Karzok
Karzok
Korzok | ||
|---|---|---|
Village | ||
2011 census code 899 | | |
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Karzok or Korzok is a village in the
Buddhist Korzok Monastery
is located here.
History
Karzok was on the Central Asian trade route until 1947 and was the headquarters of the Rupshu Valley. One of the kings, Rupshu Goba, who lived there with his family, built nine permanent houses there.[5]
The village has several houses, and the nomadic population who establish their tents (made of
Pashmina is the valuable product that the Changmas trade along with the salt that they extract from large salt fields in the area, such as the springs at Puga. They barter these two products for food grains and other necessities. In recent years, building activity is on the rise with the nomadic tribes changing their lifestyle.[6]
Demographics
According to the 2011 census of India, Karzok has 253 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 46.64%.[7]
| Total | Male | Female | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 1291 | 673 | 618 |
| Children aged below 6 years | 189 | 102 | 87 |
Scheduled caste |
4 | 2 | 2 |
Scheduled tribe |
931 | 485 | 446 |
| Literates | 514 | 292 | 222 |
| Workers (all) | 813 | 450 | 363 |
| Main workers (total) | 315 | 225 | 90 |
| Main workers: Cultivators | 257 | 192 | 65 |
| Main workers: Agricultural labourers | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Main workers: Household industry workers | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Main workers: Other | 49 | 31 | 18 |
| Marginal workers (total) | 498 | 225 | 273 |
| Marginal workers: Cultivators | 224 | 117 | 107 |
| Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| Marginal workers: Household industry workers | 126 | 19 | 107 |
| Marginal workers: Others | 141 | 86 | 55 |
| Non-workers | 478 | 223 | 255 |
Climate
Karzok has a subarctic climate (Köppen classification Dfc) bordering on a tundra climate (ET). Summers are cool with chilly nights, and winters are long and cold with lows below zero.
| Climate data for Karzok | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −7.2 (19.0) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
4.3 (39.7) |
9.2 (48.6) |
14.0 (57.2) |
16.9 (62.4) |
16.2 (61.2) |
12.9 (55.2) |
6.5 (43.7) |
1.2 (34.2) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
5.3 (41.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −13.1 (8.4) |
−11.2 (11.8) |
−6.8 (19.8) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
2.9 (37.2) |
7.4 (45.3) |
10.7 (51.3) |
10.2 (50.4) |
6.4 (43.5) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −18.9 (−2.0) |
−16.9 (1.6) |
−12.4 (9.7) |
−7.2 (19.0) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
0.9 (33.6) |
4.5 (40.1) |
4.2 (39.6) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−6.8 (19.8) |
−12.4 (9.7) |
−16.5 (2.3) |
−7.1 (19.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 22 (0.9) |
21 (0.8) |
24 (0.9) |
19 (0.7) |
19 (0.7) |
9 (0.4) |
28 (1.1) |
34 (1.3) |
23 (0.9) |
12 (0.5) |
7 (0.3) |
12 (0.5) |
230 (9) |
| Source: climate-data.com | |||||||||||||
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Karzok.
- ^ "Villages | District Leh, Union Territory of Ladakh | India".
- ^ "Blockwise Village Amenity Directory" (PDF). Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ^ Korzok | https://www.dangerousroads.org/asia/india/5683-korzok.html
- List of highest cities in the world
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- ^ "Tso Moriri - Tea with Changpas". The Statesman. 16 June 2004. Retrieved 23 November 2009.
- ^ 2011 Census of India. Directorate of Census Operations. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
