Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Kargil (LAHDC Kargil), is one among the two Autonomous District Councils of Ladakh union territory.

[3][4] In October 1993, the central Government of India and the state Government of Jammu and Kashmir agreed to grant each district of Ladakh the status of Autonomous Hill Council.

This agreement was given effect by the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council Act, 1995.

[5] The autonomous hill councils work with village panchayats to take decisions on economic development, healthcare, education, land use, taxation, and local governance which are further reviewed at the block headquarters in the presence of the chief executive councillor and executive councillors.

The council has thirty members of which 26 are directly elected and four are appointed to represent women and minority communities.