# Kargi Village, Sanku, Kargil (Ladakh) – PIN Code & Facilities

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Village · Sanku, Kargil 

# Kargi

Kargi is a village in Sanku sub-district of Kargil district, Ladakh. The 2011 Census counted **566 people in 83 households**, the 25th largest of 36 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.0%.

- 566people (2011)
- 83households
- 67.4%literacy
- 919females per 1,000 males

## Kargi PIN code and other codes

Kargi falls in Sanku sub-district, Kargil district, Ladakh.

- Gram panchayatTai Suru
- Community development blockTaifsuru
- Census village code001052

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

## How far is Kargi from nearby towns?

- Sankoo (sub-district HQ)21 km by road
- Kargil (district HQ)62 km by road
- Kargil (nearest town)63 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 Kargi?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Kargi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt · 1 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public 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 · Panikhoo
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kargil
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kargil
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post office10+ 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)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 Kargi known for?

The main crops are **wheat and grains**. Products made here include shawl. About 62% of the 68 hectares of village land is sown, and 41 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 Kargi

Of every 100 households in Kargi in 2011, 100 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kargi · ■ Sanku rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**86%

Toilet within the home ****93%**

**98%

No toilet (open defecation) ****7%**

**2%

Tap water ****71%**

**82%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**98%

Use banking services ****70%**

**63%

Television ****21%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**4%

None of these assets ****52%**

**38%

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 Kargi?

■ Kargi · ■ Sanku rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.4%**

**64.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****919**

**900

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1237**

**980

Working population ****31.6%**

**30.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.3% for men and 49.1% for women. 48% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 2 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 56 (31%) · **■** Marginal 120 (67%)

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 Sanku

- Khows756 people
- Tangol694 people
- Barto679 people
- Tai Suru589 people
- Pranti518 people
- Achambur470 people
- Chosker Suru431 people
- Thuls Pursa420 people

[All 36 villages in Sanku](https://wherepedia.org/india/ladakh/kargil/sanku/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kargi from Kargil?62 km by road
- What is the population of Kargi?566 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kargi in?Kargil district (Sanku sub-district), Ladakh
- What is the literacy rate of Kargi?67.4% (Census 2011)