Garkon is a Headquartor of a

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village in the Aryan valley region located in

Kargil Kargil ( lbj, ) is a city and a joint capital of the union territory of Ladakh, India. It is also the headquarters of the Kargil district. It is the second-largest city in Ladakh after Leh. Kargil is located to the east of Srinagar in Ja ...

block of Kargil district, in a rural region in the

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

n union territory of

Ladakh Ladakh () is a region administered by India as a union territory which constitutes a part of the larger Kashmir region and has been the subject of dispute between India, Pakistan, and China since 1947. (subscription required) Quote: "Jammu and ...

.It has six hamlets: Changra, Fantola, Haroo, Rama, Sirchangarh and Thamtse. It also includes the Gargardo Hamlet .It is one of the 22 official villages of Kargil block.

Geography

Festivals

Administration seat

Garkon is a Headquarter of gram panchayat Village in kargil .The Panchayat includes Garkon and

Darchik Darchik is a village in the Aryan valley region, located in Kargil tehsil of Kargil district of Ladakh. The Darchik village includes hamlets named Gund (Barjay), Hordass and Sanachay. It is populated by Buddhist Brokpa people. Darchik is one o ...

villages . The Garkon panchayat seat includes the following area as a Panch constituency : 1:Garkone 2: Gargardo 3:Hordass 4:Darchiks 5: Sanachay 6: GARKONE GARGARDOO

Ethnicity

Place of Interest

* Palace *

Garkon Waterfall Garkon is a Headquartor of a panchayat village in the Aryan valley region located in Kargil block of Kargil district, in a rural region in the Indian union territory of Ladakh.It has six hamlets: Changra, Fantola, Haroo, Rama, Sirchangarh ...

Garkon Monastery Garkon is a Headquartor of a panchayat village in the Aryan valley region located in Kargil block of Kargil district, in a rural region in the Indian union territory of Ladakh.It has six hamlets: Changra, Fantola, Haroo, Rama, Sirchangarh ...

* Fatencha

Demographics

According to

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the population on the voting list is around 500, and nearly 1287 peoples were surveyed in the

2011 census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...

. It has a 112 household. The village has divided into three parts: Garkon, Gurgurdoo and Hordass. Garkon is the administrate block among three. In Gurgurdoo, there is a mixed tribe the called

Purigpa The Purigpa (Tibetan script: པུརིག་པ།, Nastaliq script: پُرِگپا) are a Tibetic ethnic group primarily found in the Kargil District of Ladakh, India and Kharmang District of Baltiyul, Pakistan. Out of 39 thousand Purigpas ...

, who are

Muslim Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...

, and also some Buddhist

Brokpa The Brokpa (), sometimes referred to as Minaro, are a small ethnic group mostly found in the union territory of Ladakh, India around the villages of Dha and Hanu. Some of the community are also located across the Line of Control in Baltista ...

. It is the only part which has a mix of

and

Buddhism Buddhism ( , ), also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya (), is an Indian religion or philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha. It originated in northern India as a -movement in the 5th century BCE, and gra ...

. The overall population of the three parts is around 3000 according to the

and 1100 in the voting list.

Economy

The valley is rich in growing

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Apricots from Kargil, once a battleground for India and Pakistan, go global: Fresh apricots from Kargil district in the union territory of Ladakh have for the first time in 35 years found their way to the international market
South Asia Monitor'', Sep 01, 2021 and

tomato The tomato is the edible berry of the plant ''Solanum lycopersicum'', commonly known as the tomato plant. The species originated in western South America, Mexico, and Central America. The Mexican Nahuatl word gave rise to the Spanish word ...

. Tons are exported from the valley to

Leh Leh () ( lbj, ) is the joint capital and largest city of Ladakh, a union territory of India. Leh, located in the Leh district, was also the historical capital of the Kingdom of Ladakh, the seat of which was in the Leh Palace, the former res ...

and

town and also all over

Apricot An apricot (, ) is a fruit, or the tree that bears the fruit, of several species in the genus ''Prunus''. Usually, an apricot is from the species '' P. armeniaca'', but the fruits of the other species in ''Prunus'' sect. ''Armeniaca'' are also ...

s, famous dry fruit of India, grow in this valley. Other varieties of fruits such as European

grape A grape is a fruit, botanically a berry, of the deciduous woody vines of the flowering plant genus ''Vitis''. Grapes are a non- climacteric type of fruit, generally occurring in clusters. The cultivation of grapes began perhaps 8,000 years ago, ...

s (green and black), watermelon, pears, and many berries:

mulberry ''Morus'', a genus of flowering plants in the family Moraceae, consists of diverse species of deciduous trees commonly known as mulberries, growing wild and under cultivation in many temperate world regions. Generally, the genus has 64 identif ...

(white, red, black),

blackberry The blackberry is an edible fruit produced by many species in the genus ''Rubus'' in the family Rosaceae, hybrids among these species within the subgenus ''Rubus'', and hybrids between the subgenera ''Rubus'' and ''Idaeobatus''. The taxonomy of ...

gooseberry Gooseberry ( or (American and northern British) or (southern British)) is a common name for many species of ''Ribes'' (which also includes currants), as well as a large number of plants of similar appearance. The berries of those in the genu ...

and also

es are also found in this valley.

Culture

The Brok pa valley is famous for its culture and traditions. The area has a unique tradition, culture, language and their looks are different from other inhabitants of

. Most of the dresses made by themselves and all the costumes are made up of wool.

Education

The literacy rate according to

is 84%.

References

Villages in Kargil tehsil {{Ladakh-geo-stub