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Diskit Population - Leh, Jammu and Kashmir

Diskit is a medium size village located in Nubra Tehsil of Leh district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 344 families residing. The Diskit village has population of 1760 of which 924 are males while 836 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Diskit village population of children with age 0-6 is 185 which makes up 10.51 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Diskit village is 905 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Diskit as per census is 814, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Diskit village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Diskit village was 76.57 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Diskit Male literacy stands at 86.01 % while female literacy rate was 66.27 %.

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

Diskit Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 344 - -
Population 1,760 924 836
Child (0-6) 185 102 83
Schedule Caste 3 3 0
Schedule Tribe 1,519 737 782
Literacy 76.57 % 86.01 % 66.27 %
Total Workers 927 534 393
Main Worker 889 - -
Marginal Worker 38 25 13

Caste Factor

In Diskit village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 86.31 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.17 % of total population in Diskit village.

Work Profile

In Diskit village out of total population, 927 were engaged in work activities. 95.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 927 workers engaged in Main Work, 378 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.