Shakar, Shaker Chaktan
Shakar is a village located in the Shakar Chiktan Tehsil of Kargil district of Ladakh. The village falls in Shaker Chaktan block and comes under Shaker Halqa Panchayat.
As on May 2024, the current population of Shakar is 2.1 thousands out of which 1.1 thousands are males and rest 1 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 917 females per 1000 males. There are around 315 teenagers in Shakar. It has literacy rate of 57% which means around 1.2 thousands persons can read and write. Total 0 people belonging to scheduled caste and 2.1 thousands scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 306 households in Shakar, which means every family has 7 members on average. The village has working population of 559. The pincode of Shakar is 194109 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.
- Mulbek Sub Post office
- Bodhkharboo Branch Post office
- Karamba Branch Post office
- KHANGRAL Branch Post office
- Lochum Branch Post office
Schools
Shakar has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- Spring Dales Public School Mulbekh
- Govt, Higher Secondary School Shargole
- Upright Public School Pushkum
- Govt. Higher Secondary School, Chiktan
- Sewah Pvt School Hagnis
Banks
Shakar has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.