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About Khaltse Village

Khaltse is a mid sized village in Khalsi tehsil, in the district of Leh, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 767, made up of 381 males and 386 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 147.3 hectares hectares.

Khaltse Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khaltse village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Leh
Tehsil Khalsi
Area (hectares) 147.3 hectares
Population 767
Male Population 381
Female Population 386
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,013
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khaltse compares

By the 2011 count Khaltse is the 10th largest of the 23 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 743 residents. Its 147.3 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 977.

Getting to Khaltse

Khaltse is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khaltse 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 Fotoksar, Giramangu, Hanoo and Hemishok Pachan. 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 Khaltse

As per the Census of India 2011, Khaltse village had a population of 767. That makes it the 10th largest of the 23 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 743 residents.

Khaltse village has 381 males and 386 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khaltse has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 977.

Khaltse covers 147.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khaltse falls under Khalsi tehsil of Leh district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The census record for Khaltse 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 Khaltse.

Khaltse is in Khalsi tehsil of Leh 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 Khaltse today is likely to be higher.

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