Phoo Population - Kargil, Jammu and Kashmir

Phoo is a medium size village located in Kargil Tehsil of Kargil district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 76 families residing. The Phoo village has population of 610 of which 311 are males while 299 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Phoo village population of children with age 0-6 is 82 which makes up 13.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Phoo village is 961 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Phoo as per census is 864, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Phoo village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Phoo village was 65.91 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Phoo Male literacy stands at 72.28 % while female literacy rate was 59.39 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Phoo village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Phoo village.

Phoo Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	76	-	-
Population	610	311	299
Child (0-6)	82	44	38
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	609	311	298
Literacy	65.91 %	72.28 %	59.39 %
Total Workers	273	157	116
Main Worker	75	-	-
Marginal Worker	198	103	95

Caste Factor

In Phoo village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.84 % of total population in Phoo village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Phoo village of Kargil.

Work Profile

In Phoo village out of total population, 273 were engaged in work activities. 27.47 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 72.53 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 273 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.