Chah Population - Kargil, Jammu and Kashmir

Chah is a medium size village located in Zanskar Tehsil of Kargil district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 61 families residing. The Chah village has population of 465 of which 278 are males while 187 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chah village population of children with age 0-6 is 45 which makes up 9.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chah village is 673 which is lower than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Chah as per census is 731, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Chah village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Chah village was 62.14 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Chah Male literacy stands at 76.59 % while female literacy rate was 40.48 %.

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

Chah Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	61	-	-
Population	465	278	187
Child (0-6)	45	26	19
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	463	276	187
Literacy	62.14 %	76.59 %	40.48 %
Total Workers	181	81	100
Main Worker	179	-	-
Marginal Worker	2	2	0

Caste Factor

In Chah village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.57 % of total population in Chah village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chah village of Kargil.

Work Profile

In Chah village out of total population, 181 were engaged in work activities. 98.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 181 workers engaged in Main Work, 156 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.