# Testa Village, Zanskar, Kargil (Ladakh) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Zanskar, Kargil 

# Testa

Testa is a village in Zanskar sub-district of Kargil district, Ladakh. The 2011 Census counted **460 people in 71 households**, the 14th largest of 25 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 59.7%.

- 460people (2011)
- 71households
- 60.5%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Testa PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatTesta
- Community development blockLungnak
- Census village code001087

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

## How far is Testa from nearby towns?

- Zanskar (sub-district HQ)55 km by road
- Kargil (district HQ)260 km by road
- Kargil (nearest town)290 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 Testa?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn 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
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water 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 Testa known for?

The main crops are **barley and peas**. Products made here include shawl. About 100% of the 171 hectares of village land is sown, and 80 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 Testa

Of every 100 households in Testa in 2011, 4 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Testa · ■ Zanskar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**98%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**1%

Tap water ****0%**

**59%

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

**3%

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

**26%

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

**74%

Use banking services ****38%**

**60%

Television ****7%**

**42%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**6%

None of these assets ****35%**

**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 Testa?

■ Testa · ■ Zanskar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.5%**

**59.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**968

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1222**

**947

Working population ****74.1%**

**46.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.4% for men and 47.4% for women. 76% of men and 72% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 16 (5%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 20 (6%) · **■** Marginal 303 (89%)

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

- Tonrian Thagan573 people
- Phey509 people
- Lungmi Rezing478 people
- Chah465 people
- Kargyak429 people
- Abran418 people
- Salapi Ruruk361 people
- Rantaq Shah358 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Testa from Kargil?260 km by road
- What is the population of Testa?460 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Testa in?Kargil district (Zanskar sub-district), Ladakh
- What is the literacy rate of Testa?60.5% (Census 2011)