Lingshet

Lingshet

Lingshed, Lingshot
Lingshet Lingshed, Lingshot
Village
	A farm and a house
	Lingshet Lingshet within Ladakh, India
	Coordinates: 33°57′04″N 76°42′56″E / 33.951203°N 76.715477°E
Country	India
Union Territory	Ladakh
District	Leh
Tehsil	Khalsi
Population (2011)
• Total	913
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Census code	959

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[edit]

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[edit]

^ "Blockwise Village Amenity Directory" (PDF). Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
^ ^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.
^ "Heard the one about the man who delivered a piano to the Himalayas?". 19 August 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Leh district census". 2011 Census of India. Directorate of Census Operations. Retrieved 23 July 2015.

[1] "Blockwise Village Amenity Directory" (PDF). Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council. Retrieved 23 July 2015.

[:0-2] 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.

[census_2011-4] "Leh district census". 2011 Census of India. Directorate of Census Operations. Retrieved 23 July 2015.

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