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]
Total Male Female
Population 913 494 419
Children aged below 6 years 106 65 41
Scheduled caste 0 0 0
Scheduled tribe 912 493 419
Literates 567 347 220
Workers (all) 407 210 197
Main workers (total) 241 159 82
Main workers: Cultivators 169 108 61
Main workers: Agricultural labourers 0 0 0
Main workers: Household industry workers 1 1 0
Main workers: Other 71 50 21
Marginal workers (total) 166 51 115
Marginal workers: Cultivators 95 7 88
Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers 1 0 1
Marginal workers: Household industry workers 0 0 0
Marginal workers: Others 70 44 26
Non-workers 506 284 222

References

  1. ^ "Blockwise Village Amenity Directory" (PDF). Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ a b "Leh district census". 2011 Census of India. Directorate of Census Operations. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
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