Lakshadweep: population, poverty, income, health, schools and budgets

Lakshadweep is a union territory of India, number 36 of 36 by population. Lakshadweep is projected to have 70,000 residents on 1 July 2026, less than 0.01% of India's 1.4 billion; the smallest of 36 states and union territories. India has not counted its people since the 2011 census, so this is the official projection made from it by the Technical Group on Population Projections.

In depth

• Economy, jobs and prices in Lakshadweep: Indian tourists made 0.07 million visits to Lakshadweep in 2024 (less than 0.01% of all domestic tourist visits; 2nd fewest of 36).
• Health in Lakshadweep: 9 babies in every 1,000 born alive in Lakshadweep died before their first birthday in 2023 (Sample Registration System; India: 25), down from 24 in 2013; joint 7th lowest of 35.
• Education in Lakshadweep: The gross enrolment ratio for secondary school (classes 9 to 12) was 65.3% in 2024-25, a measure of how many teenagers of that age are enrolled (all-India: 68.5%; 12th lowest of 36). It was 66.3% for girls and 64.4% for boys.

How union territorys are governed in India

States (28) and union territories (8). Elected state assembly and chief minister; governor appointed by the President. Most union territories are run by an administrator or lieutenant governor appointed by the President.. Local government is a state subject: each state writes its own panchayat and municipal laws.

Every tier of government in India

Other union territories of India

• Uttar Pradesh 243,466,000
• Bihar 132,850,000
• Maharashtra 129,584,000
• West Bengal 100,631,000
• Madhya Pradesh 89,965,000
• Rajasthan 83,879,000
• Tamil Nadu 77,582,000
• Gujarat 74,343,000
• Karnataka 69,074,000
• Andhra Pradesh 53,740,000
• Odisha 44,699,000
• Jharkhand 41,108,000
• Telangana 38,665,000
• Assam 36,815,000
• Kerala 36,239,000
• Haryana 31,409,000
• Punjab 31,370,000
• Chhattisgarh 31,311,000
• Delhi 22,674,000
• Jammu and Kashmir 13,927,000
• Uttarakhand 12,028,000
• Himachal Pradesh 7,588,000
• Tripura 4,268,000
• Meghalaya 3,447,000
• Manipur 3,318,000
• Nagaland 2,299,000
• Puducherry 1,771,000
• Arunachal Pradesh 1,608,000
• Goa 1,601,000
• Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu 1,593,000
• Mizoram 1,275,000
• Chandigarh 1,270,000
• Sikkim 709,000
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands 406,000
• Ladakh 306,000

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Sources

• Reserve Bank of India: Handbook of Statistics on Indian States 2024-25, Table 14: State-wise Children Aged 6-59 Months who are Anaemic, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 88b94ba8796f…)
• Reserve Bank of India: Handbook of Statistics on Indian States 2024-25, Table 180: State-wise Gender-wise Enrolments under Atal Pension Yojana (APY), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 c9b0eeab4f9d…)
• Reserve Bank of India: Handbook of Statistics on Indian States 2024-25, Table 2: State-wise Birth Rate, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 cb64c147ca84…)
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