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Barsoo Population - Kargil, Jammu and Kashmir

Barsoo is a medium size village located in Sanku Tehsil of Kargil district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 181 families residing. The Barsoo village has population of 1602 of which 836 are males while 766 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Barsoo village population of children with age 0-6 is 222 which makes up 13.86 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Barsoo village is 916 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Barsoo as per census is 734, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Barsoo village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Barsoo village was 65.87 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Barsoo Male literacy stands at 74.86 % while female literacy rate was 56.40 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Barsoo 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 Barsoo village.

Barsoo Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 181 - -
Population 1,602 836 766
Child (0-6) 222 128 94
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,589 826 763
Literacy 65.87 % 74.86 % 56.40 %
Total Workers 481 354 127
Main Worker 225 - -
Marginal Worker 256 151 105

Caste Factor

In Barsoo village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.19 % of total population in Barsoo village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Barsoo village of Kargil.

Work Profile

In Barsoo village out of total population, 481 were engaged in work activities. 46.78 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.22 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 481 workers engaged in Main Work, 83 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.