Kharbu Population - Kargil, Jammu and Kashmir

Kharbu is a medium size village located in Kargil Tehsil of Kargil district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 145 families residing. The Kharbu village has population of 1074 of which 566 are males while 508 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kharbu village population of children with age 0-6 is 188 which makes up 17.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kharbu village is 898 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Kharbu as per census is 649, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Kharbu village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Kharbu village was 79.23 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Kharbu Male literacy stands at 93.58 % while female literacy rate was 64.29 %.

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

Kharbu Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	145	-	-
Population	1,074	566	508
Child (0-6)	188	114	74
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	1,064	559	505
Literacy	79.23 %	93.58 %	64.29 %
Total Workers	345	231	114
Main Worker	170	-	-
Marginal Worker	175	92	83

Caste Factor

In Kharbu village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.07 % of total population in Kharbu village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kharbu village of Kargil.

Work Profile

In Kharbu village out of total population, 345 were engaged in work activities. 49.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 345 workers engaged in Main Work, 20 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.