Goshan | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | India Ladakh#India |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Ladakh, India |
Coordinates: | 34.4°N 75.79°W[1] |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | Union Territory |
Subdivision Name1: | Ladakh |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Kargil |
Subdivision Type3: | Tehsil |
Subdivision Name3: | Drass[2] |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Total: | 1485[3] |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Title2: | Spoken |
Demographics1 Info2: | Purgi, Shina, Urdu |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 194102 |
Goshan is a village in Drass tehsil in Kargil district of the Indian union territory of Ladakh. The village is located 77 kilometres from the district headquarters Kargil.
According to the 2011 census of India, Goshan had 189 households.[4] The literacy rate of Goshan village is 76.49%. In Goshan, Male literacy stands at 85.07% while the female literacy rate was 67.13%.
Population | 1485 | 763 | 722 | |
Children aged below 6 years | 290 | 140 | 150 | |
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1476 | 758 | 718 | ||
Literacy | 76.49% | 85.07% | 67.13% | |
Workers (all) | 370 | 249 | 121 | |
Main workers (all) | 100 | – | – | |
Marginal workers (total) | 270 | 162 | 108 |
Goshan is connected by road to other places in Ladakh and India by the Srinagar–Leh Highway or the NH 1.
The nearest railway stations to Goshan are Sopore railway station and Srinagar railway station located at a distance of 178 kilometres and 185 kilometres. The nearest major railway station is Jammu Tawi railway station located at a distance of 445 kilometres.
The nearest airport is located in Kargil at a distance of 85 kilometres but it is currently non-operational. The next nearest major airports are Srinagar International Airport and Leh Airport located at a distance of 183 kilometres and 292 kilometres.