District Census Handbook, Ladakh, Parts X-A & B, Series-8
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CENSUS 1971 PARTS X-A & B I TOWN & VILLAGE DIRECTORY SERIES-8 VILLAGE & TOWNWISE JAMMU & KASHMIR PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT LADAKH DISTRICT DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK J. N. ZUTSHI of the Kashmir Administrative Service Director of Census Operations Jammu and Kashmir g ::: '" z 0 0 .., ~ I/) e Z ~ Ii . ~ ~ " l • • > l- i •o 0• i' ...0 .. ~ . ·% U ~ II.. ~ . ~ c 0 • W 0 cc: . .., o 0 o 0 ~ 0 N ~ . t- ;: U') Q tR tb • '" 0 N -0 ::? CENSUS OF INDIA 197I LIST OF PUBLICATIONS Central Government Publications-Census ofIndia 1971-Series 8-Jammu & Kashmir is being published in the following parts. Number Subject Covered Part I-A General Report Part I-B General Report Part I-C Subsidiary Tables Part II-A General Population Tables Published Part II-B Economic Tables Part II-C(i) Population by Mother Tongue, Religion, Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes. Part II-C(ii) Social & Cultural Tables & Fertility Tables Part III Establishments report & Tables Published Part IV Housing Report & Tables Published Part VI-A Town Directory Published Part VI-B Special Survey Reports on Selected Towns Part VI-C Survey Reports on Selected Villages Part VII I-A !Administration Report on ~numeration Published Part VIII-B tAdministration Report on Tabulation Part IX Census Atlas Part I X-A Administrative Atlas Miscellaneous (i) Study of Gujjars & Bakerwals (ii) Srinagar City DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOKS Part X-A Town & Village Directory Part X-B Village & Townwise Primary Census Abstract Part X-C Analytical Report, Administrative Statistics & Uistrict Census Tables tNot for Sale "'District Census Handbooks of Doda, Srinagar, Anantnag, Udhampur, Jammu, Baramula, ;R.ajauri and Punch already published. CONTENTS Page No. PREFACE. i-ii FIGURES AT A GLANCE iii ALPHABETICAL LIST OF VILLAGES v-viii PART A-TOWN AND VILLAGE DIRECTORY 1-51 General Note: Origin, Growth and Scope of District Census Handbook-Primary Census Abstract Administrative Statistics and Report . Note on Town and Village Directory: Definition of Town-Broad appraisal on Statements. 1-7 Data Content-Villages by Area-Education-Medical Facilities-Power Supply-Communica tion-Post and Telegraph Facilities-Staple Food-Land Use Pattern . 9-13 TOWN DIRECTORY-StateIllents 17-23 / STATEMENT I -Status, Growth History and Functional Category of Towns / 17 STATEMENT II-Physical Aspects and Location of Towns 1969 18 STATEMENT III-Municipal Finance, 1968-69 19 STATEMENT IV-Civic and other Amenities 1969 20 STATEMENT V-Medical, Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities in Towns, 1969 21 STATEMENT VI-Trade, Commerce, Industry and Banking, 1969 22 STATEMENT VII-Population by Religion, 1971 23 VILLAGE DIRECTORY-AIIlenities and Land Use 25-51 Tehsil Leh 25-33 Tehsil Kargil. 35-43 Tehsil Zanskar 45-47 Tehsil-wise Abstract of Amenities 50-51 PART B-VILLAGE AND TOWNWISE PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT 53-87 Brief Note on PriIllary Census Data. 55 District Abstract . 57-61 Village/Urban Block-wise PriIllary Census Abstract: Tehsil Leh 63-73 Tehsil Kargil 76-83 Tehsil Zanskar 85-87 MAPS: District Map Frontispitce Tehsil Leh Facing Page .No. 63 Tehsil Kargil . 76 " " Tehsil Zanskar 85 " " PREFACE Ladakh which extends between 32"-15' to accounting for easy flow of trade and commerce 36°-0' north latitude and 75°-15' to 80°-15' east and expanding, social contacts between the people longitude is one of the 10 constituent districts of of the district and rest of the State. Jammu & Kashmir possessing a number of features Let us see what the data collected at the 1971 which can be regarded as unique. With an area of 95,876 kms. (which includes 37.555 kms. seized Census has to reveal about some essential charac by China) it is the largest district not only of teristics of the population. Let us first examine the question of growth. The growth worked out the State but India. I t is in this part that the for the district for 1961-71 is 18.44, the highest country lifts up its neck to the towering Karakoram + in its history. The sharp increase in the growth range in the north and north-east beyond which rate is a pointer that despite the numerous lies China. To the north-west beyond the Hispar, natural restraints which stand in its way from Rakaposhi and Haramosh interwoven complex, developing a large population, the district is doing are situated various illaqas of Gilgit Agency and better in this respect than in the past. This is Skardu tehsil under the unlawful occupation of evidently due to improvement in economic condi Pakistan at present. On the western boundaries, tions and gradual change in traditional social it is separated from the rest of Jammu & Kashmir practices like polyandry etc. However, the popu by the Great Himalayas. Its southern tip touches Lahaul and Spiti in Himachal Pradesh. The lation size of the district continues to 'be the smallest among the 10 districts of the State but 'district is cut diagnally by river Indus believed is larger than four districts in the country namely to be the 9th longest river of the world. It Lahaul and Spiti (23,538), Manipur West (44,975), experiences arctic cold in winter when the tempe North Chachar Hills (76,047) and Dangas (94,185), rature falls as low as -23°C. Being located in Connected with the question of growth is sex the 'yellow belt', it receives an average rainfall ratio. The district as in 1961 has the recorded of 15" which in the case of Leh, the district highest sex ratio among all the districts of the State headquarter, however, does not exceed 5". the figure of females per 1,000 males havin~ Ladakh known as the land of Gumpas and risen from 971 in 1961 to 984 at the 1971 Census. Lamas has continued to occupy the position of In the sphere of literacy, the district has a leading centre of Bhuddist culture of the country. shown to have improved its position with the percentage of literates to total population having However, the district suffers from many natural increased to 13.50 in 1971 from 8.31 in 1961. impediments. Its huge area consists in most part In this respect it has given a better account of bare crags and granite dust with vast arid of itself than even the more advantageously table-lands of high elevation with no traces of placed district of Baramula for which only 12.57 vegetation in the upper slopes. In balance not percentage of literacy was recorded at the 1971 more than 217.3 sq. kms. are available for agri Census. cultural purposes of all kinds including grazing. Because of scanty rain-fall, even this meagre The district has only 2 towns, Leh and cultivation is dependent on natural water courses Kargil, placed in class V and class VI towns or snow-fed khuls ; essentially the few green patches respectively. Yet during the 1961-71 decade its one comes across at lower altitudes are like oases in urban component registered an increase of a desert. 112.5%, the highest urban growth registered for any district of the State. Prior to 1947, the district used to be cut off from the rest of the State and the country for As regards work participation rate, out of 7 months in a year. The journey to Leh from the district's total population of 105,001, 45,652 Srinagar would take the best part of a fortnight persons were recorded as workers. This gives and could be performed only on a mule. There out a participation rate of 43.5% which is is a fine motorable road now going up to Leh higher than the State average of only 30% and ii highest among the districts constituting the State. available to the readers comprehensive data It is worthy of note that Ladakh leads all thrown up by the last Census on essential other districts in the proportion of female characteristics of the population district by district workers (29.6%) to total population of the down to village/ward/mohalla level together with district. In the overall position, however, the information collected from administrative agencies portion of workers claimed by the category of regarding various facilities available in each 'other workers' is only 19%. But even in this such unit. regard, the district comes off with a better showing than Rajauri (18.5%) and Punch (14.5%). I am indebted to S / Shri A. M. KaUoo, Tabulation Officer, and P. K. Khosa, Statistical The publication of the present volume brings Assistant, for their assistance in compiling this to a close the first phase of our effort to make publication. Srinagar, J. N. ZUTSHI the 17th September, 1974. FIGURES AT A GLANCE Jammu & Kashmir Ladakh State District Population Total Persons 4,616,632 105,291 Males 2,458,315 53,315 Females 2,158,317 51,976 Rural Persons 3,758,411 97,382 Males 1,996,864 49,054 Females 1,761,547 48,328 Urban Persons 8,58,221 7,909 Males 4,61,451 4,261 FelDales 3,96,770 3,648 Decennial population growth rate 1961-71 29.65 18.77 Area in kmll *222,236.0 £95,876.0 Density of population per km2 N.A. N.A. Sex-Ratio (Nmnber offemaJes per 1,000 !Dales) 878 975 / / Literacy rate (0-4 age-group included) Persons 18.58 12.70 Males 26.75 22.17 Females 9.28 2.99 Percentage of urban population to total population 18.59 7.51 Percentage of workers to total population Persons 29.76 43.76 Males 52.50 57.92 Females 3.86 29.24 Break-up of workers: Percentage to total workers:- I.