Padam Population - Kargil, Jammu and Kashmir

Padam is a medium size village located in Zanskar Tehsil of Kargil district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 261 families residing. The Padam village has population of 1538 of which 808 are males while 730 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Padam village population of children with age 0-6 is 211 which makes up 13.72 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Padam village is 903 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Padam as per census is 867, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Padam village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Padam village was 72.95 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Padam Male literacy stands at 86.62 % while female literacy rate was 57.91 %.

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

Padam Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	261	-	-
Population	1,538	808	730
Child (0-6)	211	113	98
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	1,534	805	729
Literacy	72.95 %	86.62 %	57.91 %
Total Workers	288	244	44
Main Worker	249	-	-
Marginal Worker	39	35	4

Caste Factor

In Padam village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.74 % of total population in Padam village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Padam village of Kargil.

Work Profile

In Padam village out of total population, 288 were engaged in work activities. 86.46 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.54 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 288 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.