Editing Leh (section)

===Population===

As of the 2011 India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/0103_PART_B_DCHB_LEH%20(LADAKH).pdf |title=District Census Handbook Leh (Ladakh) |publisher=Directorate of Census Operations (Jammu & Kashmir) |pages=112–113 |work=Census of India 2011}}</ref> Leh had a population of 30,870. Males constituted 70% of the population and females 30%, due to a large presence of transient labourers, traders and government employees. The child sex ratio was 987. Leh had an average [[literacy]] rate of 90%, higher than the national average of 74.04%; male literacy was 94.89%, and female literacy was 78.85%. In Leh, 5.5% of the population was under 6&nbsp;years of age.