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Kargil population.Households, literacy and work. Primary Census Abstract for this town in Jammu and Kashmir, using 2011 geography.
Historical geographic unit. Census 2011 town boundary and classification. The primary total is the single published town row. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population 16,338 people
Households 2,191 PCA households
Literacy rate 83.55% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 45.37% % of all residents
Population, children, literacy and work by sex Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Indicator · Census 2011 Total Males Females Populationpeople 16,338 10,082 6,256 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,569 788 781 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 12,340 8,627 3,713 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 83.55% 92.82% 67.82% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 8 7 1 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 11,496 5,959 5,537 Total workersCensus workers 7,413 6,135 1,278 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 45.37% 60.85% 20.43% Main workersworked at least 6 months 6,102 5,365 737 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,311 770 541 Non-workerspeople 8,925 3,947 4,978
Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.
Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract Source access notes and archived workbooks
What stands out in this profile? Census 2011 recorded 2,191 households and 16,338 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.6% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.82% for males and 67.82% for females. Of 7,413 workers, 82.31% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 62 365 Agricultural labourers 20 28 Household industry workers 10 93 Other workers 6,010 825
The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.
Source components of this town Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Published component District code Subdistrict code People Kargil (MC) 004 00013 16,338
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.