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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Choglamsar
| other_name = Chuglamsar
| settlement_type = Census Town
| image_skyline = Stupas at Choglamsar.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Stupas at Choglamsar
| pushpin_map = India Ladakh#India
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ladakh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|34.1185|77.5889|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|Union territory]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Ladakh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts in India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Leh district|Leh]]
| government_type =
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 =
| area_rank =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 10,754
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_footnotes = <ref name="2011_census"/>
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi]], [[English language|English]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 194101
| registration_plate = LA-
}}
'''Choglamsar''', also spelt '''Chuglamsar''', is a [[census town]] in the [[Leh district]] of [[Ladakh]], India.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/PLCN/DIR-01R.pdf |title=Village directory: Jammu & Kashmir |publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |access-date = 2020-02-07}}</ref> It is located on the bank of the [[Indus River]].<ref name="Footprint_2013">{{cite book |editor1=Vanessa Betts |editor2=Victoria McCulloch |title=India - The North |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y-pUBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA175 |year=2013 |publisher=Footprint |isbn=978-1-907263-74-3 |page=175 }}</ref>

== Etymology ==

Two circular passes go to Leh via Choglamsar: one through [[Spituk]], and other through [[Saboo, Leh|Saboo]]. According to one theory, the name Choglamsar is derived from the [[Ladakhi language|Ladakhi]] words ''lcog-yog'' ("winded"), ''lam'' ("pass"), and ''sar'' ("place"). Another theory derives the name from the words ''kyok'' ("turn"), ''lam'' ("path"), and ''sar'' ("place"). A third theory dervices it from the words ''chok'' ("tent") and ''tsal'' ("garden"). The town is also called "Choklsel" after ''chokse''{{which lang|date=August 2020}}, a type of Ladakhi table.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

== Demographics ==

Choglamsar was designated as a [[census town]] for the first time during the [[2011 Census of India]], which recorded its population as 10,754 and literacy rate as 98.55%. The [[sex ratio]] of the town is 648 (females per 1000 males); the sex ratio for the population aged 0–6 years is 953.<ref name="2011_census">{{cite web |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/01/0103_PART_A_DCHB_LEH.pdf |title=District Census Handbook - Leh |year=2011 |publisher=Directorate of Census Operations |access-date = 2020-02-07}}</ref>

== Infrastructure ==
[[File:The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh meeting the flash flood victims at the relief camp, in Choglamsar, Leh, Jammu & Kashmir on August 17, 2010.jpg|thumb|Indian Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]] visited flood relief camp at Choglamsar in 2010]]
Choglamsar is connected to [[Leh]] by road. The town has [[links (golf)|golf links]], a [[polo]] ground, horticultural nurseries, and an arts and crafts centre.<ref name="Footprint_2013"/> It has Tibetan refugee camps constructed by the Indian government and the [[Central Tibetan Administration]].<ref name="Footprint_2013"/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3102744/tibetan-sff-soldier-killed-india-china-border-told-family-we-are |work=[[South China Morning Post]] |title= Tibetan SFF soldier killed on India-China border told family: 'we are finally fighting our enemy' |first=Kunal |last=Punohit |date=24 September 2020 |accessdate=24 September 2020 |quote=Choglamsar, one of more than 45 “settlements” – special colonies for Tibetan refugees – constructed by the Central Tibetan Authority (CTA), the Tibetan government-in-exile and Indian authorities.}}</ref>

The village was badly affected during the [[2010 Ladakh floods]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Radek Kucharski |title=Trekking in Ladakh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RzzbCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT110 |year=2015 |publisher=Cicerone Press |isbn=978-1-78362-262-7 |page=110 }}</ref>

According to the 2011 census, the town has 1 primary school, 3 middle schools, 3 secondary schools, and 1 senior secondary school; it does not have any colleges.<ref name="2011_census"/> In 2016, the [[Central Institute of Buddhist Studies]] in Choglamsar was given the status of a [[deemed university]] by the Government of India, for a period of five years.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=135856 |title=Central Institute of Buddhist Studies (CIBS) shall be a deemed-to-be-university, provisionally for a period of five years, under the de novo category |publisher=Press Information Bureau |date=27 January 2016 }}</ref>

The Choglamsar Bridge over the Indus River connects the town to [[Chuchat Yakma]], the site of an [[Imambara]].<ref name="Footprint_2013"/> In 2019, the Indian Army built a [[suspension bridge]] in 40 days, connecting Choglamsar to Chuchat Yakma and [[Stok]]. Named Maitri Bridge, it is the longest [[suspension bridge]] built over the Indus River.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/current/economy-politics/longest-suspension-bridge-over-indus-river-opens-to-public-heres-all-you-need-to-know/story/333520.html |title=Longest suspension bridge over Indus river opens to public |newspaper=Business Today |date=3 April 2019 }}</ref>

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