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

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Village · Zanskar, Kargil 

# Icher

Icher is a village in Zanskar sub-district of Kargil district, Ladakh. The 2011 Census counted **249 people in 43 households**, the 23rd largest of 25 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 59.7%.

- 249people (2011)
- 43households
- 63.0%literacy
- 818females per 1,000 males

## Icher PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatRuru Moony
- Community development blockZanskar
- Census village code001086

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

## How far is Icher from nearby towns?

- Zanskar (sub-district HQ)50 km by road
- Kargil (district HQ)230 km by road
- Kargil (nearest town)270 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 Icher?

14 services counted by the Census are inside Icher; 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
- ●Community health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Padam
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kargil
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kargil
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated 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 Icher known for?

The main crops are **barley and peas**. Products made here include shawl. About 100% of the 123 hectares of village land is sown, and 49 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 Icher

Of every 100 households in Icher in 2011, 5 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 7 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Icher · ■ Zanskar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****95%**

**98%

No toilet (open defecation) ****5%**

**1%

Tap water ****98%**

**59%

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

**3%

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

**26%

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

**74%

Use banking services ****40%**

**60%

Television ****2%**

**42%

Mobile phone ****7%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**6%

None of these assets ****30%**

**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 Icher?

■ Icher · ■ Zanskar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.0%**

**59.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****818**

**968

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****941**

**947

Working population ****42.6%**

**46.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.3% for men and 43.8% for women. 37% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 86 (81%) · **■** Other work 17 (16%) · **■** Marginal 3 (3%)

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

- Akshow332 people
- Ruru Moony329 people
- Techa Khasar290 people
- Hamiling266 people
- Shan Shaday244 people
- Pipcha213 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Icher from Kargil?230 km by road
- What is the population of Icher?249 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Icher in?Kargil district (Zanskar sub-district), Ladakh
- What is the literacy rate of Icher?63.0% (Census 2011)