Bhimbat observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Ladakh.
Bhimbat is a village in Drass mandal, Kargil district, Ladakh. It has a population of 1,393 across 144 households with a literacy rate of 63.1%. The village is located at coordinates 34.433°N, 75.818°E.
By population, Bhimbat ranks #3 of 19 villages in Drass mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bhimbat is a village of 1,393 people in 144 households (Census 2011) in Drass tehsil, Kargil district, Ladakh, the 3rd-largest of 19 villages in Drass tehsil. Literacy is 63%, 12 points below the tehsil average of 75% and the sex ratio is 990 women per 1,000 men. It lies 43 km from the Kargil district centre (straight-line distances). The pincode is 194102, served by Drass post office; the LGD village code is 1000. The nearest hospital or health centre is Army hospital, 32 km away. The population is estimated at 1,642 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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