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Kargil district is a district in Indian-administered Ladakh in the disputed Kashmir-region, [1] which is administered as a union territory of Ladakh.
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. Like other areas in the Himalayas, Kargil has a temperate climate. Summers are hot with cool nights, while winters are ...
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.
There were 74,026 voters including 46,762 women, who exercise their franchises through EVMs in 278 polling stations across the Kargil. Totally 85 candidates were in the fray. [7] The voter turnout was 78% , which was an increase of 8% from the 2018 council Election, mainly due to the returning of Kargil’s migrant population for the election. [8]
This agreement was given effect by the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council Act, 1995. A hill council for Leh district was formed in 1995 and the council for Kargil district was formed in 2003. [5]
kargil.gov.in: Meenmarg is one the entry points in Ladakh from Jammu and Kashmir in India. [3] It is just east of Zoji La Pass. Meenamarg lies on the National Highway ...
Kargil was a constituency in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir a north state of India. Kargil was also part of Ladakh Lok Sabha constituency . [ 1 ]
Ladakh became part of the Dominion of India on 26 October 1947 as a region of the State of Jammu and Kashmir.The status of the region was upgraded to that of a Revenue and Administrative Division of Jammu and Kashmir in February 2019 [3] and Ladakh became a union territory in its own right a few months later on 31 October 2019.