Zanskar district
Zanskar district | |
|---|---|
 View of Zanskar Valley | |
| Country |  India |
| Union Territory |  Ladakh |
| Headquarter | Zanskar |
| Established | 2024 |
| Government | |
| • Lok Sabha constituencies | Ladakh |
| • MP | Mohmad Haneefa |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| • Spoken | Purgi, Shina, Ladakhi, Urdu, Balti, Tibetan, Punjabi |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
Zanskar district is a new districts in Ladakh union territory of India.
History
The people in Zanskar and the Ladakh Buddhist Association Zanskar (LBAZ) has also been demanding the creation of Zanskar district by upgrading the Zanskar sub-division. [1]The residents of the region have been demanding district status to the region.[2] In Aug 2024, the district was created,[3] by carving out from the Kargil district.[4]
Demographics
According to the 2011 census, the population of the Zanskar district is 13,793 . The sex ratio was 862 females per 1,000 males and the literacy rate was 59.73%.[5]
Religion
Majority of the population of Zanskar follows Buddhism.
Languages
People living in Zanskar speak Zanskari language of the Ladakhi-Balti language group.[9] It is written using the Tibetan script.[10]
References
- ↑ India, Press Trust of (2019-09-04). "Ladakh-based Buddhist association demands district status for Zanskar". India Today. Retrieved 2026-05-02.
- ↑ "Residents seek district tag for Drass". Tribune India. 14 Jan 2024. Retrieved 26 Aug 2024.
- ↑ "Ladakh Gets 5 New Districts: Zanskar, Drass, Sham, Nubra And Changthang". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
- ↑ Gillani, Syed Shadab Ali (2024-08-26). "Will Ladakh's New Districts Have Autonomous Hill Councils Too, Congress Asks". Kashmir Life. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
- ↑ District Census Handbook: Kargil, Jammu & Kashmir -- Village and Town Directory. 2 Part XII A. Directorate of Census Operations, Himachal Pradesh, Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt of India. 2011. Search this book on
- ↑ Rizvi (1998), p. 254.
- ↑ "Zanskar Population". Census India. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ↑ C-16 Population By Mother Tongue – Jammu & Kashmir (Report). Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ↑ Beek, Martijn van Pirie, Fernanda (2008). Modern Ladakh : anthropological perspectives on continuity and change. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-16713-1. OCLC 896146052.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link) Search this book on
- ↑ "Zangskari". Script Source. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
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