Skanpuk is a village in the Nubra district of Ladakh, India. It is located in the Diskit tehsil. It is on the way to Turtuk, Nubra.
Geography Skanpuk is in the Shyok river valley, adjacent to Hundar, close to the confluence of the Nubra river with Shyok.
Skanpuk is named after the Skanpuk peak, elevation , below which the village sits. The surveyor William Johnson is said to have used the peak as a trigonometric station during his surveys.
Demographics According to the 2011 census of India, Skanpuk has 93 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 63.32%.
+ Demographics (2011 Census) Total Male Female Population 416 197 219 Children aged below 6 years 37 17 20 Scheduled caste 0 0 0 Scheduled tribe 415 197 218 Literates 240 137 103 Workers (all) 254 115 139 Main workers (total) 62 51 11 Main workers: Cultivators 8 8 0 Main workers: Agricultural labourers 1 1 0 Main workers: Household industry workers 0 0 0 Main workers: Other 53 42 11 Marginal workers (total) 192 64 128 Marginal workers: Cultivators 189 61 128 Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers 0 0 0 Marginal workers: Household industry workers 1 1 0 Marginal workers: Others 2 2 0 Non-workers 162 82 80
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