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Saleskot Population - Kargil, Jammu and Kashmir

Saleskot is a large village located in Sanku Tehsil of Kargil district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 336 families residing. The Saleskot village has population of 3605 of which 2443 are males while 1162 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Saleskot village population of children with age 0-6 is 370 which makes up 10.26 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Saleskot village is 476 which is lower than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Saleskot as per census is 859, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Saleskot village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Saleskot village was 78.58 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Saleskot Male literacy stands at 90.33 % while female literacy rate was 51.97 %.

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

Saleskot Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 336 - -
Population 3,605 2,443 1,162
Child (0-6) 370 199 171
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 2,355 1,244 1,111
Literacy 78.58 % 90.33 % 51.97 %
Total Workers 1,694 1,621 73
Main Worker 1,367 - -
Marginal Worker 327 303 24

Caste Factor

In Saleskot village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 65.33 % of total population in Saleskot village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Saleskot village of Kargil.

Work Profile

In Saleskot village out of total population, 1694 were engaged in work activities. 80.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1694 workers engaged in Main Work, 16 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.