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- LGD code
- 923
- Pincode
- 194401
- Post office
- Diskit
- Population
- 230
- Households
- 52
- Literacy rate
- 44.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1300 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 148
- Distance to district centre
- 66 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 8 km
- Distance to Leh
- 63 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 674 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Skuru compares
By population, Skuru ranks #15 of 21 villages in Diskit mandal.
Literacy rate
%
44.8%
−21.6% vs mandal average
- Skuru
- 44.8%
- Diskit mandal
- 66.4%
- Leh Ladakh district
- 70.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,300
+724 vs mandal average
- Skuru
- 1,300
- Diskit mandal
- 576
Household size
people per home
4.4
−2.5 vs mandal average
- Skuru
- 4.4
- Diskit mandal
- 6.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Skuru at a glance
Skuru is a village of 230 people in 52 households (Census 2011) in Diskit tehsil, Leh Ladakh district, Ladakh, the 15th-largest of 21 villages in Diskit tehsil. Literacy is 45%, 22 points below the tehsil average of 66% and the sex ratio is 1,300 women per 1,000 men. It lies 66 km from the Leh Ladakh district centre (straight-line distances). The pincode is 194401, served by Diskit post office; the LGD village code is 923. The population is estimated at 271 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Skuru
- LGD code
- 923
- Pincode
- 194401
- Post office
- Diskit
- Population (Census 2011)
- 230
- Population (projected 2026)
- 271
- Households
- 52
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1300
- Literacy rate
- 44.8%
- Coordinates
- 34.67198°N, 77.29375°E
- Block / Mandal
- Diskit
Getting there
How to reach Skuru
Distance to cities · straight line
- Leh63 kmcapital
- Delhi674 km
- Kolkata1723 km
- Mumbai1788 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- ATM / bankJ&K20 km
- Police stationJ&K Police-Check-Post @ North Pullu.50 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 194401
Villages near Skuru
Other villages in Diskit mandal
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
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