Kargil is one of 22 districts located in northern Indian state Jammu & Kashmir. There are total 9 blocks which comes under Kargil district, and there are total 127 villages which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Kargil district is 4 and number of houses in this district is 16147.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 124464. Out of total 124464, male population count is 67703, where as female population count is 56761 in Kargil.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 18359 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 18359 children 9290 are boys and 9069 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Kargil district is 59%. 73896 out of total 124464 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 70% and 47674 males are literate out of total 67703 male population, where as female literacy rate is 53% and 26222 out of total 56761 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Kargil district is 40%. 50568 out of total 124464 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 29% and 20029 males are illiterate out of total 67703 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 53% and 30539 out of total 56761 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Kargil district is 44460 and non-working population is 80004 and out of 44460 working population 1772 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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