Lakshadweep
Lakshdweep, formerly known as the Laccadive, Minicoy and Aminidivi Islands are a group of islands in the Arabian Sea. They belong to India. Their capital is Kavaratti. It covers an area of 11 square miles (28 km2). Eleven of the 36 coral atoll islands of Lakshadweep are inhabited. Lakshadweep is known for its exotic and sun-kissed beaches and lush green landscape. The name Lakshadweep in Malayalam and Sanskrit means 'a hundred thousand islands'.
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| Country |  India | |||||
| Formation | 1 November 1956 | |||||
| Capital | Kavaratti | |||||
| Government | ||||||
| • Administrator | Praful Khoda Patel | |||||
| • MP | Mohammed Faizal P. P. (NCP) | |||||
| Area | ||||||
| • Total | 32.62 km2 (12.59 sq mi) | |||||
| • Rank | 36th | |||||
| Population (2021 Census) | ||||||
| • Total | 70,365 | |||||
| • Density | 2,157.1/km2 (5,586.9/sq mi) | |||||
| Languages[1] | ||||||
| • Official Languages | Malayalam, English | |||||
| • Spoken | Jeseri, Dhivehi | |||||
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| • Ethnic groups | ≈83% Malayali ≈17% Mahls | |||||
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) | |||||
| ISO 3166 code | IN-LD | |||||
| Vehicle registration | LD | |||||
| No. of districts | 1 | |||||
| Largest city | Andrott | |||||
| HDI |  0.796 | |||||
| HDI Year | 2005 | |||||
| HDI Category | high | |||||
| Literacy | 91.85% | |||||
| Website | lakshadweep | |||||
The islands are the only coral atolls in India. The people living there are Malayalam and Mahl people, who have been influenced by Arab traders. Lakshadweep is a Muslim region just like the neighbouring Maldives, where tourism is strictly regulated. Lakshadweep has the largest percentage of Muslims - 98%, even larger percentage than Jammu and Kashmir and is the only Muslim-majority Indian administrative division entirely within India.
Apart from the emerging tourism, government jobs, fishing and coconut production are the mainstays of the Lakshadweep economy.
Territorial symbols of Lakshadweep
Provincial bird of Laksahdweep
Provincial animal of Laksahdweep
Provincial tree of Laksahdweep
Lakshadweep Media
One of the uninhabited islands in Bangaram Atoll, Lakshadweep.
Satellite picture showing the atolls of the Lakshadweep except for Minicoy.
Domestic ducks on a beach at Kavaratti, Lakshadweep
Chaetodon falcula, Blackwedged butterflyfish. Underwater photograph, Pemba island, Tanzania, Africa.
Anous stolidus by Gregg Yan 01
Breadfruit tree planted in Honolulu, Hawaii
Plate in Western Script is from the Laccadive Islands
NASA picture of Maliku Atoll with Minicoy Island
Passenger ship MV Amindivi of the Lakshdweep Islands administration docked at Old Mangalore port
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Other websites
- ↑ "50th Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). 16 July 2014. p. 109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
Media related to Lakshadweep at Wikimedia Commons
