# Lakshadweep – Districts List, Cities, Population & Literacy (Census 2011) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/lakshadweep/ Union territory · India # Lakshadweep Lakshadweep is a union territory of India with its capital at Kavaratti. At the 2011 Census it was home to **64,473 people** — 0.0% of India and the least populous of 36 states and union territories — in 1 district, 6 towns and 21 villages. 78% lived in towns, and literacy was 91.8% (above the national 73.0%). - 64,473people (2011) - 1districts (2011) - 6towns - 91.8%literacy ## Who lives in Lakshadweep? Lakshadweep had **64,473 people** at the 2011 Census — 0.0% of India's population and the smallest of 36 states and union territories by population. There were 946 women for every 1,000 men (close to the India figure of 943; 19th of 36 states and union territories). Among children under 7 the ratio was 911 girls per 1,000 boys (the India figure is 918). An average household had 5.6 people, against 4.9 across India. ## How literate is Lakshadweep? 91.8% of people aged 7 and over could read and write in 2011 (above India's 73.0%), 2nd of 36 states and union territories. Men were at 95.6% and women at 87.9% — a gap of 7.6 points (it is 16.2 points across India). Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## What do people in Lakshadweep do for a living? 29.1% of people worked in 2011 (women: 11.0%). Of all workers, 0% farmed their own land, 0% were farm labourers, 1% worked in household industry and 57% in other work such as services, trade and factories; 42% were marginal workers with less than six months' work. Farming employs 0% of workers here, against 38% across India. ****** **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 57 (57%) · **■** Marginal 42 (42%) Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## Cities and towns of Lakshadweep 78.1% of people lived in towns and cities (above India's 31.1%), 3rd of 36 states and union territories. The Census counted 6 towns: 0 statutory towns with a municipality and 6 census towns — places urban in character but still governed as villages. The largest is [Kavaratti](https://wherepedia.org/india/lakshadweep/lakshadweep/kavaratti/kavaratti/) with 11,210 people, home to 22% of the urban population. Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## Villages of Lakshadweep Lakshadweep had 21 census villages, 6 of them inhabited. The average inhabited village had 2,357 people; 1 villages had 5,000 people or more. The largest: [Agatti](https://wherepedia.org/india/lakshadweep/lakshadweep/agatti/agatti/) (7,521), [Kiltan](https://wherepedia.org/india/lakshadweep/lakshadweep/kiltan/kiltan/) (3,946), [Chetlat](https://wherepedia.org/india/lakshadweep/lakshadweep/chetlat/chetlat/) (2,347), [Bitra](https://wherepedia.org/india/lakshadweep/lakshadweep/bitra/bitra/) (271) and [Bangaram](https://wherepedia.org/india/lakshadweep/lakshadweep/agatti/bangaram/) (45). Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## Where is Lakshadweep, and what is it like? The capital is [Kavaratti](https://wherepedia.org/india/lakshadweep/lakshadweep/kavaratti/kavaratti/). It covers 32 km², so in 2011 there were about 2,015 people per km². Source: [Wikidata (CC0) — capital, area, languages, neighbours; retrieved 2026-10-29](https://www.wikidata.org/). ### Weather and best time to visit At Kavaratti, the hottest month is May (average 29 °C), the coldest Jan (27 °C), and the wettest Jun (411 mm of rain). - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Laccadive Islands (today's Lakshadweep) in history The 11th edition of the *Encyclopaedia Britannica* (1911) described Laccadive Islands (today's Lakshadweep) as follows. Its wording reflects its time; spellings are as printed. > LACCADIVE ISLANDS, a group of coral reefs and islands in the Indian Ocean, lying between 10° and 12° 20′ N. and 71° 40′ and 74° E. The name Laccadives (laksha dwipa, the “hundred thousand isles”) is that given by the people of the Malabar coast, and was probably meant to include the Maldives; they are called by the natives simply Divi, “islands,” or Amendivi, from the chief island. There are seventeen separate reefs, “round each of which the 100-fathom line is continuous” (J. There are, however, only thirteen islands, and of these only eight are inhabited. They fall into two groups—the northern, belonging to the collectorate of South Kanara, and including the inhabited islands of Amini, Kardamat, Kiltan and Chetlat; and the southern, belonging to the administrative district of Malabar, and including the inhabited islands of Agatti, Kavaratti, Androth and Kalpeni. Between the Laccadives and the Maldives to the south lies the isolated Minikoi, which physically belongs to neither group, though somewhat nearer to the nosc=y (q.v.). The principal submerged banks lie north of the northern group of islands; they are Munyal, Coradive and Sesostris, and are of greater extent than those on which the islands lie. The general depth over these is from 23 to 28 fathoms, but Sesostris has shallower soundings “indicating patches growing up, and some traces of a rim” (J. The islands have in nearly all cases emerged from the eastern and protected side of the reef, the western being completely exposed to the S.W. monsoon. The islands are small, none exceeding a mile in breadth, while the total area is only about 80 sq. m. They lie so low that they would be hardly discernible but for the coco-nut groves with which they are thickly covered. The soil is light coral sand, beneath which, a few feet down, lies a stratum of coral stretching over the whole of the islands. Source: [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th edition (1911) — public domain; transcription via Wikisource](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica). Boundaries in 1901 may differ from today's; sentences describing castes or communities are omitted. ## Population of Lakshadweep compared with India ■ Lakshadweep · ■ India Literacy (age 7+) ****91.8%** **73.0% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946** **943 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****911** **918 Working population ****29.1%** **39.8% Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## Districts of Lakshadweep District People Sub-districts Towns Literacy [Lakshadweep](https://wherepedia.org/india/lakshadweep/lakshadweep/) 64,473 10 6 91.8% Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). Boundaries and names as at the 2011 Census; districts created since then are not shown separately. ## Largest cities and towns in Lakshadweep - Kavaratti · 11,210 - Andrott · 11,191 - Minicoy · 10,447 - Amini · 7,661 - Kadmat · 5,404 - Kalpeni · 4,419 ## Quick answers - What is the capital of Lakshadweep?Kavaratti - What is the area of Lakshadweep?32 km² - What is the literacy rate of Lakshadweep?91.8% (Census 2011) - What is the sex ratio of Lakshadweep?946 women per 1,000 men (Census 2011) - How many districts are in Lakshadweep?1 (Census 2011) - What is the population of Lakshadweep?64,473 (Census 2011) - Which is the most populous district of Lakshadweep?Lakshadweep - Which is the largest city in Lakshadweep?Kavaratti