City profile · India · Asia
Kargil
Ladakh · India
City population
16,338
#3,508
in India
#3
in Ladakh
#29,549
worldwide
34.558, 76.126 · 668 km from New Delhi
About Kargil
Kargil is a city in Ladakh, India with a population of 16,338. It is the 3,508th largest of the 3,732 cities of 15,000 or more listed in India, and the 29,549th largest worldwide. It lies 668 km from New Delhi.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Ladakh
Rank in region
#3of 3
Coordinates
34.558, 76.126
Record updated
24 May 2025
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 3,732 in IndiaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.