Ladakh: Others

Ladakh
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How to speak here

Petr Liška Wrote 05.11.2015:
  • ** Font: ** is written here in the Tibetan alphabet. Fortunately, many important and tourist signs are in ** Latin **.

Official languages

Petr Liška Wrote 05.11.2015:

Ladakh is a big part of Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, so here are the official languages Hindi and English. The main language commonly spoken is Ladakhi, which falls into the Tibetan language family.

Which foreign languages are spoken here

Petr Liška Wrote 05.11.2015:

Applies here as well, as the rest of India that English is a main language between different Indian languages.

Population

Petr Liška Wrote 05.11.2015:

Ladakh is one of the least populated parts of India. Its relatively large territory has only about 250,000 inhabi­tants. Outside the city, the landscape is half empty.

Religion

Petr Liška Wrote 05.11.2015:

Other religion: the main religion is Buddhism Other religions: in the west of the region it is again the direction of Shia.

Time zone

Petr Liška Wrote 05.11.2015:

The time shift is +5: 30 hours compared to GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). There is no so-called „summer“ time

Time shift compared to Czech Republic

Petr Liška Wrote 05.11.2015:

+3: 30 hours in summer, +4: 30 hours in winter.

Electrical sockets

Petr Liška Wrote 05.11.2015:

Volts: 230V Frequency: 50Hz Socket type: C / D / M (C is compatible with European single / without pin / plugs)

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