About Purtikchy Village

Purtikchy is a mid sized village in Sanku tehsil, in the district of Kargil, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 963, made up of 472 males and 491 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,040 females per 1000 males. The village covers 271.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 194301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purtikchy Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purtikchy village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kargil
Tehsil	Sanku
Pincode	194301
Area (hectares)	271.5 hectares
Population	963
Male Population	472
Female Population	491
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,040
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Purtikchy compares

By the 2011 count Purtikchy is the 15th largest of the 36 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,126 residents. Its 271.5 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Purtikchy

Purtikchy is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Purtikchy as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Nagmakusar, Namsuru, Panikhar and Parkachik. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Purtikchy

As per the Census of India 2011, Purtikchy village had a population of 963. That makes it the 15th largest of the 36 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,126 residents.

Purtikchy village has 472 males and 491 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purtikchy has about 1040 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Purtikchy is 194301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purtikchy covers 271.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purtikchy falls under Sanku tehsil of Kargil district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The census record for Purtikchy notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Purtikchy.

Purtikchy is in Sanku tehsil of Kargil district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.