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t wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 history toggle history subsection 1 1 brogpa era 1 2 dogra dynasty 1 3 indo pakistan conflicts 1 4 since 1971 1 4 1 2010 floods 2 geography 3 demographics 4 tourism 5 see also 6 references 7 bibliography toggle the table of contents turtuk 10 languages deutsch suomi עברית हिन्दी മലയാളം मराठी ਪੰਜਾਬੀ português தமிழ் اردو edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide coordinates 34 50 49 n 76 49 37 e 34 847 n 76 827 e 34 847 76 827 from wikipedia the free encyclopedia village in ladakh india village and tehsil in ladakh india turtuk village and tehsil shyok river at turtuk in nubra district ladakh turtuk location within ladakh show map of ladakh turtuk location within india show map of india coordinates 34 50 49 n 76 49 37 e 34 847 n 76 827 e 34 847 76 827 country india union territory ladakh district nubra tehsil turtuk government type panchayati raj body gram panchayat population 2011 total 3 371 languages official ladakhi hindi balti time zone utc 5 30 ist pin 194401 census code 913 turtuk is a town the headquarters of the eponymous tehsil and community development block in the nubra district of indian union territory of ladakh situated on the banks of the shyok river 1 sandwiched between the karakorum range and the himalayas 2 3 unreliable source and one of the northernmost habitations of india close to the line of control between india and pakistan 4 5 geographically the village is in the baltistan region which has been under pakistani administration except for five villages of the turtuk block which are part of india these villages form the only region in india populated by balti people 6 7 turtuk is known for its fruit especially apricots turtuk was administered by pakistan and was under pakistani control until the war of 1971 8 when the indian army captured the area 9 10 it is also one of the gateways to the siachen glacier 11 12 history edit hand drawn map of turtuk from the turtuk palace brogpa era edit the earliest known tribe which inhabited turtuk were a dardic tribe locally known as the brogpas 13 who are believed to have migrated from chilas a place now in pakistan they lived in turtuk from an unknown time till mostly probably the 13th century ad at some point around the 13th century ad two warriors named chuli and yangdrung came to turtuk they killed the king and eventually most of the locals fled turtuk along the stream and across the mountain to the villages now called hanu dah and domkhar 14 today a majority of the population in turtuk are the direct descendants of chuli and yangdrung citation needed as time passed people immigrated to turtuk in search of livelihood bringing in diversity turtuk is believed to have remained an independent principality till the conquest of baltistan by the sikh empire 14 verification needed the people of turtuk were followers of the bon religion before islam bon rituals can be seen both in the tradition as well as the architecture islam came to turtuk due to the famous persian sufi poet and preacher syed ali shah hamdani people in turtuk like in other places of baltistan practice the sufi sect sufis noorbakshia named after a disciple of shah hamdani syed mohammad noorbaksh by the nineteenth century dominant sects from outside such as shia hanafi and later wahabi started converting the sufi noorbakshia of baltistan and the noorbakshia of turtuk more recently the hanafis of turtuk have also been converted to the more extreme subsets of sunni at present only half of the population practices noorbakshias while the rest practice either sunni or wahhabi islam 14 verification needed dogra dynasty edit raja gulab singh of jammu a vassal of the sikh empire conquered the region in 1840 ending the balti kingdom of maqpon dynasty 5 15 after the first anglo sikh war the british established the princely state of jammu and kashmir under gulab singh singh s dogra dynasty ruled the region until 1947 under the suzerainty of british raj indo pakistan conflicts edit war memorial in turtuk see also battle of turtuk during the indo pakistani war of 1947 1948 the gilgit scouts based in gilgit overthrew the dogra administration and subsequently invaded the baltistan region at the end of that war turtuk came under the control of pakistan along with most of baltistan 16 17 during the indo pakistani war of 1971 this area was the site of the battle of turtuk india s ladakh scouts and nubra guards under the command of brigadier udai singh entered the village after pakistani forces had retreated a day earlier 18 udai singh and his second in command major chewang rinchen were both honoured with a maha vir chakra for their gallantry and a street in leh is named after major rinchen 19 since 1971 edit in 1999 the two countries once again had a major conflict around this area during the kargil war there are memorials built in memory of soldiers on main road going towards the zero point of the india pakistan line of control citation needed the local people are unsure of their loyalties because they have lived under both pakistani and indian control and some of them served in the pakistan army before india s take over many of them also have relatives living across the line of control during the kargil infiltration by pakistan some of the local people were suspected to have assisted the infiltrators 20 21 2010 floods edit main article 2010 ladakh floods in august 2010 the village of turtuk was impacted by floods which occurred throughout the entire region of ladakh geography edit 15km 9 3miles chorbat lungpa hanu stream shyok river batalik khaplu khor chalunka turtuk dawou siksa hassanabad chorbat la turtuk and vicinity turtuk lies in the region of baltistan a region almost completely controlled by pakistan turtuk is one of five balti populated villages under indian control the other four being bogdang tyakshi chalunkha and dhothang 16 it is the largest of the villages and has a claim to being the historical capital of the southern chorbat section of the shyok valley while bogdang had been part of indian administered ladakh since 1948 the other four villages were captured by indian army during the 1971 war demographics edit children in turtuk pose for a picture according to the 2011 census of india turtuk has 384 households the effective literacy rate i e the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below is 82 53 22 the residents of turtuk and its adjoining villages speak the balti language along with ladakhi and urdu 23 demographics 2011 census 22 total male female population 3371 2429 942 children aged below 6 years 343 154 189 scheduled caste 0 0 0 scheduled tribe 1766 839 927 literates 2499 2115 384 workers all 2274 1953 321 main workers total 2047 1840 207 main workers cultivators 371 200 171 main workers agricultural labourers 2 1 1 main workers household industry workers 1 1 0 main workers other 1673 1638 35 marginal workers total 227 113 114 marginal workers cultivators 50 7 43 marginal workers agricultural labourers 3 3 0 marginal workers household industry workers 0 0 0 marginal workers others 174 103 71 non workers 1097 476 621 tourism edit view of the shyok valley turtuk was opened to tourists in 2010 17 the village offers views of the shyok valley there are a few gompas located on the plateau above the shyok river and there is an old royal house to see in the village turtuk is one of the few places in india where one can witness balti culture and one can find a few homestays and guest houses in the village it is the last major village where tourist activity is allowed before the line of control 24 see also edit chewang rinchen the youngest ever recipient of the maha vir chakra list of districts of ladakh geography of ladakh tourism in ladakh references edit turtuk the village on the india pak border is where the clichés stop and fantasies begin hindustan times 8 may 2015 archived from the original on 8 august 2015 historic milestone for ladakh five new districts notified in ladakh taking total districts to seven 27 apr 2026 6 fabulous food experiences to have in ladakh 16 october 2019 blockwise village amenity directory pdf ladakh autonomous hill development council retrieved 23 july 2015 1 2 the village divided by border bbc news 11 november 2016 the village that lost its country bbc news 31 july 2019 how one woman s story changed the lives of turtuk s women forever the hindu 3 november 2018 suryanarayanan archita 13 october 2018 in ladakh s turtuk village life goes on as it has since the 15th century the hindu via www thehindu com turtuk diary outlook india planning a trip to ladakh you just cannot miss these experiences hindustan times archived from the original on 21 may 2015 siachen factor outlook india nitin gokhale the siachin saga the diplomat 21 april 2014 in ladakh s turtuk village life goes on as it has since the 15th century archita suryanarayanan the hindu october 13 2018 1 2 3 vohra rohit 1990 mythic lore and historical documents from nubra valley in ladakh acta orientalia academiae scientiarum hungaricae 44 1 2 akadémiai kiadó 225 239 jstor 23658122 pladan konchak 1 september 2013 contemporary ladakh partition and economy of a border village turtuk institute of peace and conflict studies jstor resrep09154 1 2 aaquib khan 15 april 2017 turtuk a promised land between two hostile neighbours the wire 1 2 rajrishi singhal 10 september 2016 an encounter with the king of turtuk a border village near gilgit baltistan scroll in rinchen s second victory of the day rediff news 22 december 2011 claude arpi have you heard about this indian hero rediff news 22 december 2011 senge h sering reclaiming nubra locals shunning pakistani influences institute for defence studies and analyses delhi 17 august 2009 srivatsa sharath s 2 october 2021 a people who became indian overnight the hindu 1 2 leh district census 2011 census of india directorate of census operations retrieved 23 july 2015 turtuk 44 years of unwanted domicile rising kashmiri 20 february 2016 archived from the original on 21 february 2016 turtuk a detailed travel guide to offbeat place in ladakh thebossmonk 29 march 2021 bibliography edit dani ahmad hasan 1991 history of northern areas of pakistan 2nd ed national institute of historical and cultural research via pahar in media related to turtuk at wikimedia commons v t e union territory of ladakh capital kargil leh state symbols animal snow leopard bird black necked crane history pre independent india maryul namgyal dynasty of ladakh tibet ladakh mughal war treaty of tingmosgang dogra tibetan war princely state of jammu and kashmir post independent india 1947 1948 india pakistan war 1948 military operations in ladakh 1971 battle of turtuk 2010 ladakh floods 2019 jammu and kashmir and ladakh reorganisation conflicts demchok conflict india china conflict india pakistan conflict kashmir conflict siachen conflict administration districts politics of ladakh ladakh autonomous hill development council kargil ladakh autonomous hill development council leh ladakh police ladakh renewable energy development agency jammu and kashmir high court lieutenant governors ladakh lok sabha constituency geography general four types of himalayan ranges geology of the himalaya ranges baltoro muztagh ladakh range saltoro mountains zanskar range kailash range plateau depsang plains more plains sirijap teram shehr plateau valleys leh rupshu salt valley mushkoh valley padum shyok suru valley nubra zanskar aryan valley glaciers chumik glacier drang drung glacier machoi glacier parkachik glacier shafat glacier siachen glacier lakes tso moriri pangong tso rivers sutlej beas ravi shyok chenab drass river indus zanskar tsarap doda yapola suru river markha galwan chip chap passes bilafond la chang la fotu la gyong la indira col karakoram pass khardung la kongka pass lachulung la taglang la marsimik la namika la pensi la rezang la rimo sasser pass sia la shingo la spanggur gap zoji la mountain peaks bana top chumik kangri ghent kangri gurung hill india saddle k12 saltoro kangri sherpi kangri tiger saddle human settlements meenamarg burtse chalunka chemrey chushul daulat beg oldi demchok diskit dras dzingrulma fukche hemis hanle kargil khalatse leh likir murgo nimo nyoma padum panamik purne rangdum sankoo sasoma shey shyok thiksey thoise turtuk ukdungle upshi zangla culture general music of ladakh languages ladakhi purgi balti zangskari changthang brokskat festivals bono na festival tourism and wildlife wildlife changthang wildlife sanctuary hemis national park karakoram wildlife sanctuary tourism khurnak fort ladakh marathon shanti stupa ladakh siachen base camp indo tibetan buddhist monasteries alchi bardan basgo chemrey diskit hanle hemis hundur korzok karsha lamayuru likir lingshed mashro matho monastery mulbekh namgyal tsemo phugtal phyang rangdum rizong sani sankar saspul shey monastery spituk stakna stok stongdey takthok thikse tserkarmo tonde wanla zangla zongkul transport airports kargil airport kushok bakula rimpochee airport leh military agls roads darbuk shyok dbo road india china border roads leh manali highway nh1 leh kargil srinagar highway nimmu padum darcha road under construction sasoma saser la road railway bhanupli leh line planned srinagar leh line planned infrastructure general indian astronomical observatory dams and hydroelectric project chutak dumkhar salal education central institute of buddhist studies defence institute of high altitude research druk white lotus school government degree college kargil phuktal monastic school students educational and cultural movement of ladakh university of ladakh see also borders line of actual control line of control actual ground position line other curious bro roadsigns v t e nubra district cities and towns diskit town tehsils and villages diskit diskit hundar skampuk hundar dok hundri largyab partapur skuru terchey udmaru bogdang waris fastan khalsar diger khardong tangyar khema khungru khalsar turtuk chulungkha tyakshi a tyakshi b thanga turtuk yul turtuk farol sumoor sumoor tiggar lakjung charasa chamshan charasa panamik kheme kubed panamik retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title turtuk oldid 1378243479 category villages in turtuk tehsil hidden categories articles with short description short description matches wikidata use dmy dates from november 2020 use indian english from april 2018 all 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