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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Lingshet
| other_name = Lingshed, Lingshot
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| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Zanskar Lingshed 02.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = A farm and a house
| etymology =
| pushpin_map = India Ladakh
| pushpin_map_caption = Lingshet within Ladakh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|33.951203|N|76.715477|E|display=inline,title}}
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|Union Territory]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Ladakh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Leh district|Leh]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Tehsil]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Khalatse|Khalsi]]
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| seat_type = [[Panchayat]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 913
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| blank_info_sec1 = 959
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'''Lingshet''' (or '''Lingshed''') is the headquarter of Singelalok [[Community development block in India|block]] in the [[Leh district]] of [[Ladakh]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://leh.nic.in/depts/villageamenitydirectory.pdf |title=Blockwise Village Amenity Directory |publisher=Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council |accessdate=2015-07-23 }}</ref> It is located in the [[Khalatse|Khalsi]] [[tehsil]], about a day's trek from the nearest road.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://spectrum.ieee.org/video/green-tech/solar/lighting-up-lingshed-a-remote-village-in-the-himalayas-gets-lights-and-internet-access|title=Lighting Up Lingshed: A Remote Village in the Himalayas Gets Lights and Internet Access|last1=Kumagai|first1=Jean|last2=Gorman|first2=Celia|date=2017-01-26|website=IEEE Spectrum: Technology, Engineering, and Science News|language=en|access-date=2019-01-26}}</ref> The village can be accessed via a road through Singela from [[Lamayuru]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.globalconstructionreview.com/heard-one-about-man-wh7o-deliv7ered-pia7no/|title = Heard the one about the man who delivered a piano to the Himalayas?|date = 19 August 2016}}</ref>

The [[Lingshed Monastery]], located nearby, is about 900 years old. In 2016, [[Solar energy|solar-powered]] [[Direct current|direct-current]] [[Distributed generation|microgrids]] were installed at the monastery, and in local school dormitories, along with a computer lab with a [[Satellite Internet access|satellite Internet]] link.<ref name=":0" />

== Demographics ==
According to the [[2011 census of India]], Lingshet has 116 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 70.26%.<ref name="census_2011"/>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Demographics (2011 Census)<ref name="census_2011">{{cite news |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/datagov/CDB_PCA_Census/PCA_CDB_0103_F_Census.xls |title=Leh district census |work=[[2011 Census of India]] |publisher=Directorate of Census Operations |accessdate=2015-07-23 }}</ref>
! !! Total !! Male !! Female
|-
| Population || 913 || 494 || 419
|-
| Children aged below 6 years || 106 || 65 || 41
|-
| [[Scheduled caste]] || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| [[Scheduled tribe]] || 912 || 493 || 419
|-
| Literates || 567 || 347 || 220
|-
| Workers (all) || 407 || 210 || 197
|-
| Main workers (total) || 241 || 159 || 82
|-
| Main workers: Cultivators || 169 || 108 || 61
|-
| Main workers: Agricultural labourers || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| Main workers: Household industry workers || 1 || 1 || 0
|-
| Main workers: Other || 71 || 50 || 21
|-
| Marginal workers (total) || 166 || 51 || 115
|-
| Marginal workers: Cultivators || 95 || 7 || 88
|-
| Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers || 1 || 0 || 1
|-
| Marginal workers: Household industry workers || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| Marginal workers: Others || 70 || 44 || 26
|-
| Non-workers || 506 || 284 || 222
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Ladakh}}
{{Leh district}}

[[Category:Villages in Khalsi tehsil]]

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