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{{for| palace and monastery|Shey Monastery}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Shey
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| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = View from Shey Palace 02.jpg
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| image_caption = View from Shey Palace
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| pushpin_map = India Ladakh#India
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ladakh, India
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| pushpin_map_caption1 = Location in India
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|Union Territory]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Ladakh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Leh district|Leh]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Tehsil]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Leh]]
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| seat_type = [[Panchayat]]
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| elevation_m = 3250
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 2238
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'''Shey''' is a village in the [[Leh district]] of [[Ladakh]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://leh.nic.in/depts/villageamenitydirectory.pdf |title=Blockwise Village Amenity Directory |publisher=Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council |access-date=2015-07-23 }}</ref> It is located in the [[Leh]] [[tehsil]], 15 km from [[Leh]] towards [[Hemis]].

Shey was founded as the capital of Ladakh (then called [[Maryul]]), by the king [[Lhachen Palgyigon]] in the 10th century. It was gradually eclipsed by [[Leh]] around the 17th century after the growth of Central Asian trade.

==History==
Towards the end of the 9th century, the Tibetan prince [[Kyide Nyimagon]] (''Skyid lde nyima gon)'', a great-grandson of the Tibetan king, [[Langdarma]], established a small kingdom in [[Guge]], which eventually grew to encompass the whole of western Tibet up to the [[Zoji La]] mountain pass. His eldest son [[Lhachen Dpalgyimgon|Lhachen Palgyigon]] is credited with much of the conquest in the northwest. After his father's death, he inherited the region of [[Maryul]] ("lowland"), as Ladakh was then called.

Several towns and castles are said to have been founded by Nyimagon and apparently ordered the construction of the main sculptures at Shey. In an inscription, he says he had them made for the religious benefit of the ''Tsanpo'' (the dynastical name of his father and ancestors), and of all the people of [[Ngari Prefecture|Ngari]] (Western Tibet). This shows that already in this generation Langdarma's opposition to Buddhism had disappeared.<ref>Francke (1914), pp. 89-90.</ref> Shey, just 15 km east of modern Leh, was the ancient seat of the Ladakhi kings.

==Geography==
Shey is located in the upper [[Indus Valley]], just 15 km east of the modern capital of Ladakh, [[Leh]]. It has an average elevation of 3,415 metres (11,204 feet).
Every year [[Sindhu Darshan Festival]], is held here on the banks of the [[Indus River]].

== Demographics ==
According to the [[2011 census of India]], Shey has 398 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 78.95%.<ref name="census_2011"/>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Demographics (2011 Census)<ref name="census_2011">{{cite news |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/datagov/CDB_PCA_Census/PCA_CDB_0103_F_Census.xls |title=Leh district census |work=[[2011 Census of India]] |publisher=Directorate of Census Operations |access-date=2015-07-23 }}</ref>
! !! Total !! Male !! Female
|-
| Population || 2238 || 1057 || 1181
|-
| Children aged below 6 years || 257 || 146 || 111
|-
| [[Scheduled caste]] || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| [[Scheduled tribe]] || 1935 || 931 || 1004
|-
| Literates || 1564 || 750 || 814
|-
| Workers (all) || 581 || 390 || 191
|-
| Main workers (total) || 381 || 245 || 136
|-
| Main workers: Cultivators || 9 || 9 || 0
|-
| Main workers: Agricultural labourers || 8 || 6 || 2
|-
| Main workers: Household industry workers || 1 || 1 || 0
|-
| Main workers: Other || 363 || 229 || 134
|-
| Marginal workers (total) || 200 || 145 || 55
|-
| Marginal workers: Cultivators || 79 || 73 || 6
|-
| Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers || 1 || 1 || 0
|-
| Marginal workers: Household industry workers || 5 || 5 || 0
|-
| Marginal workers: Others || 115 || 66 || 49
|-
| Non-workers || 1657 || 667 || 990
|}

==Education==
[[The Druk White Lotus School]], whose patrons include the [[14th Dalai Lama]] and [[Richard Gere]], is also located in Shey.

==Footnotes==
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==References==
* Francke, A. H. (1977). ''A History of Ladakh''. A. H. Francke (Originally published as, ''A History of Western Tibet'', (1907). 1977 Edition with critical introduction and annotations by S. S. Gergan & F. M. Hassnain. Sterling Publishers, New Delhi.
* Francke, A. H. (1914). ''Antiquities of Indian Tibet''. Two Volumes. Calcutta. 1972 reprint: S. Chand, New Delhi.
* Hill, John E. (2009). ''Through the Jade Gate to Rome: A Study of the Silk Routes during the Later Han Dynasty, 1st to 2nd Centuries CE''. BookSurge, Charleston, South Carolina. {{ISBN|978-1-4392-2134-1}}.

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{{Leh district}}
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[[Category:Villages in Leh tehsil]]

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