Wanla is a village 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
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 administr ...
, on the banks of the
Yapola River (also known as the Wanla river). The
Wanla Monastery is located in this village.
Demographics
According to the
2011 census of India, Wanla has 170 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 63.81%.
References
{{Leh district
Villages in Khalsi tehsil