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Kargil town with the Suru river in the foreground and mountain background. Kargil has an average elevation of 2,676 metres (8,780 feet), and is situated along the banks of the Suru River (Indus). The town of Kargil is located 205 km (127 mi) from Srinagar, [31] facing Gilgit-Baltistan across the LOC.
Kargil district is a district in Indian-administered Ladakh in the disputed Kashmir-region, [1] which is administered as a union territory of Ladakh.It is named after the city of Kargil, where the district headquarters lies.
This is a list of villages in Kargil district in Ladakh, India. Kargil district is divided into seven tehsils, namely, Drass, Kargil, Shargole, Shakar-Chiktan, Sankoo, Taisuru and Zanskar. [1] There are a total of 130 revenue villages in the seven tehsils. [2]
Kargil War Part of the Kashmir conflict and the India–Pakistan conflict Top, bottom: Indian soldiers after capturing a hill from Pakistani forces Pakistani soldiers posing with the wing of a downed Indian MiG Date 3 May – 26 July 1999 (2 months, 3 weeks and 2 days) Location Kargil district, Jammu and Kashmir (now Ladakh), India Result Indian victory India regains possession of Kargil ...
It lies 250 km south of Kargil town. Drass: People of have been demanding for more than past seven decades for a new district from the existing Kargil district.[4][5] In 2020, the town's population was 30,000.[5] It lies 60 km south of Kargil town.drass is inhabited second coldest place in the world.
Yaldor Sub Sector was the scene of some of the major infiltration by Pakistani Northern Light Infantry battalions and some of the major battles of Kargil War were fought here. The sub-sector includes Yaldor, a hamlet of the Dah village in the Indus river basin in the Leh district of Ladakh in India.
Sankoo [a] (Wylie: sang ku) is a town in a valley within the Kargil district of the Union Territory of Ladakh, India. This township is located approximately 42 kilometers south of the town of Kargil. The valley is shaped like a bowl and is fed by several large tributary streams of the Suru River, as well as the Nakpochu river.
Kargil Airport (ICAO: VI65) is a military airfield in Kargil district 6 km (3.7 mi) away from Kargil and 217 km (135 mi) from Leh. It is one of two airports in the union territory of Ladakh . The airport will be expanded for operation of commercial jets by the end of 2024.