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About Sumoor Village

Sumoor is a mid sized village in Nubra tehsil, in the district of Leh, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 711, made up of 385 males and 326 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 847 females per 1000 males. The village covers 324.1 hectares hectares.

Sumoor Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sumoor village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Leh
Tehsil Nubra
Area (hectares) 324.1 hectares
Population 711
Male Population 385
Female Population 326
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 847
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sumoor compares

By the 2011 count Sumoor is the 11th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 801 residents. Its 324.1 hectares work out to about 2.2 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 987.

Getting to Sumoor

Sumoor is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sumoor 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 Largiab, Panamic, Partap Pore and Skanpuk. 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 Sumoor

As per the Census of India 2011, Sumoor village had a population of 711. That makes it the 11th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 801 residents.

Sumoor village has 385 males and 326 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sumoor has about 847 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Sumoor covers 324.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Sumoor 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 Sumoor.

Sumoor 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.

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

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