Lamayouro

Lamayouro

Lamayuru
Lamayouro Lamayuru
Village
	Lamayuru Monastery
	Lamayouro Location in Ladakh, India Lamayouro Lamayouro (India)
	Coordinates: 34°10′58″N 76°49′46″E / 34.182791°N 76.829342°E
Country	India
Union Territory	Ladakh
District	Leh
Tehsil	Khalsi
Population (2011)
• Total	667
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Census code	957

Lamayouro (also known as Lamayuru) is a village in the Leh district of Ladakh, India.^[1] The Lamayuru Monastery is located nearby. It is located in the Khalsi tehsil. The region is also referred to as ‘Moon Land’, due to its terrain's resemblance to the surface of the Moon.

Demographics[edit]

According to the 2011 census of India, Lamayouro has 117 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 71.93%.^[2]

Demographics (2011 Census)^[2]
	Total	Male	Female
Population	667	331	336
Children aged below 6 years	72	41	31
Scheduled caste	0	0	0
Scheduled tribe	642	322	320
Literates	428	228	200
Workers (all)	397	202	195
Main workers (total)	197	153	44
Main workers: Cultivators	21	20	1
Main workers: Agricultural labourers	0	0	0
Main workers: Household industry workers	0	0	0
Main workers: Other	176	133	43
Marginal workers (total)	200	49	151
Marginal workers: Cultivators	188	41	147
Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers	0	0	0
Marginal workers: Household industry workers	0	0	0
Marginal workers: Others	12	8	4
Non-workers	270	129	141

References[edit]

^ "Blockwise Village Amenity Directory" (PDF). Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Leh district census". 2011 Census of India. Directorate of Census Operations. Retrieved 23 July 2015.

[1] "Blockwise Village Amenity Directory" (PDF). Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council. Retrieved 23 July 2015.

[census_2011-2] "Leh district census". 2011 Census of India. Directorate of Census Operations. Retrieved 23 July 2015.

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