Question

Name the smallest union territory of India.

Answer 1

Lakshadweep is India’s smallest Union Territory. Our country Indian consists of 28 states and 8 union territories.

Union territory is not an independent unit but is run by the administrators appointed by the President of India.

About Lakshadweep:

• The Kavaratti is the capital of the Union Territory Lakshadweep in India
• Lakshadweep is an archipelago of 36 islands, scattered over approximately 78,000 square km of the Arabian Sea, 200-440 km off the south-western coast of India
• The population in this island is approximately 65,000