Shargole

Shargole is a medium-sized village and tehsil in Kargil district of the Indian union territory of Ladakh. The village is located 30 kilometres from district headquarters Kargil.

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Tehsil and Village
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Coordinates: 34.39°N 76.30°E / 34.39; 76.30[1]
Country	India
Union Territory	Ladakh
District	Kargil
Tehsil	Shargole[2]
Population  (2011)
• Total	486[3]
Languages
• Official	Hindi, English
• Spoken	Ladakhi, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	194109

Demographics

According to the 2011 census of India, Shargole has 75 households.^[4] The literacy rate of Shargole village is 77.67%. In Shargole, Male literacy stands at 88.39% while the female literacy rate was 65.48%.

Demographics (2011 Census)

	Total	Male	Female
Population	486	263	223
Children aged below 6 years	65	39	26
Scheduled caste	0	0	0
Scheduled tribe	486	263	223
Literacy	77.67%	88.39%	65.48%
Workers (all)	215	117	98
Main workers (all)	69	–	–
Marginal workers (total)	146	54	92

Transport

Road

Shargole is connected to other places in Ladakh by the NH 1.

Rail

The nearest railway station to Shargole is Sopore railway station located at a distance of 250 kilometres. The nearest major railway station to Shargole is Jammu Tawi railway station located at a distance of 517 kilometres.

Air

The nearest airport is at Kargil located at a distance of 28 kilometres but it is currently non-operational. The next nearest major airport is Leh Airport located at a distance of 184 kilometres.

See also

• Leh