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

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Village · Nubra, Leh 

# Skanpuk

Skanpuk is a village in Nubra sub-district of Leh district, Ladakh. The 2011 Census counted **416 people in 93 households**, the 17th largest of 28 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.1%.

- 416people (2011)
- 93households
- 63.3%literacy
- 1,112females per 1,000 males

## Skanpuk PIN code and other codes

Skanpuk falls in Nubra sub-district, Leh district, Ladakh.

- Gram panchayatN.A.
- Community development blockNubra
- Census village code000925

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

## How far is Skanpuk from nearby towns?

- Nubra (sub-district HQ)16 km by road
- Leh (district HQ)134 km by road
- Leh (nearest town)134 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 Skanpuk?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Skanpuk; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Hundar Dok
- ○Degree college10+ km · Leh
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Leh
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ 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 Skanpuk known for?

Products made here include carpet. About 38% of the 154 hectares of village land is sown, and 53 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 Skanpuk

Of every 100 households in Skanpuk in 2011, 99 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 100 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 22 a car.

■ Skanpuk · ■ Nubra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**73%

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

**94%

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

**5%

Tap water ****1%**

**32%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**2%

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

**56%

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

**43%

Use banking services ****91%**

**90%

Television ****80%**

**48%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****22%**

**13%

None of these assets ****6%**

**14%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Skanpuk?

■ Skanpuk · ■ Nubra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.3%**

**72.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1112**

**633

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1176**

**955

Working population ****61.1%**

**62.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.1% for men and 51.8% for women. 58% of men and 63% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 8 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 53 (21%) · **■** Marginal 192 (76%)

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

- Chulungkha516 people
- Lakjung514 people
- Khardong468 people
- Largiab421 people
- Udmaru378 people
- Terchey270 people
- Warisfistan258 people
- Hundri238 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Skanpuk from Leh?134 km by road
- What is the population of Skanpuk?416 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Skanpuk in?Leh district (Nubra sub-district), Ladakh
- What is the literacy rate of Skanpuk?63.3% (Census 2011)