Lingshet
Lingshed, Lingshot
Village
A farm and a house
A farm and a house
Lingshet is located in Ladakh
Lingshet
Lingshet
Lingshet within Ladakh, India
Coordinates: 33°57′04″N 76°42′56″E / 33.951203°N 76.715477°E / 33.951203; 76.715477
CountryIndia
Union TerritoryLadakh
DistrictLeh
TehsilKhalsi
Population
 (2011)
  Total913
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Census code959

Lingshet (or Lingshed) is the headquarter of Singelalok block in the Leh district of Ladakh, India.[1] It is located in the Khalsi tehsil, about a day's trek from the nearest road.[2] The village can be accessed via a road through Singela from Lamayuru.[3]

The Lingshed Monastery, located nearby, is about 900 years old. In 2016, solar-powered direct-current microgrids were installed at the monastery, and in local school dormitories, along with a computer lab with a satellite Internet link.[2]

Demographics

According to the 2011 census of India, Lingshet has 116 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 70.26%.[4]

Demographics (2011 Census)[4]
TotalMaleFemale
Population913494419
Children aged below 6 years1066541
Scheduled caste000
Scheduled tribe912493419
Literates567347220
Workers (all)407210197
Main workers (total)24115982
Main workers: Cultivators16910861
Main workers: Agricultural labourers000
Main workers: Household industry workers110
Main workers: Other715021
Marginal workers (total)16651115
Marginal workers: Cultivators95788
Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers101
Marginal workers: Household industry workers000
Marginal workers: Others704426
Non-workers506284222

References

  1. "Blockwise Village Amenity Directory" (PDF). Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  2. 1 2 Kumagai, Jean; Gorman, Celia (26 January 2017). "Lighting Up Lingshed: A Remote Village in the Himalayas Gets Lights and Internet Access". IEEE Spectrum: Technology, Engineering, and Science News. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  3. "Heard the one about the man who delivered a piano to the Himalayas?". 19 August 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Leh district census". 2011 Census of India. Directorate of Census Operations. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
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