Population of Lakshadweep

The smallest union territory of India is the Lakshadweep. It is an archipelago, formed of the coral islands. There are thirty six islands in this archipelago, out of which the number of inhabited islands is only ten.

The total area of Lakshadweep islands is 32 sq. km. The total population of Lakshadweep is 60,595 according to the census of 2001. Out of the total population, the total number of males is 31,118 and the number of females is 29,477. The population per sq km is 2253. The headquarter of the Lakshadweep islands is Kavaratti. The geographical location of these islands is from 8 degree to 12 degree 30 min north latitude and from 71 degree to 74 degree east longitude.

The population of Lakshadweep is classified into Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes. There has been a number of people who come to these islands from different parts of India. Thus people from outside Lakshadweep also inhabit the islands. The mother tongue of the local people of the islands of Lakshadweep other than the Minicoy islands is Malayalam. The people of Minicoy speak Mahl. The migrants in Lakshadweep, comprising the Lakshadweep population speak languages like Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, English, Gujrati, Oriya and Tamil.

The population of Lakshadweep is divided into many classes. In the Laccadive islands the classes like Koyas, Malacheris and Malmis reside. There are other classes like Raveries, Thakurs and Manikfans inhabit the Minicoy island. In Amini, people belonging to Tarwad, Kudiatis and Tanakam-pranaver reside. The classes of Lakshadweep reflect the traditional culture and heritage of the islands of the union territory of Lakshadweep. Among the population of Lakshadweep, Muslims occupy a major section. The other religions of Lakshadweep people are Christianity and Hinduism.

Last Updated on 02 April 2013