Thang (also called Dhothang, Thanga Chathang) is a small Town in the Nubra district of Ladakh, India. It is in the historical Chorbat region of Baltistan, divided between India and Pakistan by the 1972 Line of Control. Thang is part of the Turtuk tehsil and the Turtuk community development block. It is twinned with the village of Frano, Gilgit-Baltistan.
The village was seized from Pakistan along with three other villages in the area as a result of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. It is 2.5 kilometers from the Line of Control. The area's population is largely Balti.
History
See history of Turtuk and nearby areas.
Demographics According to the 2011 census of India, Thang had 16 households in that year. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) was 63.41%.
+ Demographics (2011 Census) Total Male Female Population 103 53 50 Children aged below 6 years 21 11 10 Scheduled caste 0 0 0 Scheduled tribe 88 45 43 Literates 52 27 25 Workers (all) 48 25 23 Main workers (total) 36 19 17 Main workers: Cultivators 34 18 16 Main workers: Agricultural labourers 0 0 0 Main workers: Household industry workers 0 0 0 Main workers: Other 2 1 1 Marginal workers (total) 12 6 6 Marginal workers: Cultivators 5 3 2 Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers 0 0 0 Marginal workers: Household industry workers 1 0 1 Marginal workers: Others 6 3 3 Non-workers 55 28 27
See also Chewang Rinchen Frano, Gilgit-Baltistan Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
References
External links Jitaditya Narzary, Thang, That Village Beyond the LOC, Travelling Slacker (blog), 31 July 2019.