Phoo observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Ladakh.
Phoo is a village in Shergole mandal, Kargil district, Ladakh, with a population of 610 across 76 households. The village has a literacy rate of 57% and is located at coordinates 34.460°N, 76.263°E.
By population, Phoo ranks #4 of 14 villages in Shergole mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Phoo is a village of 610 people in 76 households (Census 2011) in Shergole tehsil, Kargil district, Ladakh, the 4th-largest of 14 villages in Shergole tehsil. Literacy is 57%, 6 points below the tehsil average of 63% and the sex ratio is 961 women per 1,000 men. It lies 25 km from the Kargil district centre (straight-line distances). The pincode is 194109, served by Mulbek post office; the LGD village code is 1015. The nearest hospital or health centre is Army hospital, 16 km away. The population is estimated at 719 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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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