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Compare · Zanskar tehsil, Kargil · Census 2011

Villages of Zanskar, side by side

25 villages of Zanskar tehsil have Census 2011 figures. Every one is in the table below with its rank in the tehsil; tick any two to five to compare them in detail, or compare one with any village in India.

Compare Padum and Karsha, the two largest →

The typical village of Zanskar, next to the district's

Median ranked village of the tehsil on each measure, with the median for Kargil district beside it. Each is a real village's recorded figure.

Median population46525 villages of Zanskar tehsil · Kargil district median: 685
Median households7125 villages of Zanskar tehsil · Kargil district median: 96
Median literacy rate (%)59.8%25 villages of Zanskar tehsil · Kargil district median: 66.5%
Median sex ratio (per 1,000 males)981 per 1,000 males25 villages of Zanskar tehsil · Kargil district median: 961 per 1,000 males
Median household size (per household)5.92 per household25 villages of Zanskar tehsil · Kargil district median: 7.34 per household
Median population density (per km²)287.9 per km²25 villages of Zanskar tehsil · Kargil district median: 602.2 per km²
Median work participation (%)48.9%25 villages of Zanskar tehsil · Kargil district median: 29.1%

Ladakh medians: population 615 · households 99 · literacy rate 66.4% · sex ratio 981 per 1,000 males · household size 6.48 per household · population density 602.2 per km² · work participation 43.0%.

All 25 ranked villages of Zanskar

Largest first. “—” means the Census has no figure for that village on that measure, so it is not ranked there (never zero).

Tick two to 5 villages. Small figures are the village's rank in the tehsil on that measure.
PickVillagePopulationHouseholdsLiteracy rate %Sex ratio per 1,000 malesHousehold size per householdWork participation %
PadumPadum1,538#1 of 25261#1 of 2573.0%#2 of 25903 per 1,000 males#21 of 255.89 per household#14 of 2518.7%#23 of 25
KarshaKarsha964#2 of 25189#2 of 2566.8%#7 of 25944 per 1,000 males#18 of 255.10 per household#24 of 2560.3%#10 of 25
Zangla954#3 of 25182#3 of 2559.8%#13 of 251,025 per 1,000 males#9 of 255.24 per household#23 of 2546.4%#14 of 25
UptipipitingUptipipiting941#4 of 25168#4 of 2570.3%#3 of 25989 per 1,000 males#11 of 255.60 per household#19 of 2532.5%#19 of 25
Thungday KhumiThungday Khumi914#5 of 25138#5 of 2554.1%#17 of 25916 per 1,000 males#20 of 256.62 per household#5 of 2545.5%#15 of 25
Salapi GyapakSalapi Gyapak701#6 of 25104#8 of 2559.5%#14 of 251,086 per 1,000 males#3 of 256.74 per household#4 of 2522.3%#21 of 25
SaniSani614#7 of 2599#9 of 2561.4%#10 of 251,067 per 1,000 males#5 of 256.20 per household#10 of 2566.1%#8 of 25
Ating605#8 of 25105#7 of 2535.6%#24 of 25879 per 1,000 males#22 of 255.76 per household#18 of 2531.1%#20 of 25
RamilskyagamRamilskyagam588#9 of 25116#6 of 2549.8%#21 of 251,170 per 1,000 males#2 of 255.07 per household#25 of 2556.5%#11 of 25
TungriTungri573#10 of 2594#10 of 2567.2%#5 of 25976 per 1,000 males#15 of 256.10 per household#11 of 2570.2%#6 of 25
PhayPhay509#11 of 2584#11 of 2567.1%#6 of 251,069 per 1,000 males#4 of 256.06 per household#12 of 2512.8%#25 of 25
Langmi RigingLangmi Riging478#12 of 2570#15 of 2552.5%#19 of 25983 per 1,000 males#12 of 256.83 per household#3 of 2573.8%#5 of 25
Chah465#13 of 2561#16 of 2562.1%#9 of 25673 per 1,000 males#24 of 257.62 per household#1 of 2538.9%#18 of 25
Testa460#14 of 2571#13 of 2560.5%#11 of 25941 per 1,000 males#19 of 256.48 per household#6 of 2574.1%#4 of 25
Kargyak429#15 of 2574#12 of 2547.4%#22 of 25977 per 1,000 males#14 of 255.80 per household#16 of 2544.8%#16 of 25
Abran418#16 of 2571#13 of 2541.4%#23 of 25981 per 1,000 males#13 of 255.89 per household#14 of 2583.0%#1 of 25
RukrukRukruk361#17 of 2556#20 of 2569.1%#4 of 251,051 per 1,000 males#6 of 256.45 per household#7 of 2519.4%#22 of 25
RantakshaRantaksha358#18 of 2557#19 of 2553.0%#18 of 251,011 per 1,000 males#10 of 256.28 per household#9 of 2569.8%#7 of 25
AkshoAksho332#19 of 2561#16 of 2535.0%#25 of 251,037 per 1,000 males#7 of 255.44 per household#22 of 2575.9%#3 of 25
Raru MoneyRaru Money329#20 of 2560#18 of 2556.4%#16 of 25947 per 1,000 males#16 of 255.48 per household#21 of 2564.1%#9 of 25
TechakhasarTechakhasar290#21 of 2545#22 of 2560.2%#12 of 25946 per 1,000 males#17 of 256.44 per household#8 of 2551.4%#12 of 25
HemilingHemiling266#22 of 2548#21 of 2558.9%#15 of 251,293 per 1,000 males#1 of 255.54 per household#20 of 2548.9%#13 of 25
Icher249#23 of 2543#23 of 2563.0%#8 of 25818 per 1,000 males#23 of 255.79 per household#17 of 2542.6%#17 of 25
ShunshdayShunshday244#24 of 2534#25 of 2551.0%#20 of 251,033 per 1,000 males#8 of 257.18 per household#2 of 2518.4%#24 of 25
Pipcha213#25 of 2536#24 of 2574.5%#1 of 25651 per 1,000 males#25 of 255.92 per household#13 of 2577.9%#2 of 25

Ranks are computed from Census of India 2011 figures among villages that report them; ties share a rank; a missing figure means no rank, never zero. “Higher first” is the sort order, not a judgement. How every figure and rank is computed →

Where the villages of Zanskar are

Map of the villages of Zanskar tehsil

3 of 25 ranked villages have a map point. Coordinates © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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