Lakshadweep
India's smallest Union Territory, a scatter of coral islands in the Arabian Sea.
New animated video
Watch Lakshadweep in 3 minutes
The whole deck as one short animated video. Watch it first, then open the slides and take the quiz.
- Every topic in the deck: 90 facts, one quick scene each
- Drawn pictures with cute faces, and sound effects you can mute
- Pick a speed from 0.5x to 2x
- Pause any time to read a fact twice
Overview
About the Lakshadweep pack
The Lakshadweep pack covers the whole Union Territory - festivals, dress and jewellery, weaving and crafts, boats and sea travel, music and literature, art and dance forms, architecture, the islands one by one, history and symbols, lagoons and reefs, marine life and birds, trees and farming, food, government, Lakshadweep in the world, famous people and current affairs - ending with a revision round.
- 19 presentation slides, a topic at a time
- Quiz Me: 30 questions on the state page, a fresh mix every time
- A 3-minute animated video of the whole deck
Free for everyone. All 36 decks on the India map open without paying or signing up.
A real slide from the deck
Quick facts
Quick facts about Lakshadweep
- Capital
- Kavaratti
- Union Territory
- Not a state, so there is no Chief Minister, it is run by an Administrator sent by the Central Government
- Islands
- 36 islands, 12 atolls, 3 reefs and 5 submerged banks. Only 10 have people living on them
- Size
- About 32 sq km and about 64,500 people, India's smallest Union Territory by area and by population
- Languages
- Malayalam on most islands (the island form is called Jeseri). On Minicoy people speak Mahl, the language of the Maldives
- The name
- Lakshadweep means 'a hundred thousand islands', laksha is one lakh, dweep is island
Test yourself
Quiz Me
30 questions on Lakshadweep, a fresh mix every time you play. Answer one at a time and see why straight away.
Fly through 30 questions on Lakshadweep
- A fresh mix from the state's 100 questions, every round.
- See the right answer and why, straight away.