# Toumel Village, Kargil, Kargil (Ladakh) – PIN Code

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Village · Kargil, Kargil 

# Toumel

Toumel is a village in Kargil sub-district of Kargil district, Ladakh. The 2011 Census counted **1,084 people in 141 households**, the 22nd largest of 64 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.8%.

- 1,084people (2011)
- 141households
- 69.3%literacy
- 1,041females per 1,000 males

## Toumel PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatToumel
- Community development blockKargil
- Census village code000971

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

## How far is Toumel from nearby towns?

- Kargil (sub-district HQ)18 km by road
- Kargil (district HQ)18 km by road
- Kargil (nearest town)23 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 Toumel?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Toumel; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Kargil
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kargil
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, hand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 7 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 Toumel known for?

Products made here include carpet. About 58% of the 81 hectares of village land is sown, and 43 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 Toumel

Of every 100 households in Toumel in 2011, 100 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 31 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 10 a car.

■ Toumel · ■ Kargil rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**96%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**49%

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

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****31%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****69%**

**85%

Use banking services ****63%**

**87%

Television ****30%**

**47%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****10%**

**13%

None of these assets ****12%**

**13%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Toumel?

■ Toumel · ■ Kargil rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.3%**

**74.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1041**

**782

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1129**

**979

Working population ****21.5%**

**36.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.1% for men and 60.8% for women. 40% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 2 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 118 (51%) · **■** Marginal 111 (48%)

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

- Garkon1,287 people
- Chiktan1,285 people
- Apati1,245 people
- Tronjen1,094 people
- Kharbu1,074 people
- Shilikchey1,006 people
- Chuliskambo982 people
- Bodhkharbu970 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Toumel from Kargil?18 km by road
- What is the population of Toumel?1,084 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Toumel in?Kargil district (Kargil sub-district), Ladakh
- What is the literacy rate of Toumel?69.3% (Census 2011)