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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Bogdang
| native_name = Beyoqdan
| native_name_lang = Balti
| settlement_type = Village
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| pushpin_map = India Ladakh#India
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ladakh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|34.803409|N|77.041481|E|display=inline,title}}
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|Union Territory]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Ladakh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Leh district|Leh]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Tehsil]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Nubra Valley|Nubra]]
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| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 1988
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 194401
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'''Bogdang''' ('''Bukdang''', '''Beyoqdan''',<ref name=PakistanSource>{{cite web |title=Chorbat Valley: The Picturesque Valley of Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan |url=http://www.pakistansource.com/chorbat-valley/ |website=Pakistan Source |date=8 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023221226/http://www.pakistansource.com/chorbat-valley/ |archive-date=23 October 2016 |url-status=usurped}}</ref> '''Biagdangdo''',{{sfnp|Longstaff, Glacier Exploration in the Eastern Karakoram|1910|p=638}} ) is a village in the [[Leh district]] of [[Ladakh]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://leh.nic.in/depts/villageamenitydirectory.pdf |title=Blockwise Village Amenity Directory |publisher=Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council |accessdate=2015-07-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909100301/http://leh.nic.in/depts/villageamenitydirectory.pdf |archive-date=9 September 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is located in [[Nubra Valley|Nubra]] [[tehsil]]. The village is famous for its apricots and beautiful landscapes. The population is predominantly Balti-speaking and follows the Sofia Noorbakshia sect of Islam.

==Location==
Bogdang is located in the [[Shyok River]] valley after it narrows near Yagulung, the portion sometimes called the [[Chorbat Valley]], distinguishing it from the "Lower Nubra" (the wider Shyok Valley).{{sfnp|Longstaff, Glacier Exploration in the Eastern Karakoram|1910|p=648}} During the [[First Kashmir War]] of 1947–48, the [[Gilgit Scouts]] that invaded the region were pushed beyond the village, and the cease-fire line was set at [[Chalunka]], the next village on the Shyok River.<ref>{{citation |last=Rao |first=K. V. Krishna |title=Prepare Or Perish: A Study of National Security |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G7xPaJomYsEC&pg=PA43 |year=1991 |publisher=Lancer Publishers |isbn=978-81-7212-001-6 |at=p. 472, item (d)}}</ref> Thus Bogdang was the northernmost village of Ladakh on the Shyok River until 1971.

In the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]], the [[Ladakh Scouts]] conquered Chalunka, [[Turtuk]] Thang Tyakshi small villages of the Chorbat Valley, making Bogdang safely in the interior of Indian-administered Kashmir.

==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 census of India]], Bogdang has 272 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 64.89%.<ref name="census_2011"/>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Demographics (2011 Census)<ref name="census_2011">{{cite news |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/datagov/CDB_PCA_Census/PCA_CDB_0103_F_Census.xls |title=Leh district census |work=[[2011 Census of India]] |publisher=Directorate of Census Operations |accessdate=2015-07-23 }}</ref>
! !! Total !! Male !! Female
|-
| Population || 1988 || 1005 || 983
|-
| Children aged below 6 years || 450 || 242 || 208
|-
| [[Scheduled caste]] || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| [[Scheduled tribe]] || 1975 || 998 || 977
|-
| Literates || 998 || 631 || 367
|-
| Workers (all) || 782 || 366 || 416
|-
| Main workers (total) || 165 || 155 || 10
|-
| Main workers: Cultivators || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| Main workers: Agricultural labourers || 1 || 1 || 0
|-
| Main workers: Household industry workers || 2 || 2 || 0
|-
| Main workers: Other || 162 || 152 || 10
|-
| Marginal workers (total) || 617 || 211 || 406
|-
| Marginal workers: Cultivators || 572 || 173 || 399
|-
| Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers || 3 || 0 || 3
|-
| Marginal workers: Household industry workers || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| Marginal workers: Others || 42 || 38 || 4
|-
| Non-workers || 1206 || 639 || 567
|}

== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
* {{citation |title=Glacier Exploration in the Eastern Karakoram |first=T. G. |last=Longstaff |journal=The Geographical Journal |volume=35 |number=6 |date=June 1910 |pages=622–653 |publisher=The Royal Geographical Society |doi=10.2307/1777235 |jstor=1777235 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/1759495 |ref={{sfnref|Longstaff, Glacier Exploration in the Eastern Karakoram|1910}}}}

{{Ladakh}}
{{Leh district}}

[[Category:Villages in Nubra tehsil]]

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