Hardas

Hardas Hardass
Village
Hardas Location in Ladakh, India Hardas Hardas (India)
Coordinates: 34.60°N 76.09°E / 34.60; 76.09
Country	India
Union Territory	Ladakh
District	Kargil district
Tehsil	Kargil
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,480
Languages
• Official	Hindi, English
• Spoken	Balti
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	194103

Hardas is a village in Kargil district of the Indian union territory of Ladakh. The village is located 10 kilometres from the district and tehsil headquarters Kargil.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census of India, Hardas has 233 households. The literacy rate of Hardas was 76.24%. In Hardas, Male literacy stands at 87.86% while the female literacy rate was 64.25%.

Demographics (2011 Census)

	Total	Male	Female
Population	1480	739	741
Children aged below 6 years	247	113	134
Scheduled caste	0	0	0
Scheduled tribe	1335	674	661
Literacy	76.24%	87.86%	64.25%
Workers (all)	305	247	58
Main workers (all)	134	–	–
Marginal workers (total)	171	139	32

Transport

Road

Hardas is well-connected by road to other places in Ladakh and India by the Srinagar-Leh Highway or the NH 1.

Rail

The nearest major railway stations to Hardas is the Srinagar railway station located at a distance of 223 kilometres.

Air

The nearest airport is at Kargil located at a distance of 18 kilometres but it is currently not operational. The next nearest major airports are Srinagar International Airport and Leh Airport located at a distance of 219 kilometres and 225 kilometres.

See also

• Ladakh
• Kargil
• Hunderman