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Garkone
village
Country	India
Union Territory	Ladakh
District	Sham
Tehsil	Skurbuchan
Panchayat	Garkon
Area
• Total	202.7 ha (501 acres)
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,287
• Density	634.9/km2 (1,644/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	194103
Village code	000965

Garkone (also spelled Garkon) is a village in the Sham district of the Indian union territory of Ladakh. It is located in the Skurbuchan tehsil and falls under the Garkon Gram Panchayat.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census of India, Garkone has 242 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 60.31%.

Demographics (2011 Census)

	Total	Male	Female
Population	1287	662	625
Children aged below 6 years	206	109	97
Scheduled caste	0	0	0
Scheduled tribe	1264	650	614
Literates	652	376	276
Workers (all)	257	212	45
Main workers (total)	88	75	13
Marginal workers (total)	169	137	32
Non-workers	1030	450	580

The village had a sex ratio of 944 females per 1,000 males. Children aged 0–6 years accounted for 206 residents, or approximately 16.0% of the total population. The Scheduled Tribe population was 1,264, accounting for approximately 98.2% of the total population.