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Icher Population - Kargil, Jammu and Kashmir

Icher is a medium size village located in Zanskar Tehsil of Kargil district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 43 families residing. The Icher village has population of 249 of which 137 are males while 112 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Icher village population of children with age 0-6 is 33 which makes up 13.25 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Icher village is 818 which is lower than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Icher as per census is 941, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Icher village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Icher village was 62.96 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Icher Male literacy stands at 78.33 % while female literacy rate was 43.75 %.

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

Icher Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 43 - -
Population 249 137 112
Child (0-6) 33 17 16
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 244 133 111
Literacy 62.96 % 78.33 % 43.75 %
Total Workers 106 51 55
Main Worker 103 - -
Marginal Worker 3 2 1

Caste Factor

In Icher village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.99 % of total population in Icher village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Icher village of Kargil.

Work Profile

In Icher village out of total population, 106 were engaged in work activities. 97.17 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.83 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 106 workers engaged in Main Work, 86 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.