Union Territories

Union Territories are administrative divisions of India ruled directly by the Union Government unlike State Governments which rule themselves.

• When the Indian Constitution was adopted in 1949, there was only one union territory: Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
• The National Capital Territory of Delhi, Chandigarh and Lakshadweep were formed by separating the territory from pre-existing states.
• Dadra Nagar Haveli, Daman Diu and Puducherry were formed from acquired territories that formerly belonged to Portuguese India or French India.
• Delhi and Puducherry were given partial statehood.

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

• Capital: Port Blair
• Area: 8,249 sq km (Largest UT)
• Districts: 3
• Population: 380581 (2011)-(4^th populous UT)
• Density of Population: 46
• Sex Ratio: 876
• Literacy: 86.63% (Male: 90.27%; Female: 82.43%)
• Principal Languages: Hindi, Nicobarese, Bengali, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu
• Bordering Area: Located in the Bay of Bengal, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands are bounded by the water of the Indian Ocean.
• Three islands in Andaman and Nicobar - Ross Island, Neil Island and Havelock Island were renamed as Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Island, Shaheed Dweep and Swaraj Dweep respectively.

Chandigarh

• Area: 114 sq km (5^th largest UT)
• Population: 1055450 (2011)-(3^rd populous UT)
• Density of Population: 9,252
• Sex Ratio: 818
• Literacy: 86.05% (Male: 89.99%; Female: 81.19%)
• Principal Languages: Punjabi and Hindi
• Bordering States: Chandigarh is bordered by the state of Punjab to the north, the west and the south, and to the state of Haryana to the east.

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

• Capital: Silvassa
• Area: 491 sq km (4^th largest UT)
• Population: 342,853 (2011) –(5^th populous UT)
• Density of Population: 698
• Sex Ratio: 774
• Literacy: 76.24% (Male: 85.17%; Female: 64.32%)
• Principal Languages: Gujarati and Hindi
• Bordering Area: Dadra and Nagar Haveli lie to the south of Gujarat. It is a Union Territory and comes under the jurisdiction of Mumbai High Court.

Daman & Diu

• Capital: Daman
• Area: 112 sq km (6^th largest UT)
• Districts: 2
• Population:243247 (2011)-(6^th populous UT)
• Density of Population: 2191
• Sex Ratio: 618
• Literacy: 87.10% (Male: 91.54%; Female: 79.55%)
• Principal Language: Gujarati
• Bordering Area: It is bounded on the east by Gujarat, on the west by the Arabian Sea.

Delhi

• Capital: New Delhi
• Area: 1483 sq km (2^nd largest UT)
• Districts: 11
• Population: 16787941 (2011)- (Most populous UT)
• Density of Population: 11,320 per sq km
• Sex Ratio: 868
• Literacy: 86.32% (Male: 91.46%; Female: 83.18%)
• Principal Languages: Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, and English
• Bordering States: Delhi is surrounded by Haryana on all sides except the east where it borders with Uttar Pradesh.

Lakshadweep

• Capital: Kavaratti
• Area: 32 sq km (Smallest UT)
• Population: 64473 (2011) –(Least populated UT)
• Density of Population: 2,013
• Sex Ratio: 946
• Literacy: 91.85% (Male: 95.56%; Female: 87.95%)
• Principal Languages: Malyalam, Dhivehi (language of Maldives)
• Bordering Area: Lakshadweep, a group of islands consist of 12 atolls. There are 36 reef-islands, out of which only 11 islands are inhabited. These islands lie about 280 to 480 km off the Kerala coast in the Arabian Sea.

Puducherry

• Capital: Puducherry
• Area: 479 sq km (3^rd largest UT)
• Districts: 4
• Population: 1247953 (2011)-(2^nd most populous UT)
• Density of Population: 2,547
• Sex Ratio: 1,037
• Literacy: 85.85% (Male: 91.26%; Female: 80.67%).
• Principal Languages: Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, French
• Bordering States: Bounded on the east by the Bay of Bengal and on the three sides by Tamil Nadu.
• Formerly known as Pondicherry, it was under the French rule for 138 years and merged with the Indian Union on 1st November, 1954. ww