# Namsuru Village, Sanku, Kargil (Ladakh) – PIN Code

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Village · Sanku, Kargil 

# Namsuru

Namsuru is a village in Sanku sub-district of Kargil district, Ladakh, PIN code **194301**. The 2011 Census counted **905 people in 108 households**, the 17th largest of 36 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.0%.

- 905people (2011)
- 108households
- 48.7%literacy
- 194301PIN code

## Namsuru PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Namsuru is 194301.** Namsuru falls in Sanku sub-district, Kargil district, Ladakh.

- PIN code194301
- Gram panchayatNamsuru
- Community development blockTaifsuru
- Census village code001054

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

## How far is Namsuru from nearby towns?

- Sankoo (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Kargil (district HQ)45 km by road
- Kargil (nearest town)45 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 Namsuru?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Namsuru; 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
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Panikha
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kargil
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kargil
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated 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 Namsuru known for?

The main crops are **wheat and peas**. Products made here include shawl. About 12% of the 131 hectares of village land is sown, and 15 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 Namsuru

Of every 100 households in Namsuru in 2011, 98 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Namsuru · ■ Sanku rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**86%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**98%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**2%

Tap water ****71%**

**82%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**98%

Use banking services ****34%**

**63%

Television ****37%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**4%

None of these assets ****40%**

**38%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Namsuru?

■ Namsuru · ■ Sanku rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.7%**

**64.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****967**

**900

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1347**

**980

Working population ****26.4%**

**30.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.6% for men and 34.3% for women. 41% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 1 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 69 (29%) · **■** Marginal 165 (69%)

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

- Parkachik1,138 people
- Nagmakusar1,126 people
- Purtikchy963 people
- KarcheY Khar942 people
- Farona893 people
- Stakpa878 people
- Umba844 people
- Khows756 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Namsuru?194301
- How far is Namsuru from Kargil?45 km by road
- What is the population of Namsuru?905 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Namsuru in?Kargil district (Sanku sub-district), Ladakh
- What is the literacy rate of Namsuru?48.7% (Census 2011)