Tagste Population - Leh, Jammu and Kashmir

Tagste is a medium size village located in Leh Tehsil of Leh district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 126 families residing. The Tagste village has population of 681 of which 356 are males while 325 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tagste village population of children with age 0-6 is 79 which makes up 11.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tagste village is 913 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Tagste as per census is 756, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Tagste village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Tagste village was 69.93 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Tagste Male literacy stands at 83.92 % while female literacy rate was 54.98 %.

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

Tagste Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	126	-	-
Population	681	356	325
Child (0-6)	79	45	34
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	679	355	324
Literacy	69.93 %	83.92 %	54.98 %
Total Workers	400	198	202
Main Worker	191	-	-
Marginal Worker	209	75	134

Caste Factor

In Tagste village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.71 % of total population in Tagste village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Tagste village of Leh.

Work Profile

In Tagste village out of total population, 400 were engaged in work activities. 47.75 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 52.25 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 400 workers engaged in Main Work, 73 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.