Lingshet
village in India
Lingshet (or Lingshed) is the headquarters of the Singelalok block in the Leh district of Ladakh, India. It is located in Leh tehsil, about a day's trek from the nearest road. The village can be accessed via a road through Singela from Lamayuru.
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.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census of India, Lingshet has 116 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of the population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 70.26%.
“Lingshet” enters the record as village in India. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Lingshet, village and India can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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