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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Chuchot Gongma
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| settlement_type = Village
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|Union Territory]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Ladakh]]
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Leh district|Leh]]
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'''Chuchot Gongma''' is a village-group and the headquarter of '''Chuchot''' [[Community development block in India|block]] 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 the [[Leh]] [[tehsil]]. This village Chuchot is divided into three villages [[Chuchot Yakma|Yokma]], [[Chuchot Shama|Shamma]] and Chuchot Gongma. Chuchot village is the longest village of ladakh.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}} It starts from [[Choglamsar]] and stretches up to Stakna by the bank of Indus river and this river is the source of water for irrigating fields.

People here rear cattle and harvest fields.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}} This village, located in ladakh, comes under Leh district and is 13 km South of Leh main town. This village is surrounded by chains of mountain range with the village itself being located on the bank of the historically famous [[Indus River]]. Farther away from the bank, the other side of the village has vast barren lands.

Polo and archery are the most common sports.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}} The village grows a large amount of wild seabuck thorn (scientific name : Hippopha) known for its therapeutic, anti-carsenic, anti-aging antibacterial, [[anti-inflammatory]] properties.

== Demographics ==

According to the [[2011 census of India]], Chuchot Gongma has 368 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 79.75%.<ref name="census_2011"/>

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|+ 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
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| Population || 1836 || 897 || 939
|-
| Children aged below 6 years || 221 || 110 || 111
|-
| [[Scheduled caste]] || 0 || 0 || 0
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| [[Scheduled tribe]] || 1804 || 880 || 924
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| Literates || 1288 || 721 || 567
|-
| Workers (all) || 1065 || 522 || 543
|-
| Main workers (total) || 437 || 373 || 64
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| Main workers: Cultivators || 75 || 71 || 4
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| Main workers: Agricultural labourers || 2 || 2 || 0
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| Main workers: Household industry workers || 0 || 0 || 0
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| Main workers: Other || 360 || 300 || 60
|-
| Marginal workers (total) || 628 || 149 || 479
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| Marginal workers: Cultivators || 294 || 39 || 255
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| Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers || 32 || 26 || 6
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| Marginal workers: Household industry workers || 23 || 2 || 21
|-
| Marginal workers: Others || 279 || 82 || 197
|-
| Non-workers || 771 || 375 || 396
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Ladakh}}
{{Leh district}}

[[Category:Villages in Leh tehsil]]

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