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Garkon Population - Kargil, Jammu and Kashmir

Garkon is a medium size village located in Kargil Tehsil of Kargil district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 242 families residing. The Garkon village has population of 1287 of which 662 are males while 625 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Garkon village population of children with age 0-6 is 206 which makes up 16.01 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Garkon village is 944 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Garkon as per census is 890, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Garkon village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Garkon village was 60.31 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Garkon Male literacy stands at 67.99 % while female literacy rate was 52.27 %.

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

Garkon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 242 - -
Population 1,287 662 625
Child (0-6) 206 109 97
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,264 650 614
Literacy 60.31 % 67.99 % 52.27 %
Total Workers 257 212 45
Main Worker 88 - -
Marginal Worker 169 137 32

Caste Factor

In Garkon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.21 % of total population in Garkon village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Garkon village of Kargil.

Work Profile

In Garkon village out of total population, 257 were engaged in work activities. 34.24 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 65.76 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 257 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.