# Rantaq Shah Village, Zanskar, Kargil (Ladakh) – PIN Code

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Village · Zanskar, Kargil 

# Rantaq Shah

Rantaq Shah is a village in Zanskar sub-district of Kargil district, Ladakh. The 2011 Census counted **358 people in 57 households**, the 18th largest of 25 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 59.7%.

- 358people (2011)
- 57households
- 53.0%literacy
- 1,011females per 1,000 males

## Rantaq Shah PIN code and other codes

Rantaq Shah falls in Zanskar sub-district, Kargil district, Ladakh.

- Gram panchayatPhey
- Community development blockZanskar
- Census village code001070

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

## How far is Rantaq Shah from nearby towns?

- Zanskar (sub-district HQ)30 km by road
- Kargil (district HQ)235 km by road
- Kargil (nearest town)253 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 Rantaq Shah?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Rantaq Shah; 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
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private 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 · Kargil
- ○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 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 Rantaq Shah known for?

The main crops are **peas**. Products made here include shawl. About 100% of the 91 hectares of village land is sown, and 63 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 Rantaq Shah

Of every 100 households in Rantaq Shah in 2011, 5 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Rantaq Shah · ■ Zanskar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**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 ****2%**

**26%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**74%

Use banking services ****59%**

**60%

Television ****11%**

**42%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**3%

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

**6%

None of these assets ****54%**

**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 Rantaq Shah?

■ Rantaq Shah · ■ Zanskar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.0%**

**59.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1011**

**968

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1069**

**947

Working population ****69.8%**

**46.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.1% for men and 38.9% for women. 69% of men and 71% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 78 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 57 (23%) · **■** Household industry 5 (2%) · **■** Other work 22 (9%) · **■** Marginal 88 (35%)

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

- Testa460 people
- Kargyak429 people
- Abran418 people
- Salapi Ruruk361 people
- Akshow332 people
- Ruru Moony329 people
- Techa Khasar290 people
- Hamiling266 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Rantaq Shah from Kargil?235 km by road
- What is the population of Rantaq Shah?358 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rantaq Shah in?Kargil district (Zanskar sub-district), Ladakh
- What is the literacy rate of Rantaq Shah?53.0% (Census 2011)