Sankoo

education is facilitated through the Aga Syed Haider Rizvi Memorial Higher Secondary School. The Sankoo region is composed of multiple villages, such as Sangra, Stakpa, Umba, Lankarchay, Thasgam, Barso, Farona, and Nagma Kousar, each contributing their unique flavor to the local community. There are two noteworthy public schools: Noon Public High School and Sankoo Public School. Both of these educational institutions operate under a private-public model, providing students with a quality education that is accessible to all.

In February 2020, In freezing temperatures of minus 10 °C, approximately 3,000 people assembled in Sankoo, located in Kargil, to demand district status for their region. The attendees braved the bitter cold to make their voices heard, highlighting the significance of their cause. The demonstration demonstrated the unwavering commitment and determination of the people of Sankoo to achieve their goals and secure the well-being of their community.The new Union Territory of Ladakh, which was created after the unilateral bifurcation of the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir state and the reading down of Article 370, now has two districts – Leh and Kargil – with about equal population distribution.

Further, Kargil has four sub divisions – Kargil, Zanskar, Sankoo and Shakar-Chiktan. The protesters in Sankoo are demanding that Zanskar and Sankoo be turned into a separate district to allow for better governance.

They argue that the area is remote and several parts are cut off from the district headquarters in Kargil during the heavy snow winter months, making service delivery a complicated challenge for the people of Zanskar and Sankoo.

The protests was organised by an organisation called Youth Sankoo and supported by major religious organisations like Anjuman-e-Sabib Zaman, Anjuman Enqilab-e-Mehdi Suru and Maktab-e-Imam Raza Sankoo and political parties including the Congress and the National Conference. .[2]