About Tiggar Village

Tiggar 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 859, made up of 397 males and 462 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,164 females per 1000 males. The village covers 820.3 hectares hectares.

Tiggar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tiggar village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Leh
Tehsil	Nubra
Area (hectares)	820.3 hectares
Population	859
Male Population	397
Female Population	462
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,164
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Tiggar compares

By the 2011 count Tiggar is the 8th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 801 residents. Its 820.3 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 Tiggar

Tiggar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Tiggar 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 Sumoor, Taksi, Tangyar and Terchey. 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 Tiggar

As per the Census of India 2011, Tiggar village had a population of 859. That makes it the 8th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 801 residents.

Tiggar village has 397 males and 462 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tiggar has about 1164 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

Tiggar covers 820.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Tiggar 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 Tiggar.

Tiggar 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.