Coordinates: 34°35′28″N 76°37′23″E / 34.591°N 76.623°E / 34.591; 76.623

Hanu, Ladakh

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Hanu
Village
Hanu is located in Ladakh
Hanu
Hanu
Location in Ladakh, India
Coordinates: 34°35′28″N 76°37′23″E / 34.591°N 76.623°E / 34.591; 76.623
CountryIndia
Union TerritoryLadakh
DistrictLeh
TehsilKhalsi
Population
 (2011)
 • Total1,207
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Census code940

Hanu (also called Hanoo) is a village panchayat in the Leh district of Ladakh, India.[1] It consists of two villages, Yogma Hanu (Lower Hanu) and Goma Hanu (Upper Hanu), a few miles to the north, in the Hanu valley below the Chorbat La pass. The villages form part of the Khalsi tehsil.

Geography[]

The two villages Yogma Hanu and Goma Hanu lie in the Hanu valley, which runs between the Chorbat La pass and the Indus River valley near Dah. The Hanu mountain stream flows down the valley jointing the Indus. To the north of the Chorbat La pass, the Chorbat Lungpa river flows north to join the Shyok river near Hassanabad Chorbat. The Chorbat La pass is considered the traditional boundary between Baltistan and Ladakh. According to geographer Frederick Drew, the valleys of Chorbat Lungpa and Hanu constituted the main route from Baltistan to Ladakh in the past. The two villages Goma Hanu and Yogma Hanu are fortified, indicating that they experienced raids from Baltistan in the past.[2]

Demographics[]

According to the 2011 census of India, Hanoo has 224 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 47.69%.[3]

Demographics (2011 Census)[3]
Total Male Female
Population 1207 587 620
Children aged below 6 years 190 95 95
Scheduled caste 1 1 0
Scheduled tribe 1204 584 620
Literates 485 241 244
Workers (all) 638 318 320
Main workers (total) 314 293 21
Main workers: Cultivators 178 173 5
Main workers: Agricultural labourers 1 1 0
Main workers: Household industry workers 0 0 0
Main workers: Other 135 119 16
Marginal workers (total) 324 25 299
Marginal workers: Cultivators 317 22 295
Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers 1 0 1
Marginal workers: Household industry workers 0 0 0
Marginal workers: Others 6 3 3
Non-workers 569 269 300

References[]

  1. ^ "Blockwise Village Amenity Directory" (PDF). Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council 2014–15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2018.
  2. ^ Drew, The Jummoo and Kashmir Territories (1875), pp. 263–264: "The Chorbat Pass is the boundary of Baltistan in this direction; by this road also used to come Balti raiders, as the remains of a fort at Yogma Hanū prove, which the people of the valley had put up against them."
  3. ^ a b "Leh district census". 2011 Census of India. Directorate of Census Operations. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
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