Khandi is a village in Sankoo mandal, Kargil district, Ladakh. It has a population of 1,456 across 197 households, with a literacy rate of 57.4%. The village is located at coordinates 34.238°N, 76.073°E.
By population, Khandi ranks #10 of 20 villages in Sankoo mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khandi is a village of 1,456 people in 197 households (Census 2011) in Sankoo tehsil, Kargil district, Ladakh, the 10th-largest of 20 villages in Sankoo tehsil. Literacy is 57%, 3 points above the tehsil average of 55% and the sex ratio is 995 women per 1,000 men. It lies 14 km from the Kargil district centre (straight-line distances). The pincode is 194301, served by Sankoo post office; the LGD village code is 1047. The nearest hospital or health centre is Army hospital, 36 km away. The population is estimated at 1,717 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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