p THE ADMINISTRATION OF UNION TERRITORY OF LADAKH. LADAKH AUTONOMOUS HILL DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, LAHDC LEH. Village Amenity Directory 2018-19 Series-20 District Statistics & Evaluation Office, Leh. Directorate of Economics & Statistics. Planning Development & Monitoring Department. MESSAGE It is heartening to know that the District Statistics and Evaluation Agency Leh is publishing its Annual Publication viz, Village Amenity Directory of District Leh for the Year 2018-19, which is 20th in the series. The publication presents the latest Block wise and Village wise population, household, area and basic amenities available in each village of the District. I hope the publication will be of immense use to the planner, researchers and all other alike and I extend my best wishes to the District Statistics and Evaluation Officer, Leh and his staff who were associated in bringing out this useful Publication. (Gyal P Wangail) (Chairperson/Chief Executive Councillor) LAHDC, Leh MESSAGE I am glad to learn that the District Statistics and Evaluation Agency Leh is publishing its Annual Publication viz, Village Amenity Directory of District Leh for the Year 2018-19 which is 20th in the series. The publication presents the Block wise and Village wise population, area and basic amenities available in each village of the District. I hope the publication will be of immense use to the planner, researchers and all other alike and I extend my best wishes to the District Statistics and Evaluation Officer, Leh and his staff who were associated in bringing out this broad based Annual Publication. FOREWORD Availability of reliable and accurate data forms the basis for proper monitoring and evaluation of socio economic policies and development programs. New challenges are countenanced on the data front. Therefore, strengthening of data collection mechanism at various levels become highly imperative. The enactment of the “Collection of Statistics Act, 2010” has made it obligatory on the part of data source agencies to provide requisite data to the Directorate of Economics and Statistics and its field agencies on demand. The Directorate of Economics & Statistics and its field agencies (District Statistical Agencies) are charged with the responsibility of collecting, compiling, analyzing and disseminating data in the shape of various publications/reports. Constituency-wise Village Amenity Directory is one of the premier District level publications of Directorate of Economics & Statistics. The publication provides insight of key parameters relating to socio-economic & demographic profile of the district with village wise details. District Statistical Agency, Leh is publishing its 20th edition of the aforesaid publication for the year 2018-19. I place on record my appreciation for the co-operation extended by the district level officers for providing the requisite information to the District Statistics & Evaluation Officer, Leh in time. It is hoped that this publication will meet data requirements of its users in general and that of the planners, administrators and researchers etc. in particular. The efforts put in by District Statistics &Evaluation Officer, Leh and the staff associated, in bringing out this publication in its present form are highly commendable. Suggestions for further improvement in the quality, coverage and content of the publication are welcome. (A.K Gandotra) Director General Economics and Statistics Jammu & Kashmir. FOREWORD The present issue of Village Amenity Directory of District Leh for the year 2018-19 is 20th in the series. The booklet gives a handy and factual account of various Amenities in the Villages. The District Statistics and Evaluation cell has rendered a very useful service in the collection, compilation and editing of important data. The compilation of Village Amenity Directory by the District Statistical Agency Leh is a laudable effort. I have no doubt that it will serve as a useful reference book of basic statistics at District, Block and Village level. I hope the publication will be of immense use to planners, researchers and all other users and I compliment the District Statistics & Evaluation Officer, Leh and his staff who were associated in bringing out this booklet. (Sachin Kumar Vaishya)IAS Deputy Commissioner/CEO, LAHDC, Leh PREFACE The District Statistical and Evaluation Agency is bringing out its 20th series Annual Publication titled “Village Amenity Directory” for the year 2018-19. The purpose of this booklet is to reflect block wise basic amenities available in each village and Town of Leh District and on this basis policy formulation and programme implementation could make easier for policy makers. I am very optimistic that this Village Amenity Directory will be useful for planners, researchers, stakeholders and all other users and I also hope that it will be helpful for others Departments of this district to frame a good policies at the grass root levels. I am also very thankful to my wonderful team to put their best effort for collecting and compiling the necessary data for the publication and making it available on the website launched by District Statistics & Evaluation Office, Leh with the domain www.dseoleh.in and also thankful to the NIELET Leh team for their coordination and cooperation. The suggestion for further improvement in the future issues of the publication shall be highly acknowledged. (Tsewang Norboo) District statistics & Evaluation officer, Leh. Index S. No Contents Page No 1 District Profile I 2 Block wise abstract II 3 Block wise list of the villages with Hemlets III - IV 4 Abstract of Rural Urban & (0-6 Yrs) Pop.as per Census 2011 V 5 Leh Block 1 - 4 6 Chuchot Block 5 - 8 7 Khaltsi Block 9 - 12 8 Saspol Block 13 - 16 9 Diskit Block 17 - 20 10 Panamik Block 21 - 24 11 Nyoma Block 25 - 28 12 Durbuk Block 29 - 32 13 Kharu Block 33 - 36 14 Nimmo Block 37 - 40 15 Thiksay Block 41 - 44 16 Skurbuchan Block 45 - 48 17 Singaylalok Block HQ at Wanla 49 - 52 18 Turtuk Block 53 - 56 19 Rong Block HQ at Chumathang 57 - 60 20 Rupsho Block HQ at Puga 61 - 64 21 Leh Town 65 - 68 District Leh Leh with an area of 45110 Sq. Kms which probably makes it the second largest district in the country in terms of area, is one of the coldest and most elevated inhabited region of the world having 112 inhabited villages and one uninhabited village with an altitude ranging from 2900 to 5900 meters. The district is located in the Eastern portion on Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir State, bordered by Chinese sinking in the north, Tibet in the East and Lahul Spiti area of Himachal Pradesh in the South, along with the other district of the Ladakh region of Kargil. The district Leh form the northern tip of the Indian sub continent. The whole of the district is mountainous region with three parallel ranges of the Himalayas, the Zanskar, the Ladakh and the Karakoram ranges. Between these ranges the Shayok, Indus and Zanskar rivers flow and most of the population lives in the valleys of these rivers. With the creation of 7 new blocks in 2014, Leh is now consisting of 16 blocks namely, Leh ,Khaltsi, Kharu, Nyoma, Durbuk, Panamic, Chuchot,Saspol, Disket and newly created blocks of Nimmo, Thiksay, Skurbuchan,Singaylalok(Wanla), Turtuk, Rong Chumathang & Rupsho Puga. Leh is the District Headquarter. There are 8 Tehsils in the District i.e, Leh, Khaltse, Sumur, Nyoma, Durbuk, Kharu, Deskit and Saspol. The District has extremely cold climate. Due to its location and high altitude, the entire block remains cool throughout the year. The winters are always severe and make the region inaccessible, as road link from Srinagar as well as Himachal Pradesh remain closed due to closure of Zojila and Rohtang Passes due to heavy snowfall. Besides the temperature falls as low as (-30) degree Celsius at several places. The rainfall is scanty and negligible, this attributes towards making the district a cold desert. However, on an average 225 days annually remain sunny in the district. As per 2011 census, the population of Leh district is 133487 souls comprising 12016 souls (0-6 yrs). The density of population is 3 person per Sq Km. Leh is one of the places where population density is lowest on the inhabited parts of the earth. The main occupation engaging the working force is cultivation, Agriculture labour, household industry and other works. Sex ratio is 690 females per 1000 males. Literacy rate of Leh is 77% (Males 86% and female 64%) & Sex ratio is 690 females per 1000Males. The Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh has emerged on September 1995 as the main development agency of the District. Block-wise abstract of Leh District As per Census 2011 No of Population No. of literates Name of the No. Of No. of S.No. Panchayat Sex Literacy Blocks/Ward Villages House halqa ratio %age / Ward holds Sch. Sch. Male Female Total Male Female Total caste Tribe 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 1 Leh 7 5 3295 712 10748 7653 18401 358 9184 8457 4718 13175 78.68% 2 Chuchot 9 6 1759 1062 4150 4406 8556 4 8400 3182 2724 5906 77.85% 3 Khaltsi 6 9 995 1035 3004 3110 6114 4 5942 2147 1843 3990 73.01% 4 Saspol 4 6 610 867 1928 1671 3599 0 3326 1413 980 2393 73.90% 5 Diskit 9 17 1715 597 6513 3891 10404 14 7170 5157 1794 6951 72.50% 6 Panamik 6 6 1065 790 2885 2280 5165 0 4357 2060 1036 3096 66.03% 7 Nyoma 4 5 846 1120 1907 2136 4043 5 2535 1144 921 2065 58.35% 8 Durbuk 7 6 858 1004 2450 2461 4911 0 4794 1701 1165 2866 66.19% 9 Kharu 7 15 1599 466 8419 3924 12343 1 7724 7198 1975 9173 79.41% 10 Nimmo 6 9 888 1002 2518 2524 5042 0 4931 1733