Padum (also known as Padam) is the main town and the administrative centre of the Zanskar tehsil in Kargil district, Ladakh, India.

The new Nimmu–Padum–Darcha road (under construction) connects Padum directly to Leh in the east and to Darcha in Himachal Pradesh.

[1] The traditional heart of the village is below the gompa and Palace khar (now in ruins) where two large chortens stand above old buildings.

The sub-divisional capital Padum is a town of the Zanskar sub-division or tehsil in the Kargil district of Ladakh state, India.

[citation needed] Other roads, including the highway from Leh to Srinagar via Kargil, remain open until the end of October.