Lahaul and Spiti district

Lahaul and Spiti district
District of Himachal Pradesh
Bhaga valley in Lahaul (top); Spiti valley near Losar (bottom)
Location in Himachal Pradesh
Lahaul and Spiti district
Coordinates (Keylong): 32°30′N 77°36′E / 32.500°N 77.600°E / 32.500; 77.600
Country	India
State	Himachal Pradesh
Headquarters	Keylong
Government
• Vidhan Sabha constituencies	01
Area
• Total	13,833 km2 (5,341 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	31,564
• Density	2.3/km2 (5.9/sq mi)
• Urban	None
Demographics
• Literacy	86.97% (male), 66.5% (female)
• Sex ratio	916
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	HP-41, HP-42, HP-43
Major highways	one (Manali-Leh National Highway)
Average annual precipitation	Scanty rainfall
Website	https://hplahaulspiti.gov.in

The Lahaul and Spiti district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh consists of the two formerly separate districts of Lahaul (Tibetan: གར་ཞ་, Wylie: gar zha) and Spiti (Tibetan: སྤི་ཏི་, Wylie: spi ti; or Tibetan: སྤྱི་ཏི, Wylie: spyi ti). The present administrative center is Kyelang in Lahaul. Before the two districts were merged, Kardang was the capital of Lahaul, and Dhankar the capital of Spiti. The district was formed in 1960 and is the fourth least populous district in India (out of 640).^[1] It is the least densely populated district of India, according to the Census of India 2011.