Editing Leh (section)

==Economy==

===Agriculture===
[[File:Grow More Food (2560125708).jpg|thumb|300px|A view of agriculture around Leh.]]
Leh is located at an average elevation of about 3500&nbsp;metres, which means that only one crop a year can be grown there, while two can be grown at [[Khalatse]]. By the time crops are being sown at Leh in late May, they are already half-grown at Khalatse. The main crop is ''grim'' (naked [[barley]], ''Hordeum vulgare'' L. var. ''nudum'' Hook. f., an ancient form of domesticated barley with an easier-to-remove hull. [[Tsampa]], the staple food in Ladakh, is made from this barley.<ref>Rizvi (1996), p. 38.</ref> The water for agriculture of Ladakh comes from the Indus, which runs low in March and April when barley-fields have the greatest need for irrigation.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.peacekashmir.org/jammu-kashmir/geography.htm |title=Jammu & Kashmir – Geography & Geology |work=Peace kashmir |access-date=28 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809222459/http://www.peacekashmir.org/jammu-kashmir/geography.htm |archive-date=9 August 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=February 2023}} Grapes, apricots, currants, walnuts, and apples are also grown in the arid temperate climate.<ref>{{cite book | title = Know Your State Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh | first1= Abdul | last1 = Rashid | first2 = Farah | last2 = Sultan | year = 2021 | publisher = Arihant Publications India  | isbn = 978-93-257-9092-6}}</ref>

===Banking===

List of functioning banks in Leh
*State Bank of India, Leh<ref>{{cite web |last1=leh Branch |first1=state bank of india |title=state bank of india leh Branch IFSC Code, address & location and |url=https://ifscbankcodes.com/state-bank-of-india/jammu-and-kashmir/leh/leh}}</ref>
*[[HDFC Bank]], Leh<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/wealth/ifsccode/bank-hdfc-bank,state-jammu-and-kashmir,district-,branch-true,ifsccode-HDFC0002369.cms|title=HDFC BANK LEH Branch IFSC Code, MICR Code, Address & Phone Number|website=The Economic Times}}</ref>
*[[Axis Bank]], Leh<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/wealth/ifsccode/bank-axis-bank,state-jammu-and-kashmir,district-,branch-true,ifsccode-UTIB0001611.cms|title=AXIS BANK LEH LADAKH Branch IFSC Code, MICR Code, Address & Phone Number|website=The Economic Times}}</ref>
*[[IDBI Bank]], Leh<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bankifsccode.com/IDBI_BANK_LTD/JAMMU_&_KASHMIR/LADAKH/LEH|title=IDBI BANK LTD, Leh Branch, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, BankIFSCcode.com|website=bankifsccode.com}}</ref>

===Media and communications===
State-owned [[All India Radio]] Leh has a local station in Leh, which transmits various programs of mass interest. Leh head post office owned by [[India Post]] also serves as a major means of communications. On 14 December 2021, the first FM radio station in Ladakh was established in Leh<ref>{{Cite news |title=Ladakh gets its first-ever FM radio station |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/ladakh-first-ever-fm-radio-station-7673285/ |date=2021-12-14 |access-date=2021-12-15 |work=[[The Indian Express]]}}</ref> making the total FM stations 4 and one [[medium wave]] station as of February 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frequencies for Leh |url=https://fmscan.org/main.php?l=77.584722&b=34.164167&csave=2&qth=leh |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=fmlist.org}}</ref>