About Khardong Village

Khardong is a small village in Nubra tehsil, in the district of Leh, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 468, made up of 227 males and 241 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,062 females per 1000 males. The village covers 587.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 194401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khardong Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khardong village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Leh
Tehsil	Nubra
Pincode	194401
Area (hectares)	587.2 hectares
Population	468
Male Population	227
Female Population	241
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,062
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khardong compares

By the 2011 count Khardong is the 15th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 801 residents. Its 587.2 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Khardong

Khardong is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khardong 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 Diskit, Hundar, Hundar Dok and Hundri. 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 Khardong

As per the Census of India 2011, Khardong village had a population of 468. That makes it the 15th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 801 residents.

Khardong village has 227 males and 241 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khardong has about 1062 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Khardong is 194401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khardong covers 587.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khardong falls under Nubra tehsil of Leh district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The census record for Khardong 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 Khardong.

Khardong is in Nubra 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.