# Akshow Village, Zanskar, Kargil (Ladakh) – PIN Code

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Village · Zanskar, Kargil 

# Akshow

Akshow is a village in Zanskar sub-district of Kargil district, Ladakh. The 2011 Census counted **332 people in 61 households**, the 19th largest of 25 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 35.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 59.7%.

- 332people (2011)
- 61households
- 35.0%literacy
- 1,037females per 1,000 males

## Akshow PIN code and other codes

Akshow falls in Zanskar sub-district, Kargil district, Ladakh.

- Gram panchayatAbran
- Community development blockZanskar
- Census village code001064

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

## How far is Akshow from nearby towns?

- Kargil (district HQ)225 km by road
- Kargil (nearest town)155 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 Akshow?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn 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 · Padom
- ○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
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water
- 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 Akshow known for?

The main crops are **barley and peas**. Products made here include shawl. About 100% of the 115 hectares of village land is sown, and 42 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 Akshow

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

■ Akshow · ■ Zanskar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**46%

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

**98%

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

**1%

Tap water ****100%**

**59%

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

**3%

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

**26%

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

**74%

Use banking services ****10%**

**60%

Television ****13%**

**42%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**6%

None of these assets ****46%**

**21%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Akshow?

■ Akshow · ■ Zanskar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****35.0%**

**59.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1037**

**968

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1091**

**947

Working population ****75.9%**

**46.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 46.1% for men and 24.1% for women. 74% of men and 78% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 7 (3%) · **■** Marginal 242 (96%)

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 Zanskar

- Kargyak429 people
- Abran418 people
- Salapi Ruruk361 people
- Rantaq Shah358 people
- Ruru Moony329 people
- Techa Khasar290 people
- Hamiling266 people
- Icher249 people

[All 25 villages in Zanskar](https://wherepedia.org/india/ladakh/kargil/zanskar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Akshow from Kargil?225 km by road
- What is the population of Akshow?332 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Akshow in?Kargil district (Zanskar sub-district), Ladakh
- What is the literacy rate of Akshow?35.0% (Census 2011)