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Village snapshot
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Abran is a small village in Zanskar mandal, Kargil district, Ladakh, with a population of 418 across 71 households. The village has a literacy rate of 34.7% and is served by postal code 194302.
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- LGD code
- 1065
- Pincode
- 194302
- Post office
- Padum
- Population
- 418
- Households
- 71
- Literacy rate
- 34.7%
- Sex ratio
- 981 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 347
- Distance to district centre
- 67 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 36 km
- Distance to Leh
- 107 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 569 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- New Type Primary Health Care · 38 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Abran compares
By population, Abran ranks #16 of 25 villages in Zanskar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
34.7%
−16.8% vs mandal average
- Abran
- 34.7%
- Zanskar mandal
- 51.5%
- Kargil district
- 61.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
981
+13 vs mandal average
- Abran
- 981
- Zanskar mandal
- 968
Household size
people per home
5.9
Same as the mandal average
- Abran
- 5.9
- Zanskar mandal
- 5.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Abran at a glance
Abran is a village of 418 people in 71 households (Census 2011) in Zanskar tehsil, Kargil district, Ladakh, the 16th-largest of 25 villages in Zanskar tehsil. Literacy is 35%, 17 points below the tehsil average of 52% and the sex ratio is 981 women per 1,000 men. It lies 67 km from the Kargil district centre (straight-line distances). The pincode is 194302, served by Padum post office; the LGD village code is 1065. The nearest hospital or health centre is New Type Primary Health Care, 38 km away. The population is estimated at 493 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Abran
- LGD code
- 1065
- Pincode
- 194302
- Post office
- Padum
- Population (Census 2011)
- 418
- Population (projected 2026)
- 493
- Households
- 71
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 981
- Literacy rate
- 34.7%
- Coordinates
- 33.70148°N, 76.55454°E
- Block / Mandal
- Zanskar
Getting there
How to reach Abran
Distance to cities · straight line
- Leh107 kmcapital
- Delhi569 km
- Mumbai1667 km
- Kolkata1692 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Hospital / PHCNew Type Primary Health Care38 km
- ATM / bankJK Bank40 km
- Police stationCheck post40 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-10
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