Zangla is a village in

Zanskar Zanskar, Zahar (locally) or Zangskar, is a tehsil of Kargil district, in the Indian union territory of Ladakh. The administrative centre is Padum (former Capital of Zanskar). Zanskar, together with the neighboring region of Ladakh, was brie ...

tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administ ...

of Kargil district, in the

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union territory of

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. It is located 262 km from Kargil city, the district headquarter, 32 km from

Padum Padum (also known as Padam) is a town named after Padmasambhava. It is the only town and the administrative centre in Zanskar, Kargil district of Ladakh, India. It was historically one of the two main capitals of the Zanskar Kingdom, the other ...

, the capital of Zanskar and presently the headquarter of Zanskar. The town is the nodal point on the popular Padum-Strongdey-Zangla-Karsha-Padum round trip. An old ruin Fort, Known as Zangla Fort is located on a hilltop right side to the village at a distance of one km belief of 11th century. The Buddhist ruin Fort contains some impressive paintings.

Geography

Zangla is located at on the banks of

Zanskar River The Zanskar River is the first major tributary of the Indus River, equal or greater in volume than the main river, which flows entirely within Ladakh, India. It originates northeast of the Great Himalayan range and drains both the Himalayas and ...

, and has an average elevation of 3,931 metres (12,897 feet).

Demographics

According to the

2011 census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...

, Zangla had 182 households. The literacy rate of Zangla village is 59.81%. In Zangla, Male literacy stands at 75.06% while the female literacy rate was 45.27%.

Transport

Road

Zangla is connected by road to other places in Ladakh and India by the NH 301.

Rail

The nearest railway stations to Zangla are Sopore railway station and Srinagar railway station located at a distance of 480 kilometres and 487 kilometres. The nearest major railway stations are

Jammu Tawi railway station Jammu Tawi (station code: JAT) is a railway station in Jammu city in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Background Jammu Tawi is the largest railway station in Jammu and Kashmir. It is a major railhead for other places in the re ...

and Udhampur railway station, located 725 and 658 kilometres from Zangla.

Air

The nearest airport is located in

Kargil Kargil ( lbj, ) is a city and a joint capital of the union territory of Ladakh, India. It is also the headquarters of the Kargil district. It is the second-largest city in Ladakh after Leh. Kargil is located to the east of Srinagar in Jam ...

at a distance of 269 kilometres but it is currently non-operational. The next nearest major airport is

Leh Airport Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport is a domestic airport serving Leh, the capital of Ladakh, India. It is the 23rd highest commercial airport in the world at above mean sea level. The airport is named after 19th Kushok Bakula Rinpoche, an Ind ...

located at a distance of 476 kilometres.

References

Villages in Zanskar tehsil {{Ladakh-geo-stub