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Turtok Population - Leh, Jammu and Kashmir

Turtok is a large village located in Nubra Tehsil of Leh district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 384 families residing. The Turtok village has population of 3371 of which 2429 are males while 942 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Turtok village population of children with age 0-6 is 343 which makes up 10.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Turtok village is 388 which is lower than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Turtok as per census is 1227, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Turtok village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Turtok village was 82.53 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Turtok Male literacy stands at 92.97 % while female literacy rate was 51.00 %.

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

Turtok Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 384 - -
Population 3,371 2,429 942
Child (0-6) 343 154 189
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,766 839 927
Literacy 82.53 % 92.97 % 51.00 %
Total Workers 2,274 1,953 321
Main Worker 2,047 - -
Marginal Worker 227 113 114

Caste Factor

In Turtok village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 52.39 % of total population in Turtok village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Turtok village of Leh.

Work Profile

In Turtok village out of total population, 2274 were engaged in work activities. 90.02 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.98 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2274 workers engaged in Main Work, 371 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.