Shargandi observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Ladakh.
Shargandi is a village in Sankoo mandal, Kargil district, Ladakh, with a population of 283 across 33 households and a literacy rate of 53.7%. The village is located at coordinates 34.216°N, 76.153°E.
By population, Shargandi ranks #18 of 20 villages in Sankoo mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Shargandi is a village of 283 people in 33 households (Census 2011) in Sankoo tehsil, Kargil district, Ladakh, the 18th-largest of 20 villages in Sankoo tehsil. Literacy is 54%, 1 points below the tehsil average of 55% and the sex ratio is 1,112 women per 1,000 men. It lies 7 km from the Kargil district centre (straight-line distances). The pincode is 194301, served by Sankoo post office; the LGD village code is 1045. The nearest hospital or health centre is Army hospital, 38 km away. The population is estimated at 334 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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