# Salapi Ruruk Village, Zanskar, Kargil (Ladakh) – PIN Code

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Village · Zanskar, Kargil 

# Salapi Ruruk

Salapi Ruruk is a village in Zanskar sub-district of Kargil district, Ladakh. The 2011 Census counted **361 people in 56 households**, the 17th largest of 25 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 59.7%.

- 361people (2011)
- 56households
- 69.1%literacy
- 1,051females per 1,000 males

## Salapi Ruruk PIN code and other codes

Salapi Ruruk falls in Zanskar sub-district, Kargil district, Ladakh.

- Gram panchayatUpti Pipiting
- Community development blockZanskar
- Census village code001077

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

## How far is Salapi Ruruk from nearby towns?

- Zanskar (sub-district HQ)21 km by road
- Kargil (district HQ)230 km by road
- Kargil (nearest town)223 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 Salapi Ruruk?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Salapi Ruruk; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 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 schoolunder 5 km · Ruk-Ruk Meror
- ○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 and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)4 h summer · 4 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 Salapi Ruruk known for?

The main crops are **peas and barley**. Products made here include shawl. About 100% of the 134 hectares of village land is sown, and 69 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 Salapi Ruruk

Of every 100 households in Salapi Ruruk in 2011, 100 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 100 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 14 a car.

■ Salapi Ruruk · ■ Zanskar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**46%

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

**98%

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

**1%

Tap water ****9%**

**59%

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

**3%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****100%**

**26%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****0%**

**74%

Use banking services ****98%**

**60%

Television ****86%**

**42%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****14%**

**6%

None of these assets ****7%**

**21%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Salapi Ruruk?

■ Salapi Ruruk · ■ Zanskar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.1%**

**59.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1051**

**968

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****875**

**947

Working population ****19.4%**

**46.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.3% for men and 56.1% for women. 34% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 3 (4%) · **■** Other work 65 (93%) · **■** Marginal 2 (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

- Chah465 people
- Testa460 people
- Kargyak429 people
- Abran418 people
- Rantaq Shah358 people
- Akshow332 people
- Ruru Moony329 people
- Techa Khasar290 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Salapi Ruruk from Kargil?230 km by road
- What is the population of Salapi Ruruk?361 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Salapi Ruruk in?Kargil district (Zanskar sub-district), Ladakh
- What is the literacy rate of Salapi Ruruk?69.1% (Census 2011)