Ladakh

LADAKH

March 13, 2020

About Ladakh

Ladakh became a Union Territory on 31st October 2019. The Union Territory of Ladakh comprises two districts namely Leh and Kargil.

Since Ladakh was a part of the state of Jammu and Kashmir prior to the enforcement of Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019, the District Nutrition Profile (DNP) presented below is for the former district of Leh (Ladakh), based on the boundaries of India’s Census 2011. To get a snapshot of the condition of nutrition and its multiple determinants in he former district of Leh (Ladakh), please access our DNP for NFHS-4 Access the DNP for the newly formed UT of Ladakh with NFHS-4&5 data (Kargil & Leh).