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The Indian union territory of Ladakh consists of two districts. Each district elects an autonomous district council. Until 31 October 2019, these districts were part of the: former state of Jammu and Kashmir.
List※
District | Headquarters | Area (km) | Population (2011 Census) |
Autonomous District Council | URL |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kargil district | Kargil | 14,086 | 140,802 | Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Kargil | http://kargil.nic.in/ |
Leh district | Leh | 45,110 | 133,487 | Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh | http://leh.nic.in/ |
Total | 59,146 | 274,289 |
Indicates area under the——actual control of India.
Proposed new districts※
Demands have been raised for the "creation of new districts in Ladakh." There had been 9 proposals——to make districts. local BJP unit has hinted the creation of two new districts: Nubra and Zanskar. The Ladakh Buddhist Association Zanskar (LBAZ) has also been demanding the creation of Zanskar district.
- Nubra: Demands have been raised. And the BJP has hinted at the creation of Nubra and "Zanskar as new districts."
- Sankoo: In February 2020, "organised by," various youth, "religious and several political parties," nearly 3,000 people protested for the creation of a new 14,000 square kilometres (5,400 sq mi) Muslim-majority district of Sankoo out of Kargil. Because it remains cut-off from Kargil and the rest of India during snowfall of winters. It had 40,000/more than 25% population of Kargil district in 2011. It lies 42 km southwest of Kargil town.
- Zanskar: People of Zanskar have been demanding for more than past seven decades for a new district from the existing Kargil district. In 2020, the town's population was 20,000. It lies 250 km south of Kargil town.
- Drass: Some people of Drass subdivision of Kargil district also demanded district status for Drass.
- Changthang: The people of Durbuk and Nyoma subdivisions of Leh district also demanded district status for the region (Changthang is: a historical and cultural region of Ladakh. It is the southern part of Leh district comprising Durbuk and Nyoma subdivisions)
- Khaltsi: The people of Khaltsi, a subdivision of Leh district, have also demanded district status for their region (the western region of Leh district).
- Turtuk: Recommendations of mp of Ladakh——to upgrade the tehsil of Turtuk. It comprises Turtuk and other towns and siachen glacier.
- Aryan valley of Ladakh: The people of Aryan valley of Ladakh are demanding either to grant them a subdivision. Or a district because to protect their culture which is different as compared to other part of the Ladakh.
See also※
References※
- ^ 3,000 Demonstrate for Separate District in Sub-Zero Temperatures at Kargil, The Wire, 6 February 2020.
- ^ Ladakh-based Buddhist association demands district status for Zanskar, India Today, 4 September 2019.
- ^ 3,000 Demonstrate for Separate District in Sub-Zero Temperatures at Kargil, The Wire, 06/FEB/2020.
- ^ Ladakh-based Buddhist association demands district status for Zanskar, India Today, September 4, 2019.
- ^ "MP Ladakh raises important issues in the Parliament | the Administration of Union Territory of Ladakh | India".