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

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Village · Sanku, Kargil 

# Khandi

Khandi is a village in Sanku sub-district of Kargil district, Ladakh. The 2011 Census counted **1,456 people in 197 households**, the 10th largest of 36 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.0%.

- 1,456people (2011)
- 197households
- 66.2%literacy
- 995females per 1,000 males

## Khandi PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatTaiket
- Community development blockSankoo
- Census village code001047

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

## How far is Khandi from nearby towns?

- Sankoo (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Kargil (district HQ)55 km by road
- Kargil (nearest town)67 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 Khandi?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Barso
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kargil
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kargil
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells 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 Khandi known for?

Products made here include shawl. About 45% of the 231 hectares of village land is sown, and 102 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 Khandi

Of every 100 households in Khandi in 2011, 29 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Khandi · ■ Sanku rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**86%

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

**98%

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

**2%

Tap water ****62%**

**82%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****57%**

**63%

Television ****7%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****47%**

**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 Khandi?

■ Khandi · ■ Sanku rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.2%**

**64.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****995**

**900

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1587**

**980

Working population ****31.1%**

**30.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.5% for men and 59.5% for women. 43% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 4 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 97 (21%) · **■** Marginal 351 (77%)

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

- Lankarchey2,425 people
- Gund Mangl Pur1,894 people
- Barsoo1,602 people
- Kanor1,481 people
- Yuljuk1,196 people
- Sangra1,183 people
- Parkachik1,138 people
- Nagmakusar1,126 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Khandi from Kargil?55 km by road
- What is the population of Khandi?1,456 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khandi in?Kargil district (Sanku sub-district), Ladakh
- What is the literacy rate of Khandi?66.2% (Census 2011)