About Rantaq Shah Village

Rantaq Shah is a small village in Zanskar tehsil, in the district of Kargil, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 358, made up of 178 males and 180 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 91 hectares hectares.

Rantaq Shah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rantaq Shah village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kargil
Tehsil	Zanskar
Area (hectares)	91 hectares
Population	358
Male Population	178
Female Population	180
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,011
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rantaq Shah compares

By the 2011 count Rantaq Shah is the 18th largest of the 25 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 552 residents. Its 91 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Rantaq Shah

Rantaq Shah is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Rantaq Shah as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Karshah, Lungmi Rezing, Padam and Phey. 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 Rantaq Shah

As per the Census of India 2011, Rantaq Shah village had a population of 358. That makes it the 18th largest of the 25 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 552 residents.

Rantaq Shah village has 178 males and 180 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rantaq Shah has about 1011 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 975.

Rantaq Shah covers 91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

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

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

Rantaq Shah 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.