Tegar
Tegar
Kyagar | |
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Village | |
UTC+5:30 (IST) | |
Census code | 931 |
Tegar, also known as Kyagar, is a high-altitude village in the
Buddhism in Tegar
Tegar is a Buddhist village on the fringes of the Tibetan Cultural Area.[2][3]
There are two sects of
Demographics
According to the 2011 census of India, Tegar has 204 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 55.08%.[5]
Total | Male | Female | |
---|---|---|---|
Population | 859 | 397 | 462 |
Children aged below 6 years | 91 | 50 | 41 |
Scheduled caste |
0 | 0 | 0 |
Scheduled tribe |
857 | 396 | 461 |
Literates | 423 | 223 | 200 |
Workers (all) | 444 | 237 | 207 |
Main workers (total) | 172 | 116 | 56 |
Main workers: Cultivators | 77 | 65 | 12 |
Main workers: Agricultural labourers | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Main workers: Household industry workers | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Main workers: Other | 93 | 51 | 42 |
Marginal workers (total) | 272 | 121 | 151 |
Marginal workers: Cultivators | 186 | 44 | 142 |
Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Marginal workers: Household industry workers | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Marginal workers: Others | 82 | 77 | 5 |
Non-workers | 415 | 160 | 255 |
Geography
The hills on which the village is situated forms the southern slopes of the Karakoram Range. The geological formation of the hill has been recorded as granite formations, and named after the hill peak of Tegar, as Tegar Granites. The granites consists of two types of micas – muscovite and biotite. This formation is unlike the granite and volcanic formation of the Ladakh granite and Shylock Volcanic. Its formation has been attributed to the thermal metamorphosis process due to which the rocks attained the andalusitic horn-felsic form.[6]
Tegar is one of the villages in the Nubra Valley (average elevation of about 10,000 ft), known as the village of alfalfa and fertile soil, on the
References
- ^ "Blockwise Village Amenity Directory" (PDF). Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ^ The Tibet Journal. Library of Tibetan Works & Archives. 2000. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
- ^ Heritage Holidays: North & Central India. Outlook Publishing (India). 2004. p. 494. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ISBN 978-81-208-1432-5. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
- ^ 2011 Census of India. Directorate of Census Operations. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ISBN 978-81-7387-127-6. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
- ^ "Kashmir". Nubra Valley. Official website of Jammu and Kashmir Tourism. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
- ^ a b "Tourist Places". Nubra Division. The official website of Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
- ISBN 978-81-901724-6-2. Retrieved 31 March 2013.