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Compare · Leh tehsil, Leh Ladakh · Census 2011

Villages of Leh, side by side

21 villages of Leh 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 Shey and Thiksey, the two largest →

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

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

Median population95021 villages of Leh tehsil · Leh Ladakh district median: 516
Median households17221 villages of Leh tehsil · Leh Ladakh district median: 103
Median literacy rate (%)73.8%21 villages of Leh tehsil · Leh Ladakh district median: 66.1%
Median sex ratio (per 1,000 males)1,036 per 1,000 males21 villages of Leh tehsil · Leh Ladakh district median: 1,036 per 1,000 males
Median household size (per household)5.29 per household21 villages of Leh tehsil · Leh Ladakh district median: 5.17 per household
Median work participation (%)44.4%21 villages of Leh tehsil · Leh Ladakh district median: 54.7%

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 21 ranked villages of Leh

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 %
Shey2,238#1 of 21398#3 of 2179.0%#8 of 211,117 per 1,000 males#4 of 215.62 per household#8 of 2126.0%#21 of 21
Thiksey2,237#2 of 21433#1 of 2175.4%#9 of 211,014 per 1,000 males#14 of 215.17 per household#12 of 2144.4%#11 of 21
Chuchot Yokma2,162#3 of 21428#2 of 2183.3%#2 of 211,051 per 1,000 males#8 of 215.05 per household#13 of 2143.7%#12 of 21
Fiang2,036#4 of 21352#5 of 2175.4%#10 of 21914 per 1,000 males#18 of 215.78 per household#7 of 2135.0%#16 of 21
Chuchot Gongma1,836#5 of 21368#4 of 2179.8%#7 of 211,047 per 1,000 males#9 of 214.99 per household#14 of 2158.0%#4 of 21
Chuchot Shama1,567#6 of 21296#7 of 2181.4%#4 of 211,040 per 1,000 males#10 of 215.29 per household#11 of 2126.8%#20 of 21
Stok1,471#7 of 21300#6 of 2173.8%#11 of 211,084 per 1,000 males#6 of 214.90 per household#15 of 2140.0%#13 of 21
Saboo1,233#8 of 21259#9 of 2183.7%#1 of 211,025 per 1,000 males#12 of 214.76 per household#17 of 2156.0%#7 of 21
Matho1,165#9 of 21279#8 of 2167.3%#16 of 211,103 per 1,000 males#5 of 214.18 per household#20 of 2161.3%#1 of 21
Nimoo1,134#10 of 21193#10 of 2172.5%#12 of 21996 per 1,000 males#15 of 215.88 per household#5 of 2153.2%#9 of 21
BasgoBago950#11 of 21172#11 of 2170.0%#15 of 211,179 per 1,000 males#1 of 215.52 per household#9 of 2128.3%#19 of 21
Rambir Por594#12 of 21122#12 of 2180.8%#5 of 21935 per 1,000 males#17 of 214.87 per household#16 of 2139.2%#14 of 21
Ney560#13 of 21103#13 of 2165.8%#17 of 211,036 per 1,000 males#11 of 215.44 per household#10 of 2132.1%#17 of 21
Taru442#14 of 2171#16 of 2170.0%#14 of 211,177 per 1,000 males#2 of 216.23 per household#4 of 2160.4%#2 of 21
Stakna355#15 of 2188#14 of 2170.6%#13 of 211,076 per 1,000 males#7 of 214.03 per household#21 of 2156.1%#6 of 21
Nang334#16 of 2174#15 of 2160.3%#20 of 211,141 per 1,000 males#3 of 214.51 per household#19 of 2128.4%#18 of 21
Phey331#17 of 2157#17 of 2183.2%#3 of 21799 per 1,000 males#21 of 215.81 per household#6 of 2150.2%#10 of 21
Sku Markha328#18 of 2143#18 of 2160.4%#19 of 211,025 per 1,000 males#12 of 217.63 per household#1 of 2157.6%#5 of 21
Rumbak248#19 of 2136#19 of 2179.9%#6 of 21938 per 1,000 males#16 of 216.89 per household#3 of 2139.1%#15 of 21
Chiling Sumda223#20 of 2131#20 of 2159.3%#21 of 21858 per 1,000 males#20 of 217.19 per household#2 of 2159.2%#3 of 21
Umla99#21 of 2121#21 of 2164.8%#18 of 21868 per 1,000 males#19 of 214.71 per household#18 of 2154.5%#8 of 21

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 Leh are

Map of the villages of Leh tehsil

14 of 21 ranked villages have a map point. Coordinates © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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