Ladakh

Ladakh is a union territory located in the northern region of India. It was established on 31-Oct-2019. The capital of the union territory is Kargil in winter and Leh in summer. Leh is the largest city. The official languages are Hindi, English. Major rivers of Ladakh include Indus, Shyok, Zanskar.

As per Census 2011, Ladakh has a total geographical area of 59,146 square kilometres, including 59,000 square kilometres of rural area and 146 square kilometres of urban area.

Judicial matters are handled by the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. Ladakh shares borders with Jammu And Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and has an international border with China, Pakistan.

List of Districts in Ladakh

Ladakh is divided into 2 districts for administrative purposes. The following table provides the complete list of districts in Ladakh along with their headquarters and the number of tehsils in each.

Population of Ladakh

According to the 2011 Census, Ladakh had a total population of 2,74,289 people. The union territory had a sex ratio of 697 females per 1,000 males, a population density of 5 people per km², and an overall literacy rate of 74.2%. The table below provides a rural-urban comparison of these statistics.