# Leh District, Ladakh – Sub-districts, Towns, Villages & Population

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District · Ladakh 

# Leh district

Leh is a district of Ladakh, the least populous of 2 districts there. At the 2011 Census it had **133,487 people** in 3 sub-districts, 3 towns and 112 villages; 34% lived in towns. The largest town is [Leh Ladakh](https://wherepedia.org/india/ladakh/leh/leh/leh-ladakh/) (30,870).

- 133,487people (2011)
- 3sub-districts
- 3towns
- 77.2%literacy

## Who lives in Leh?

Leh had **133,487 people** at the 2011 Census — 48.7% of Ladakh's population and the smallest of 2 districts of Ladakh by population. There were 690 women for every 1,000 men (below the Ladakh figure of 750; the lowest of 2 districts of Ladakh). Among children under 7 the ratio was 946 girls per 1,000 boys (the Ladakh figure is 966). An average household had 6.1 people, against 6.8 across Ladakh.

## How literate is Leh?

77.2% of people aged 7 and over could read and write in 2011 (above Ladakh's 74.3%), the highest of 2 districts of Ladakh. Men were at 86.3% and women at 63.6% — a gap of 22.8 points (it is 25.0 points across Ladakh). Among its sub-districts, literacy is highest in [Leh](https://wherepedia.org/india/ladakh/leh/leh/) (79.9%) and lowest in [Khalsi](https://wherepedia.org/india/ladakh/leh/khalsi/) (68.8%).

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What do people in Leh do for a living?

56.2% of people worked in 2011 (women: 40.0%). Of all workers, 15% farmed their own land, 1% were farm labourers, 1% worked in household industry and 60% in other work such as services, trade and factories; 24% were marginal workers with less than six months' work. Farming employs 16% of workers here, against 11% across Ladakh. The most farm-dependent of its sub-districts is [Khalsi](https://wherepedia.org/india/ladakh/leh/khalsi/) (32% of workers in farming) and the least is [Leh](https://wherepedia.org/india/ladakh/leh/leh/) (13% of workers in farming).

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**■** Cultivators 15 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 60 (60%) · **■** Marginal 24 (24%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Cities and towns of Leh

34.2% of people lived in towns and cities (above Ladakh's 22.6%), the most urban of 2 districts of Ladakh. The Census counted 3 towns: 1 statutory towns with a municipality and 2 census towns — places urban in character but still governed as villages. The largest is [Leh Ladakh](https://wherepedia.org/india/ladakh/leh/leh/leh-ladakh/) with 30,870 people, home to 68% of the urban population.

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Villages of Leh

Leh had 112 census villages, 111 of them inhabited. The average inhabited village had 791 people; 1 villages had 5,000 people or more. The largest: [Chemrey](https://wherepedia.org/india/ladakh/leh/leh/chemrey/) (6,222), [Partap Pore](https://wherepedia.org/india/ladakh/leh/nubra/partap-pore/) (3,561), [Turtok](https://wherepedia.org/india/ladakh/leh/nubra/turtok/) (3,371), [Shey](https://wherepedia.org/india/ladakh/leh/leh/shey/) (2,238) and [Thiksey](https://wherepedia.org/india/ladakh/leh/leh/thiksey/) (2,237).

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Leh district in history

The 11th edition of the *Encyclopaedia Britannica* (1911) described Leh district as follows. Its wording reflects its time; spellings are as printed.

> LEH, the capital of Ladakh, India, situated 4 m. from the right bank of the upper Indus 11,500 ft. above the sea, 243 m. from Srinagar and 482 m. from Yarkand. It is the great emporium of the trade which passes between India, Chinese Turkestan and Tibet. Here meet the routes leading from the central Asian khanates, Kashgar, Yarkand, Khotan and Lhasa. The two chief roads from Leh to India pass via Srinagar and through the Kulu valley respectively. Under a commercial treaty with the maharaja of Kashmir, a British officer is deputed to Leh to regulate and control the traders and the traffic, conjointly with the governor appointed by the Kashmir state. Lying upon the western border of Tibet, Leh has formed the starting-point of many an adventurous journey into that country, the best-known route being that called the Janglam, the great trade route to Lhasa and China, passing by the Manasarowar lakes and the Mariam La pass into the valley of the Tsanpo. A Moravian mission has long been established here, with an efficient little hospital. There is also a meteorological observatory, the most elevated in Asia, where the average mean temperature ranges from 19.3° in January to 64.4° in July. The annual rainfall is only 3 in.

Source: [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th edition (1911) — public domain; transcription via Wikisource](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica).

Boundaries in 1901 may differ from today's; sentences describing castes or communities are omitted.

## Population of Leh compared with Ladakh

■ Leh · ■ Ladakh

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.2%**

**74.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****690**

**750

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****946**

**966

Working population ****56.2%**

**46.3%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Leh

Of every 100 households in Leh in 2011, 83 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 66 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 21 a car.

■ Leh · ■ 

Electricity for lighting ****83%**

Toilet within the home ****90%**

No toilet (open defecation) ****9%**

Tap water ****30%**

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****66%**

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****32%**

Use banking services ****87%**

Television ****65%**

Mobile phone ****54%**

Computer with internet ****3%**

Two-wheeler ****6%**

Car / jeep / van ****21%**

None of these assets ****10%**

Own their home ****93%**

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Sub-districts of Leh

Sub-district People Villages Towns 

[Leh](https://wherepedia.org/india/ladakh/leh/leh/) 93,961 61 3 

[Nubra](https://wherepedia.org/india/ladakh/leh/nubra/) 22,433 28 0 

[Khalsi](https://wherepedia.org/india/ladakh/leh/khalsi/) 17,093 23 0 

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Cities and towns in Leh

- Leh Ladakh · 30,870
- Chuglamsar · 10,754
- Spituk · 4,047

## Largest villages in Leh

- Chemrey · 6,222
- Partap Pore · 3,561
- Turtok · 3,371
- Shey · 2,238
- Thiksey · 2,237
- Chuchat Yakma · 2,162
- Fiang · 2,036
- Bogdang · 1,988
- Skur Buchan · 1,932
- Anlay · 1,879
- Chuchoot Gongma · 1,836
- Diskit · 1,760
- Sakti · 1,718
- Chuchot Shama · 1,567
- Temisgam · 1,517
- Panamic · 1,478
- Stok · 1,471
- Karzok · 1,291
- Tia · 1,273
- Saboo · 1,233

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Quick answers

- How many sub-districts are in Leh?3: Leh, Nubra, Khalsi
- What is the population of Leh district?133,487 (Census 2011)
- Which is the largest town in Leh?Leh Ladakh