Koyul

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| footnotes = [https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jammu-kashmir/lack-of-infra-forcing-people-to-migrate-from-frontier/803101.html Lack of infra forcing people to migrate from frontier], The Tribune, Chandigar, 17 July 2019.

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Koyul is a village in the Leh district of Ladakh, India.{{cite web |url=http://leh.nic.in/depts/villageamenitydirectory.pdf |title=Blockwise Village Amenity Directory |publisher=Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council |access-date=2015-07-23 }} It is located in the Nyoma tehsil, on the banks of the Koyul Lungpa river just before it joins the Indus River.{{citation |first=Diana |last=Lange |title=Decoding Mid-19th Century Maps of the Border Area between Western Tibet, Ladakh, and Spiti |url=http://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/ret/pdf/ret_41_16.pdf |journal=Revue d'Études Tibétaines |number=41 |date=September 2017 |pages=353, 359}}

Geography

The village of Koyul is in the Koyul Lungpa valley, which houses an active river that joins the Indus near Fukche. The river originates at the twin passes Zulung La and Dilung La on Ladakh's border with Tibet's Zanda County and flows northeast. Koyul is about 8 km away from the junction with the Indus.{{sfnp|Bhattacharji|2012|loc=Chapter 9}}[https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/165935872#map=10/32.7644/79.1817 Koyul Lungpa river marked on OpenStreetMap], retrieved 12 September 2021.

Between the Koyul Lungpa and the Indus valley to the east is a ridge, which also goes by the name "Koyul ridge". China's claim line of the Demchok sector runs along the crest of this ridge.

{{citation |last=Mehra |first=Parshotam |title=Negotiating with the Chinese, 1846-1987: Problems and Perspectives, with an Epilogue |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y1NuAAAAMAAJ |year=1989 |publisher=Reliance Publishing House |isbn=978-81-85047-46-1 |page=225}}: "[The Chinese claim line] crosses the Shangatsangpu (Indus River) at 33 degrees north Latitude, runs along the watershed east of the Koyul Lungpa River and south of the Hanle River up to Mount Shinowu..."

[https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/9823095#map=10/32.7982/79.2558 China's claim line in Demchok sector], OpenStreetMap, retrieved 12 September 2021.

The Koyul village is just beyond the claim line (in undisputed territory), but the claim line cuts the Koyul ridge in half and partially blocks Koyul's access to the Indus valley.[https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2557286578#map=12/32.9030/79.2618 Koyul and China's claim line], OpenStreetMap, retrieved 16 October 2019.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census of India, Koyul has 115 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 64.76%.

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" \|+ Demographics (2011 Census){{cite news \|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/datagov/CDB_PCA_Census/PCA_CDB_0103_F_Census.xls \|title=Leh district census \|work=2011 Census of India \|publisher=Directorate of Census Operations \|access-date=2015-07-23 }} ! !! Total !! Male !! Female
Population	493	236	257
Children aged below 6 years	56	27	29
Scheduled caste	0	0	0
Scheduled tribe	201	99	102
Literates	283	161	122
Workers (all)	209	127	82
Main workers (total)	106	75	31
Main workers: Cultivators	28	21	7
Main workers: Agricultural labourers	0	0	0
Main workers: Household industry workers	2	2	0
Main workers: Other	76	52	24
Marginal workers (total)	103	52	51
Marginal workers: Cultivators	22	10	12
Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers	11	6	5
Marginal workers: Household industry workers	15	7	8
Marginal workers: Others	55	29	26
Non-workers	284	109	175

Transport

{{see also | India-China Border Roads | Tourism in Ladakh#Roads | l2= Touristic roads in Ladakh }}

"Koyul-Chisumle-Zursar Road" (KCZ Road) was completed by December 2023.[https://www.indiandefensenews.in/2023/08/year-end-deadline-set-for-bro-to.html YEAR-END DEADLINE SET FOR BRO TO COMPLETE 20 ROADS ALONG LAC AS STANDOFF WITH CHINA LOOKS INCREASINGLY IRREVERSIBLE], INDIAN DEFENCE NEWS, AUGUST 03, 2023.

"Hanle-Fukche-Koyul-Demchok Road" (HFKD Road) was constructed by BRO, which runs via Koyul.

References

Bibliography

Romesh Bhattacharji, [https://frontline.thehindu.com/static/html/fl2802/stories/20110128280206200.htm Mesmerised in Ladakh], Frontline, 15 January 2011.
{{citation |last=Bhattacharji |first=Romesh |title=Ladakh: Changing, yet Unchanged |url=https://www.academia.edu/3575075 |year=2012 |publisher=Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd. |isbn=978-81-291-2238-4 |via=academia.edu}}

External links

Category:Villages in Nyoma tehsil