Kagarko


Kagarko is a Local Government Area in Kaduna State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Kagarko.
It has an area of 1,864 km² and a population of 240,943 at the 2006 census.It comprises about eleven districts which are Shadalafiya, Katugal, Kushe, Jere, Dogon Kurmi, Kenyi, Kurmin Dangana, Kubacha,Aribi and Kagarko districts. and has ten political wards which includes Kagarko North, Kagarko South, Jere North, Jere South, Aribi, Kushe, Kukui, Iddah, Katugal and Kurmin Jibrin. The people are predominantly farmers. Koro and Hausa are two of the major tribes and Gbagyi. They are very hard working and mostly farmers, about 70% of ginger produced in Kaduna State is from Kagarko.
Kagarko consists of 1 emirate council and 2 chiefdoms headed by the Emir Of Kagarko Alh. Sa'adu Abubakar.
The postal code is 802.