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Shakar Population - Kargil, Jammu and Kashmir

Shakar is a medium size village located in Kargil Tehsil of Kargil district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 277 families residing. The Shakar village has population of 1922 of which 1003 are males while 919 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shakar village population of children with age 0-6 is 315 which makes up 16.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shakar village is 916 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Shakar as per census is 1059, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Shakar village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Shakar village was 68.26 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Shakar Male literacy stands at 83.29 % while female literacy rate was 51.39 %.

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

Shakar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 277 - -
Population 1,922 1,003 919
Child (0-6) 315 153 162
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,878 980 898
Literacy 68.26 % 83.29 % 51.39 %
Total Workers 506 389 117
Main Worker 231 - -
Marginal Worker 275 187 88

Caste Factor

In Shakar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.71 % of total population in Shakar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Shakar village of Kargil.

Work Profile

In Shakar village out of total population, 506 were engaged in work activities. 45.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 506 workers engaged in Main Work, 9 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 11 were Agricultural labourer.