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

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Village · Nubra, Leh 

# Turtok

Turtok is a village in Nubra sub-district of Leh district, Ladakh, PIN code **194401**. The 2011 Census counted **3,371 people in 384 households**, the 2nd largest of 28 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.1%.

- 3,371people (2011)
- 384households
- 82.5%literacy
- 194401PIN code

## Turtok PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code194401
- Gram panchayatN.A.
- Community development blockNubra
- Census village code000913

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

## How far is Turtok from nearby towns?

- Nubra (sub-district HQ)93 km by road
- Leh (district HQ)211 km by road
- Leh (nearest town)220 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 Turtok?

16 services counted by the Census are inside Turtok; 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 · 2 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn 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

- ○Degree college10+ km · Leh
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Leh
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ 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, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- 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.

## Homes and amenities in Turtok

Of every 100 households in Turtok in 2011, 98 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 93 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Turtok · ■ Nubra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**73%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**5%

Tap water ****100%**

**32%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****93%**

**56%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****6%**

**43%

Use banking services ****87%**

**90%

Television ****34%**

**48%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**13%

None of these assets ****24%**

**14%

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 Turtok?

■ Turtok · ■ Nubra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.5%**

**72.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****388**

**633

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1227**

**955

Working population ****67.5%**

**62.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.0% for men and 51.0% for women. 80% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 371 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (0%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 1,673 (74%) · **■** Marginal 227 (10%)

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
- Bogdang1,988 people
- Diskit1,760 people
- Panamic1,478 people
- Hundar1,179 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Turtok?194401
- How far is Turtok from Leh?211 km by road
- What is the population of Turtok?3,371 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Turtok in?Leh district (Nubra sub-district), Ladakh
- What is the literacy rate of Turtok?82.5% (Census 2011)