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
Kargil ( lbj, ) is a city and a joint capital of the union territory of Ladakh, India. It is also the headquarters of the Kargil district. It is the second-largest city in Ladakh after Leh. Kargil is located to the east of Srinagar in Ja ...
.
Demographics
According to the
2011 census of India
The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...
, Shargole has 75 households.
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%.
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
Sopore railway station is situated in the outskirts of Sopore town. It lies on Northern Railway Network Zone of Indian Railways. It is one of the northernmost station of Indian Railways.
Location
The station is located at Amargrah about 2 km f ...
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
Kargil ( lbj, ) is a city and a joint capital of the union territory of Ladakh, India. It is also the headquarters of the Kargil district. It is the second-largest city in Ladakh after Leh. Kargil is located to the east of Srinagar in Ja ...
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
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Ladakh
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Kargil
Kargil ( lbj, ) is a city and a joint capital of the union territory of Ladakh, India. It is also the headquarters of the Kargil district. It is the second-largest city in Ladakh after Leh. Kargil is located to the east of Srinagar in Ja ...
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Leh
Leh () ( lbj, ) is the joint capital and largest city of Ladakh, a union territory of India. Leh, located in the Leh district, was also the historical capital of the Kingdom of Ladakh, the seat of which was in the Leh Palace, the former res ...
References
{{Kargil district
Villages in Shargole tehsil