Kochik Population - Kargil, Jammu and Kashmir

Kochik is a medium size village located in Sanku Tehsil of Kargil district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 41 families residing. The Kochik village has population of 316 of which 178 are males while 138 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kochik village population of children with age 0-6 is 57 which makes up 18.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kochik village is 775 which is lower than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Kochik as per census is 900, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Kochik village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Kochik village was 64.09 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Kochik Male literacy stands at 75.00 % while female literacy rate was 49.55 %.

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

Kochik Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	41	-	-
Population	316	178	138
Child (0-6)	57	30	27
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	163	91	72
Literacy	64.09 %	75.00 %	49.55 %
Total Workers	106	55	51
Main Worker	17	-	-
Marginal Worker	89	41	48

Caste Factor

In Kochik village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 51.58 % of total population in Kochik village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kochik village of Kargil.

Work Profile

In Kochik village out of total population, 106 were engaged in work activities. 16.04 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 83.96 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 106 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.