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About Ating Village

Ating is a mid sized village in Zanskar tehsil, in the district of Kargil, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 605, made up of 322 males and 283 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 212.1 hectares hectares.

Ating Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ating village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Kargil
Tehsil Zanskar
Area (hectares) 212.1 hectares
Population 605
Male Population 322
Female Population 283
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 879
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ating compares

By the 2011 count Ating is the 8th largest of the 25 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 552 residents. Its 212.1 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Ating

Ating is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ating as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Abran, Akshow, Chah and Hamiling. 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.

Common questions about Ating

As per the Census of India 2011, Ating village had a population of 605. That makes it the 8th largest of the 25 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 552 residents.

Ating village has 322 males and 283 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ating has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Ating covers 212.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ating falls under Zanskar tehsil of Kargil district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The census record for Ating 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 village for Ating.

Ating is in Zanskar 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.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Ating today is likely to be higher.

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