Phey Population - Kargil, Jammu and Kashmir

Phey is a medium size village located in Zanskar Tehsil of Kargil district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 84 families residing. The Phey village has population of 509 of which 246 are males while 263 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Phey village population of children with age 0-6 is 77 which makes up 15.13 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Phey village is 1069 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Phey as per census is 711, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Phey village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Phey village was 67.13 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Phey Male literacy stands at 87.06 % while female literacy rate was 49.78 %.

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

Phey Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	84	-	-
Population	509	246	263
Child (0-6)	77	45	32
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	507	245	262
Literacy	67.13 %	87.06 %	49.78 %
Total Workers	65	48	17
Main Worker	36	-	-
Marginal Worker	29	19	10

Caste Factor

In Phey village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.61 % of total population in Phey village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Phey village of Kargil.

Work Profile

In Phey village out of total population, 65 were engaged in work activities. 55.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 44.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 65 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.