# Phoo Village, Kargil, Kargil (Ladakh) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Kargil, Kargil 

# Phoo

Phoo is a village in Kargil sub-district of Kargil district, Ladakh. The 2011 Census counted **610 people in 76 households**, the 41st largest of 64 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.8%.

- 610people (2011)
- 76households
- 65.9%literacy
- 961females per 1,000 males

## Phoo PIN code and other codes

Phoo falls in Kargil sub-district, Kargil district, Ladakh.

- Gram panchayatKaramba
- Community development blockShargole
- Census village code001015

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Phoo from nearby towns?

- Kargil (sub-district HQ)40 km by road
- Kargil (district HQ)40 km by road
- Kargil (nearest town)40 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Phoo?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Phoo; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Shargol
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kargil
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kargil
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)4 h summer · 4 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Phoo known for?

Products made here include shawl. About 56% of the 112 hectares of village land is sown, and 62 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Phoo

Of every 100 households in Phoo in 2011, 100 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Phoo · ■ Kargil rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**96%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**4%

Tap water ****40%**

**49%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**85%

Use banking services ****84%**

**87%

Television ****73%**

**47%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****8%**

**13%

None of these assets ****8%**

**13%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Phoo?

■ Phoo · ■ Kargil rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.9%**

**74.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****961**

**782

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****864**

**979

Working population ****44.8%**

**36.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.3% for men and 59.4% for women. 50% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 74 (27%) · **■** Marginal 198 (73%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Kargil

- Safi639 people
- Derchiks624 people
- Skambo623 people
- Holiyal615 people
- Mushku572 people
- Barchey555 people
- Yogmakharbu554 people
- Khachey535 people

[All 66 villages in Kargil](https://wherepedia.org/india/ladakh/kargil/kargil/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Phoo from Kargil?40 km by road
- What is the population of Phoo?610 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Phoo in?Kargil district (Kargil sub-district), Ladakh
- What is the literacy rate of Phoo?65.9% (Census 2011)