Hunderman or Hundarmaan or Hundurmaan is one of the northernmost hamlets in

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

and is situated in the

Kargil district Kargil district is a district in Indian-administered Ladakh in the Kashmir#Dispute, disputed Kashmir-region,The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is supported by the ...

Ladakh Ladakh () is a region administered by India as a union territory and constitutes an eastern portion of the larger Kashmir region that has been the subject of a Kashmir#Kashmir dispute, dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947 and India an ...

. Located on the banks of the Suru River 10 km from Kargil, it is a hamlet under Shilikchey village of

.] It was under Pakistan's control until Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, 1971. Geographically, Hunderman lies in the Baltistan Region. There are two parts of Hunderman: Lower Hunderman Mal (lower village) and Hunderman Broq (hill village).

History

At the end of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947, Hunderman came under the control of

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

. The Indian Army captured Hunderman after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.

Tourism

Hunderman–Museum of Memories in Hunderman Boq was founded by restoring three rooms in one of the private houses in the row of abandoned storied traditional houses in Hunderman. After the India Pakistan 1971 War, the residents of Hunderman moved to higher slopes of mountains, abandoning the original Hunderman village at LoC at the lower heights. It displays the old kitchen utensils, traditional jewelry, indoor games, family documents, letters to armaments from the wars. Ilyas Ansari, who has native connection to this village, along with Ajaz Hussain Munshi, museum curator from Kargil and other organizations (the Roots Collective and the Farside Collective of Leh), built the museum.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census of India, Hunderman has a population of about 216.

Transport

Road

Hunderman is connected by road to other places in Ladakh and India by the

Srinagar-Leh Highway National Highway 1D (NH 1D), also known as Srinagar–Leh Highway, was a National Highway in the state of Jammu and Kashmir that connected Srinagar to Leh in Ladakh. The Srinagar-Leh Highway was declared as National Highway in 2006. It is now ...

or the NH 1 and the LOC View Point Road.

Rail

The nearest railway stations are Baramulla railway station, Sopore railway station and

Srinagar railway station Srinagar railway station is a railway station of the city of Srinagar in the Jammu and Kashmir, India. The station is part of the Jammu–Baramulla line and lies in the newly created Jammu division, which once completed, will connect the ci ...

, 227 kilometres, 222 kilometres and 229 kilometres away respectively.

Air

The nearest airport is at

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, 18 kilometres away, but it is currently non-operational. The next nearest major airport is Leh Airport 225 kilometres away.

History

Tourism

Demographics

Transport

Road

Rail

Air

See also

References

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