page_title: Demchok, Ladakh
section_title: Demographics
hierarchical_section_title: Demchok, Ladakh / Demographics
caption_attribution_description: English: NI 44-13 Tso Morari. Tile of the Map India and Pakistan 1:250,000. Series U502, U.S. Army Map Service, 1955
context_page_description: Demchok, also called Parigas by China,
  is a village and military encampment in the Demchok sector disputed between India and China. It is administered as part of the Nyoma tehsil in the Leh district of Ladakh by India, and claimed by China as part of the Tibet Autonomous Region.
  The Line of Actual Control passes along the southeast side of the village, along the Charding Nullah which joins the Indus River near the village. Across the stream, less than a kilometre away, is a Chinese-administered Demchok village, spelt Dêmqog in Tibetan pinyin.
context_section_description: Demchok had 31 households and a population of 78 according to the 2011 Census of India. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 42.47%. According to the sarpanch of Demchok in 2019, the village had a population of 69 people who are mostly nomads.
caption: Map including Demchok (Army Map Service, 1954)
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