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About 84% of Ladakh's population lives in villages. ... [111] [112] In 2024, 5 new districts were created. Currently Buddhism is the majority faith in five of the ...
The Indian union territory of Ladakh consists of two districts, with the intention to create 5 new districts announced on 26th August 2024 [1]. Each district elects an autonomous district council . Until 31 October 2019, the districts of Kargil and Leh were part of the former state of Jammu and Kashmir .
Ladakh is the only Lok Sabha constituency of the UT of Ladakh, India. It is the largest such constituency in India, in terms of area, with a total area of 173,266 square kilometres (66,898 sq mi). The number of electors in the constituency was 1,84,803 in 2024. [2]
As per the 2011 census, Jammu and Kashmir has a total population of 12,267,013. The sex ratio is 889 females per 1000 males. Around 924,485 (7.54%) of the population is scheduled caste and 1,275,106 (10.39%) belong to the scheduled tribes, mainly Gujjar, Bakerwal, and Gaddi. The SCs are mostly concentrated in the Jammu region.
The 2024 Indian general election was held in Ladakh on 20 May 2024 to elect 1 member of the 18th Lok Sabha. [1] [2] These elections are the first elections to be held in Ladakh after the separating of the territory from Jammu and Kashmir under the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 and granting it a separate Union territory status.
NSDP per capita at current prices (₹) [4] Rank [a] State/Union territory 2004–05 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
In 2019, Ladakh became a union territory, with Kargil and Leh being its joint capitals. In 2024, the Drass and Zanskar districts were separated out from Kargil district. Shia Muslims comprise the majority of the population of the district.
Leh district is a district in Indian-administered Ladakh in the disputed Kashmir-region. [1] Ladakh is an Indian-administered union territory.With an area of 45,110 km 2, it is the second largest district in the country, second only to Kutch.