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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Koyul
| native_name =
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| settlement_type = Village
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| pushpin_map = India Ladakh#India
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ladakh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|32.8862|79.199|display=inline,title}}
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and 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]]
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| seat_type = [[Panchayat]]
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| leader_title = Sarpanch
| leader_name = Ugrain Chodon
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_total_ha = 193
| elevation_m = 4660
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 493
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[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 = 904
| footnotes = <ref name=Amenity/><ref>[https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jammu-kashmir/lack-of-infra-forcing-people-to-migrate-from-frontier/803101.html Lack of infra forcing people to migrate from frontier], The Tribune, Chandigar, 17 July 2019.</ref>
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| mark-title = Koyul
| mark-description = villiage
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'''Koyul''' is a village in the [[Leh district]] of [[Ladakh]], [[India]].<ref name=Amenity>{{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]], on the banks of the '''Koyul Lungpa''' river just before it joins the [[Indus River]].<ref>{{citation |first=Diana |last=Lange |title=Decoding Mid-19th Century Maps of the Border Area between Western Tibet, Ladakh, and Spiti |url=http://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/ret/pdf/ret_41_16.pdf |journal=Revue d'Études Tibétaines |number=41 |date=September 2017 |pages=353, 359}}</ref>

== Geography ==
The village of Koyul is in the Koyul Lungpa valley, which houses an active river that joins the Indus near [[Fukche]]. The river originates at the twin passes Zulung La and Dilung La on Ladakh's border with Tibet's [[Zanda County]] and flows northeast. Koyul is about 8 km away from the junction with the Indus.{{sfnp|Bhattacharji|2012|loc=Chapter 9}}<ref>[https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/165935872#map=10/32.7644/79.1817 Koyul Lungpa river marked on OpenStreetMap], retrieved 12 September 2021.
</ref>

Between the Koyul Lungpa and the Indus valley to the east is a ridge, which also goes by the name "Koyul ridge". China's claim line of the [[Demchok sector]] runs along the crest of this ridge.<ref>
{{citation |last=Mehra |first=Parshotam |title=Negotiating with the Chinese, 1846-1987: Problems and Perspectives, with an Epilogue |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y1NuAAAAMAAJ |year=1989 |publisher=Reliance Publishing House |isbn=978-81-85047-46-1 |page=225}}: "[The Chinese claim line] crosses the Shangatsangpu (Indus River) at 33 degrees north Latitude, runs along the watershed east of the Koyul Lungpa River and south of the Hanle River up to Mount Shinowu..."
</ref><ref>
[https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/9823095#map=10/32.7982/79.2558 China's claim line in Demchok sector], OpenStreetMap, retrieved 12 September 2021.
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The Koyul village is just beyond the claim line (in undisputed territory), but the claim line cuts the Koyul ridge in half and partially blocks Koyul's access to the Indus valley.<ref>[https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2557286578#map=12/32.9030/79.2618 Koyul and China's claim line], OpenStreetMap, retrieved 16 October 2019.</ref>

== Demographics ==
According to the [[2011 census of India]], Koyul has 115 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 64.76%.<ref name="census_2011"/>

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+ 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 || 493 || 236 || 257
|-
| Children aged below 6 years || 56 || 27 || 29
|-
| [[Scheduled caste]] || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| [[Scheduled tribe]] || 201 || 99 || 102
|-
| Literates || 283 || 161 || 122
|-
| Workers (all) || 209 || 127 || 82
|-
| Main workers (total) || 106 || 75 || 31
|-
| Main workers: Cultivators || 28 || 21 || 7
|-
| Main workers: Agricultural labourers || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| Main workers: Household industry workers || 2 || 2 || 0
|-
| Main workers: Other || 76 || 52 || 24
|-
| Marginal workers (total) || 103 || 52 || 51
|-
| Marginal workers: Cultivators || 22 || 10 || 12
|-
| Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers || 11 || 6 || 5
|-
| Marginal workers: Household industry workers || 15 || 7 || 8
|-
| Marginal workers: Others || 55 || 29 || 26
|-
| Non-workers || 284 || 109 || 175
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== Bibliography ==
* Romesh Bhattacharji, [https://frontline.thehindu.com/static/html/fl2802/stories/20110128280206200.htm Mesmerised in Ladakh], Frontline, 15 January 2011.
* {{citation |last=Bhattacharji |first=Romesh |title=Ladakh: Changing, yet Unchanged |url=https://www.academia.edu/3575075 |year=2012 |publisher=Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd. |isbn=978-81-291-2238-4 |via=academia.edu}}

== External links ==

{{Ladakh}}
{{Leh district}}

[[Category:Villages in Nyoma tehsil]]

Koyul - Revision history

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