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Dah Population - Leh, Jammu and Kashmir

Dah is a medium size village located in Khalsi Tehsil of Leh district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 103 families residing. The Dah village has population of 609 of which 324 are males while 285 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dah village population of children with age 0-6 is 95 which makes up 15.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dah village is 880 which is lower than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Dah as per census is 532, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Dah village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Dah village was 58.95 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Dah Male literacy stands at 67.18 % while female literacy rate was 50.40 %.

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

Dah Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 103 - -
Population 609 324 285
Child (0-6) 95 62 33
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 607 323 284
Literacy 58.95 % 67.18 % 50.40 %
Total Workers 312 160 152
Main Worker 183 - -
Marginal Worker 129 8 121

Caste Factor

In Dah village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.67 % of total population in Dah village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dah village of Leh.

Work Profile

In Dah village out of total population, 312 were engaged in work activities. 58.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 41.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 312 workers engaged in Main Work, 135 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.