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Chiktan Population - Kargil, Jammu and Kashmir

Chiktan is a medium size village located in Kargil Tehsil of Kargil district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 180 families residing. The Chiktan village has population of 1285 of which 664 are males while 621 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chiktan village population of children with age 0-6 is 198 which makes up 15.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chiktan village is 935 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Chiktan as per census is 1302, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Chiktan village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Chiktan village was 70.65 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Chiktan Male literacy stands at 81.66 % while female literacy rate was 58.15 %.

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

Chiktan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 180 - -
Population 1,285 664 621
Child (0-6) 198 86 112
Schedule Caste 1 1 0
Schedule Tribe 1,283 662 621
Literacy 70.65 % 81.66 % 58.15 %
Total Workers 650 341 309
Main Worker 228 - -
Marginal Worker 422 142 280

Caste Factor

In Chiktan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.84 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.08 % of total population in Chiktan village.

Work Profile

In Chiktan village out of total population, 650 were engaged in work activities. 35.08 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 64.92 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 650 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.