Skip to main content

About Salapi Ruruk Village

Salapi Ruruk is a small village in Zanskar tehsil, in the district of Kargil, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 361, made up of 176 males and 185 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,051 females per 1000 males. The village covers 133.55 hectares hectares.

Salapi Ruruk Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salapi Ruruk village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Kargil
Tehsil Zanskar
Area (hectares) 133.55 hectares
Population 361
Male Population 176
Female Population 185
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,051
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Salapi Ruruk compares

By the 2011 count Salapi Ruruk is the 17th largest of the 25 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 552 residents. Its 133.55 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Salapi Ruruk

Salapi Ruruk is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Salapi Ruruk 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 Phey, Pipcha, Rantaq Shah and Remala Skyagam. 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 Salapi Ruruk

As per the Census of India 2011, Salapi Ruruk village had a population of 361. That makes it the 17th largest of the 25 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 552 residents.

Salapi Ruruk village has 176 males and 185 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salapi Ruruk has about 1051 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Salapi Ruruk covers 133.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Salapi Ruruk 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 Salapi Ruruk.

Salapi Ruruk 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 Salapi Ruruk today is likely to be higher.

Our Blogs Blogs

Explore the beauty of india and villages of india with our blog.