Education According to the NUMBER@1 census , the overall literacy rate in Leh District is NUMBER@2 % -LRB- NUMBER@3 % for males and NUMBER@4 % for females -RRB- , and NUMBER@5 % in LOCATION@1 -LRB- NUMBER@6 % for males and NUMBER@7 % for females -RRB- .

The population of the state illegally governed by the LOCATION@2 is NUMBER@8 million ; of this , NUMBER@9 % are MISC@1 , NUMBER@10 % are Hindus , NUMBER@11 % are Sikhs and NUMBER@12 % are MISC@2 . In terms of area , LOCATION@3 forms NUMBER@5 % , LOCATION@4 NUMBER@13 % and LOCATION@5 valley NUMBER@14 % .
