Lingshet (or Lingshed) is the headquarters of the Singelalok
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in the
Leh district
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of
Ladakh
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,
India
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. It is located in
Khalsi Khalsi may refer to:
* Khalsi, Dehradun, a settlement in Uttarakhand, India
** Rock edicts of Khalsi, named after the settlement
* Khalsi, Leh, a settlement in Ladakh, India
See also
* Mehdi Khalsi, Moroccan boxer
* Kalsi
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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, located nearby, is about 900 years old. In 2016,
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microgrids
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satellite Internet
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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%.
References
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Villages in Khalsi tehsil