2 municipal bodies with 26 wards: 2 municipal committees. Every body below links to its ward list and the assembly and Lok Sabha seats that cover it, from the Local Government Directory as of 25 September 2026.
By type of body
- Municipal Committee2
Counts from the Local Government Directory. Names of types follow what the directory uses for Ladakh.
Ward boundary maps, past municipal results where the State Election Commission has published them, voter-list analysis by ward and verified ward surveys.
Answers use the Local Government Directory entries for the state.
How many urban local bodies are there in Ladakh?
The Local Government Directory lists 2 urban local bodies in Ladakh: 2 municipal committees. Together they have 26 wards on record. That is the 33rd highest number among the 35 states and union territories in the directory.
Which urban local body in Ladakh has the most wards?
Kargil Municipal Committee has the most wards in the directory, 13. Ward counts change after each delimitation, so check the latest State Election Commission notification before planning.
Who conducts municipal elections in Ladakh?
The State Election Commission, not the Election Commission of India. It prepares the ward electoral rolls, notifies ward reservation and conducts the polls for every municipal body listed here. Results are published by the commission, ward by ward.
Source: Local Government Directory (lgdirectory.gov.in), Ministry of Panchayati Raj, as of 25 September 2026, via the open daily mirror at github.com/ramSeraph/opendata. Used under the Government Open Data License - India. Ward-to-constituency mapping is as recorded in the directory and may lag behind the latest delimitation. Cantonment boards are not part of the directory’s urban list and are not counted.
Each page below is built from an official source and credited on the page.
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