Kargyam Population - Leh, Jammu and Kashmir

Kargyam is a medium size village located in Leh Tehsil of Leh district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 106 families residing. The Kargyam village has population of 564 of which 279 are males while 285 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kargyam village population of children with age 0-6 is 87 which makes up 15.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kargyam village is 1022 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Kargyam as per census is 1071, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Kargyam village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Kargyam village was 59.12 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Kargyam Male literacy stands at 71.31 % while female literacy rate was 47.08 %.

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

Kargyam Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	106	-	-
Population	564	279	285
Child (0-6)	87	42	45
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	468	232	236
Literacy	59.12 %	71.31 %	47.08 %
Total Workers	294	142	152
Main Worker	213	-	-
Marginal Worker	81	21	60

Caste Factor

In Kargyam village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 82.98 % of total population in Kargyam village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kargyam village of Leh.

Work Profile

In Kargyam village out of total population, 294 were engaged in work activities. 72.45 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.55 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 294 workers engaged in Main Work, 30 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 11 were Agricultural labourer.