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Lakshadweep Islands

Lakshadweep
ലക്ഷദ്വീപ്
Union Territory
Location of Lakshadweep
Coordinates: 10°36′N 72°36′E / 10.6°N 72.6°E / 10.6; 72.6Coordinates: 10°36′N 72°36′E / 10.6°N 72.6°E / 10.6; 72.6
Country  India
Formation 1 November 1956
Capital Kavaratti
Government
 • Administrator Farooq Khan IPS (Retd.)
 • MP Mohammed Faizal P. P. (Nationalist Congress Party)
Area
 • Total 32 km2 (12 sq mi)
Area rank 36th
Population (2011 Census)
 • Total 65,473
 • Density 2,000/km2 (5,300/sq mi)
Languages
 • Official (de jure) English
 • Official (de facto) Malayalam
 • Additional official Hindi
Ethnicity
 • Ethnic groups ≈84.33% Malayali
≈15.67% Mahls
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
ISO 3166 code IN-LD
Vehicle registration LD
No. of districts 1
Largest city Andrott
HDI Increase
0.796
HDI Year 2005
HDI Category high
Website www.lakshadweep.gov.in
Local symbols of Lakshadweep
Animal Butterfly fish Bep chaetodon falcula.jpg
Bird' Noddy tern Anous stolidus by Gregg Yan 01.jpg
Tree Breadfruit Tree.jpg
Flower Not designated

Lakshadweep (/ləkˈʃɑːdwp/, About this sound Lakṣadvīp , Lakshadīb), formerly known as the Laccadive, Minicoy, and Aminidivi Islands (/ˌlækədv ˌmɪnkɔɪ/ & /ˌæmnˈdvi/), is a group of islands in the Laccadive Sea, 200 to 440 km (120 to 270 mi) off the south western coast of India. The archipelago is a Union Territory and is governed by the Union Government of India. They were also known as Laccadive Islands, although geographically this is only the name of the central subgroup of the group. Lakshadweep comes from Lakshadweepa, which means "one hundred thousand islands" in Sanskrit. The islands form the smallest Union Territory of India: their total surface area is just 32 km2 (12 sq mi). The lagoon area covers about 4,200 km2 (1,600 sq mi), the territorial waters area 20,000 km2 (7,700 sq mi) and the exclusive economic zone area 400,000 km2 (150,000 sq mi). The region forms a single Indian district with 10 subdivisions. Kavaratti serves as the capital of the Union Territory and the region comes under the jurisdiction of Kerala High Court. The islands are the northernmost of the Lakshadweep-Maldives-Chagos group of islands, which are the tops of a vast undersea mountain range, the Chagos-Laccadive Ridge.


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