of the American Entomological Society |date=1968 |publisher=Society at the Academy of Natural Sciences |language=en}} It is about 80 km northwest of Gilgit city and lies in Ishkoman Valley.{{Cite book |last1=Khan |first1=Mahmood Hasan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jtvwAAAAIAAJ |title=Rural Change in the Third World: Pakistan and the Aga Khan Rural Support Program |last2=Khan |first2=Shoiab Sultan |date=1992-03-19 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=978-0-313-28011-5 |language=en}} It is the largest settlement in the valley.{{Cite book |last=Swift |first=Hugh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CmMTAQAAIAAJ |title=Trekking in Pakistan and India |date=1990 |publisher=Sierra Club Books |isbn=978-0-87156-662-1 |language=en}}
Landmarks
The village has a small bazaar and several teahouses.{{Cite book |last=Kreutzmann |first=Hermann |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1K0XEQAAQBAJ |title=Pamirian Crossroads and Beyond: Human Geography and Geopolitics |date=2024-08-05 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-70436-7 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Swift |first=Hugh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N_oiAAAAMAAJ |title=The Trekker's Guide to the Himalaya and Karakoram |date=1982 |publisher=Sierra Club Books |isbn=978-0-87156-295-1 |language=en}} Other facilities include schools for girls and boys.{{Cite web |date=2012-02-13 |title=18 months after the floods a government girls school in Chatorkhand remains in shambles |url=https://pamirtimes.net/2012/02/13/18-months-after-the-floods-the-government-girls-school-in-chatorkhand-remains-in-shambles/ |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=PAMIR TIMES |language=en-US}}
Terrain and tourism
Chatorkhand area attracts tourism because of mountainous terrain.{{Cite book |last=Guides |first=Insight |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yyvJDwAAQBAJ |title=Insight Guides Pakistan (Travel Guide eBook) |date=2020-01-01 |publisher=Apa Publications (UK) Limited |isbn=978-1-83905-258-3 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Abbas |first=Syed Adil |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U_xtAAAAMAAJ |title=Pakistan Travel Guide: Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Murree, Kaghan ... |date=2002 |publisher=Nawab Sons Publications |isbn=978-969-530-009-1 |language=en}} Trekking is a popular activity here and is considered less strenuous than in the more challenging terrain elsewhere in Gilgit-Baltistan.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N3cwAQAAIAAJ |title=Trekking in the Karakoram & Hindukush |date=2002 |publisher=Lonely Planet Publications |isbn=978-1-74059-086-0 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=King |first=John S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RwEwAQAAIAAJ |title=Karakoram Highway: The High Road to China |date=1989 |publisher=Lonely Planet Publications |isbn=978-0-86442-065-7 |language=en}} The village has lodging and boarding facilities.{{Cite web |last=Farrukhi |first=Asif |date=2019-07-21 |title=TRAVEL: ISHKOMAN DAYS |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/amp/1495294 |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}