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{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Domkhar
| other_name = Damkhar
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = Ladakhi
| settlement_type = Village
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| pushpin_map = India Ladakh#India
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ladakh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|34.331968|N|76.928472|E|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes =
| 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 = [[Khalatse|Khalsi]]
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| seat_type = [[Panchayat]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 1202
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| blank_name_sec1 = [[Census of India|Census]] code
| blank_info_sec1 = 944
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'''Domkhar''', also spelt '''Damkhar''', is a village in [[Leh district]] of [[Ladakh]] in [[India]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://leh.nic.in/depts/villageamenitydirectory.pdf |title=Blockwise Village Amenity Directory |publisher=Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council |access-date=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 [[Khalatse|Khalsi]] [[tehsil]].

The Domkhar Rock Art Sanctuary was created in 2012 to preserve prehistoric [[petroglyph]]s in the area.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/society/history-and-culture/the-petrogylphs-of-domkhar/article26745546.ece |title=How a farmer has been protecting the prehistoric Indus carvings of Domkhar |author=Tania Banerjee |date=2019-04-06 |newspaper=The Hindu }}</ref>

== Demographics ==
According to the [[2011 census of India]], Damkhar has 199 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 62.22%.<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 |access-date=2015-07-23 }}</ref>
! !! Total !! Male !! Female
|-
| Population || 1202 || 608 || 594
|-
| Children aged below 6 years || 114 || 63 || 51
|-
| [[Scheduled caste]] || 17 || 8 || 9
|-
| [[Scheduled tribe]] || 1177 || 594 || 583
|-
| Literates || 677 || 371 || 306
|-
| Workers (all) || 650 || 357 || 293
|-
| Main workers (total) || 604 || 336 || 268
|-
| Main workers: Cultivators || 344 || 176 || 168
|-
| Main workers: Agricultural labourers || 4 || 2 || 2
|-
| Main workers: Household industry workers || 4 || 3 || 1
|-
| Main workers: Other || 252 || 155 || 97
|-
| Marginal workers (total) || 46 || 21 || 25
|-
| Marginal workers: Cultivators || 9 || 5 || 4
|-
| Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers || 2 || 1 || 1
|-
| Marginal workers: Household industry workers || 1 || 0 || 1
|-
| Marginal workers: Others || 34 || 15 || 19
|-
| Non-workers || 552 || 251 || 301
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Ladakh}}
{{Leh district}}

[[Category:Villages in Khalsi tehsil]]

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