Ladakh has been a Union Territory of India since October 31, 2019. It was previously a division of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir and
took up almost 40% of its area. Ladakh consists of the administrative districts of Kargil and Leh.
The area is largely high mountainous and with 290,000 inhabitants (according to the 2001 census) only sparsely populated.
Ladakh is known for the beauty of its remote mountains and the Tibetan Buddhist culture, hence it is also known as Little Tibet. (Wikipedia)