Many inhabitants are of Tibetan origin, having left Tibet after the Chinese invasion.
What was not typical was the presence of a lone building, not far from the village, decorated in traditional Tibetan style. There was no furniture, no posters on the walls, no blackboards, no indications that this was in fact the local school. The Principal came down to greet us and invited us into his office. The teachers were all Tibetan and trained in Dharamsala then posted to remote regions. The school year goes only for eight months as the severity of the Zanskar winter results in the school being closed with temperatures dropping to minus 30 and no one able to go outside for much of that time.