Lingshet (or Lingshed) is the headquarter of Singelalok
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in the
Leh district
Leh district is a district in the union territory of Ladakh, India. With an area of 45,110 ''km'2'', it is the second largest district in the country smaller only to Kutch. It is bounded on the north by Gilgit-Baltistan's Kharmang and Gha ...
of
Ladakh
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,
India
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. It is located in the
Khalsi tehsil
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, about a day's trek from the nearest road.
The village can be accessed via a road through Singela from
Lamayuru.
The
Lingshed Monastery
Lingshed Monastery or Lingshed Gompa is a Gelugpa Buddhist monastery in Ladakh, India. It is located near Lingshet village in the Leh district. It was founded in the 1440s by Changsems Sherabs Zangpo, disciple of Je Tsongkhapa, on a monastic si ...
, located nearby, is about 900 years old. In 2016,
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direct-current
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microgrids
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were installed at the monastery, and in local school dormitories, along with a computer lab with a
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link.
Demographics
According to the
2011 census of India
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, Lingshet has 116 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 70.26%.
References
{{Leh district
Villages in Khalsi tehsil