# Diskit Village, Nubra, Leh (Ladakh) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Nubra, Leh 

# Diskit

Diskit is a village in Nubra sub-district of Leh district, Ladakh, PIN code **194401**. The 2011 Census counted **1,760 people in 344 households**, the 4th largest of 28 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.1%.

- 1,760people (2011)
- 344households
- 76.6%literacy
- 194401PIN code

## Diskit PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Diskit is 194401.** Diskit falls in Nubra sub-district, Leh district, Ladakh.

- PIN code194401
- Gram panchayatN.A.
- Community development blockNubra
- Census village code000929

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

## How far is Diskit from nearby towns?

- Nubra (sub-district HQ)32 km by road
- Leh (district HQ)118 km by road
- Leh (nearest town)118 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 Diskit?

22 services counted by the Census are inside Diskit; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 4 govt · 2 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 4 govt · 2 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Community health centreIn village · 1 · 3 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Leh
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Leh
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 8 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 Diskit known for?

Products made here include carpet. About 21% of the 495 hectares of village land is sown, and 99 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 Diskit

Of every 100 households in Diskit in 2011, 99 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 96 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 17 a car.

■ Diskit · ■ Nubra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**73%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**5%

Tap water ****37%**

**32%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****96%**

**56%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****1%**

**43%

Use banking services ****96%**

**90%

Television ****79%**

**48%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****17%**

**13%

None of these assets ****8%**

**14%

Own their home ****86%**

**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 Diskit?

■ Diskit · ■ Nubra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.6%**

**72.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****905**

**633

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****814**

**955

Working population ****52.7%**

**62.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.0% for men and 66.3% for women. 58% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 378 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 509 (55%) · **■** Marginal 38 (4%)

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 Nubra

- Partap Pore3,561 people
- Turtok3,371 people
- Bogdang1,988 people
- Panamic1,478 people
- Hundar1,179 people
- Taksi886 people
- Tiggar859 people

[All 28 villages in Nubra](https://wherepedia.org/india/ladakh/leh/nubra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Diskit?194401
- How far is Diskit from Leh?118 km by road
- What is the population of Diskit?1,760 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Diskit in?Leh district (Nubra sub-district), Ladakh
- What is the literacy rate of Diskit?76.6% (Census 2011)
