Kargil ( Hindi कारगील , phonet. Kərɡɪl , Ladakh. ཀརགིལ ) is the city, the center of the Kargil district in Ladakh in the state of Jammu and Kashmir , India . The second largest city of Ladakh, after Leh . Prior Dras and Srinagar - 60 and 204 km to the west respectively, 234 km to Lech east, 240 km to Paduma southeast and 1047 km to Delhi South.