Chalunka

Chalunka
Chulungkha
Village
Chalunka
Location in Ladakh
Chalunka
Chalunka (India)
Coordinates: 34°49′26″N 76°56′06″E / 34.824°N 76.935°E / 34.824; 76.935
Country India
Union territoryLadakh
DistrictLeh
TehsilNubra
Population
 (2011)
  Total
516
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Census code914
15km
9.3miles
Chorbat
Lungpa
Hanu
stream
Shyok river
Batalik
Khaplu
Chalunka
Turtuk
Hassanabad
Chorbat La
Chorbat

Chalunka (also known as Chalunkha or Chulungkha) is a small mountainous village, in Nubra tehsil and Turtuk community development block, in Chorbat area of Shyok River valley in Ladakh, India. At the end of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947, it was on the cease-fire line agreed between the India and Pakistan. After the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, the village came under the jurisdiction of Indian-administered Jammu & Kashmir.