Chokial Population - Kargil, Jammu and Kashmir

Chokial is a medium size village located in Kargil Tehsil of Kargil district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 118 families residing. The Chokial village has population of 965 of which 493 are males while 472 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chokial village population of children with age 0-6 is 161 which makes up 16.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chokial village is 957 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Chokial as per census is 894, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Chokial village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Chokial village was 78.11 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Chokial Male literacy stands at 85.54 % while female literacy rate was 70.45 %.

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

Chokial Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	118	-	-
Population	965	493	472
Child (0-6)	161	85	76
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	959	490	469
Literacy	78.11 %	85.54 %	70.45 %
Total Workers	195	154	41
Main Worker	131	-	-
Marginal Worker	64	58	6

Caste Factor

In Chokial village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.38 % of total population in Chokial village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chokial village of Kargil.

Work Profile

In Chokial village out of total population, 195 were engaged in work activities. 67.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 195 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.