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{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kharnak
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = མཁར་ནག་
| settlement_type = Village
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| pushpin_map = India Ladakh#India
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ladakh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|33.2571983|N|77.7042539|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 = [[Nyoma]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://leh.nic.in/about-district/administrative-setup/village/ | title=Villages | District Leh, Union Territory of Ladakh | India }}</ref>
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| seat_type = [[Panchayat]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_total_km2 =
| elevation_m = 4548
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 194
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Ladakhi language|Ladakhi]], [[Hindi]], [[English language|English]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| blank_name_sec1 = [[2011 Census of India|2011 census]] code
| blank_info_sec1 = 895
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'''Kharnak''' 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 |access-date=2015-07-23 }}</ref> It is located in the [[Nyoma]] [[tehsil]].

==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 census of India]], Kharnak has 35 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 63.43%.<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 || 194 || 90 || 104
|-
| Children aged below 6 years || 19 || 6 || 13
|-
| [[Scheduled caste]] || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| [[Scheduled tribe]] || 152 || 70 || 82
|-
| Literates || 111 || 66 || 45
|-
| Workers (all) || 93 || 47 || 46
|-
| Main workers (total) || 43 || 41 || 2
|-
| Main workers: Cultivators || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| Main workers: Agricultural labourers || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| Main workers: Household industry workers || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| Main workers: Other || 43 || 41 || 2
|-
| Marginal workers (total) || 50 || 6 || 44
|-
| Marginal workers: Cultivators || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| Marginal workers: Household industry workers || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| Marginal workers: Others || 50 || 6 || 44
|-
| Non-workers || 101 || 43 || 58
|}

==Tourism==

Area has [[All Ladakh Gonpa Association#Kharnak|Buddhist monastery]] and valley tourism.

== See also==

* [[All Ladakh Gonpa Association#List|List of buddhist monasteries in Ladakh]]
* [[Geography of Ladakh]]
* [[Tourism in Ladakh]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Ladakh}}
{{Leh district}}

[[Category:Villages in Nyoma tehsil]]

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