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Indian Government Orders New Division In Jammu & Kashmir

Shujaat Hussain Abbasi The government of India has given approval for Ladakh as a new division in Jammu & Kashmir. An Indian government official said that the Ladakh, separate Administrative and Revenue division has been approved in Jammu & Kashmir state. The state of Jammu and Kashmir had two divisions Jammu and Kashmir earlier, but now it has been divided into three divisions Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh. Ladakh will have a separate commissioner, police inspector general (IG), and constitution committee. The newly created administrative division is comprised of two administrative districts, Leh and Kargil with about  274,289 population as per the 2011 census, and division headquarters at Leh district. ladhak population is split roughly in half between the districts of Leh and Kargil.76.87% population of Kargil is Muslim mostly Shia, with a total population of 140,802, while that of Leh is 66.40% Buddhist, with a total population of 133,48, most of Its economy depends on tour