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Kanji | |
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village | |
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| Coordinates: 34°15′N76°36′E / 34.25°N 76.6°E Coordinates: 34°15′N76°36′E / 34.25°N 76.6°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Jammu and Kashmir |
| District | Leh |
| Tehsil | Khalsi |
| Elevation | 3,875 m (12,713 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 325 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| 2011 census code | 958 |
Kanji is a village in the Leh district of Union Territory Ladakh of India. [1] It is located in the Khalsi tehsil, and can be accessed through the village of Heniskot which lies on the Srinagar-Kargil-Leh highway.
Leh district is a district in the Ladakh region of northern India. With an area of 45,110 km2, it is the second largest district in the country in terms of area. It is bounded on the north by Gilgit-Baltistan's Kharmang and Ghanche districts and Xinjiang's Kashgar and Hotan prefectures linked via the historic Karakoram Pass. It has Aksai Chin and Tibet are to the east, Kargil district to the west, and Lahul and Spiti to the south. The district headquarters is in Leh. It lies between 32 to 36 degree north latitude and 75 to 80 degree east longitude.
A union territory is a type of administrative division in the Republic of India. Unlike the states of India, which have their own governments, union territories are usually federal territories governed directly by the central Government of India.
Ladakh is a region administered by India as a union territory, and constituting a part of the larger region of Kashmir, which has been the subject of dispute between India, Pakistan, and China since 1947. It is bordered by Tibet to the east, the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh to the south, Jammu and Kashmir and Baltistan to the west, and the southwest corner of Xinjiang across the Karakoram Pass in the far north. It extends from the Siachen Glacier in the Karakoram range to the north to the main Great Himalayas to the south. The eastern end of Ladakh, consisting of the uninhabited Aksai Chin plains, has been under Chinese control since 1962.
The village has a small number of families who farm the immediate area. The village is situated on an altitude of 3875 m, and is a campsite on the Kanji la and Shilakong gorge treks.
