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Tiggar Population - Leh, Jammu and Kashmir

Tiggar is a medium size village located in Nubra Tehsil of Leh district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 204 families residing. The Tiggar village has population of 859 of which 397 are males while 462 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tiggar village population of children with age 0-6 is 91 which makes up 10.59 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tiggar village is 1164 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Tiggar as per census is 820, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Tiggar village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Tiggar village was 55.08 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Tiggar Male literacy stands at 64.27 % while female literacy rate was 47.51 %.

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

Tiggar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 204 - -
Population 859 397 462
Child (0-6) 91 50 41
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 857 396 461
Literacy 55.08 % 64.27 % 47.51 %
Total Workers 444 237 207
Main Worker 172 - -
Marginal Worker 272 121 151

Caste Factor

In Tiggar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.77 % of total population in Tiggar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Tiggar village of Leh.

Work Profile

In Tiggar village out of total population, 444 were engaged in work activities. 38.74 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 61.26 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 444 workers engaged in Main Work, 77 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.