Administrative divisions of India
Subdistricts
Table:
Union Territory

Subdistrict title

Number of
subdistricts

Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Tehsil
7

Chandigarh
Tehsil
1

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
Taluka
3

Delhi
Tehsil
34

Jammu and Kashmir
Tehsil
55

Ladakh
Tehsil
4

Lakshadweep
Subdivision
4

Puducherry
Commune Panchayat
10

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The Andaman and Nicobar Islands , a Union territory of India comprising 572 islands of which 37 are inhabited , are a group of islands at the juncture of the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea . The territory is about 150 km ( 93 mi ) north of Aceh in Indonesia and separated from Thailand and Myanmar by the Andaman Sea . It comprises two island groups , the Andaman Islands ( partly ) and the Nicobar Islands , separated by the 150 km wide Ten Degree Channel ( on the 10°N parallel ) , with the Andamans to the north of this latitude , and the Nicobars to the south ( or by 179 km ) . The Andaman Sea lies to the east and the Bay of Bengal to the west . The territory 's capital is the city of Port Blair . The total land area of the islands is approximately 8,249 km2 ( 3,185 sq mi ) . The islands host the Andaman and Nicobar Command , the only tri-service geographical command of the Indian Armed Forces . The territory is divided into three districts : Nicobar District with Car Nicobar as capital , South Andaman district with Port Blair as capital and North and Middle Andaman district with Mayabunder as capital . The Andaman Islands are home to the Sentinelese people , an uncontacted people . The Sentinelese are the only people currently known to not have reached further than a Paleolithic level of technology .
Chandigarh ( local pronunciation : [ tʃə̃ˈɖiːɡəɽʱ ] ( listen ) ) is a city , district and union territory in India that serves as the capital of the two neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana . The city is unique as it is not a part of either of the two states but is governed directly by the Union Government , which administers all such territories in the country . Chandigarh is bordered by the state of Punjab to the north , the west and the south , and by the state of Haryana to the east . It is considered to be a part of the Chandigarh capital region or Greater Chandigarh , which includes Chandigarh , and the city of Panchkula ( in Haryana ) and cities of Kharar , Kurali , Mohali , Zirakpur ( in Punjab ) . It is located 260 km ( 162 miles ) north of New Delhi and 229 km ( 143 miles ) southeast of Amritsar . It was one of the early planned cities in post-independence India and is internationally known for its architecture and urban design . The master plan of the city was prepared by Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier , which transformed from earlier plans created by the Polish architect Maciej Nowicki and the American planner Albert Mayer . Most of the government buildings and housing in the city were designed by the Chandigarh Capital Project Team headed by Le Corbusier , Jane Drew and Maxwell Fry . In 2015 , an article published by BBC named Chandigarh as one of the few master-planned cities in the world to have succeeded in terms of combining monumental architecture , cultural growth and modernisation . Chandigarh 's Capitol Complex was in July 2016 declared by UNESCO as World Heritage at the 40th session of World Heritage Conference held in Istanbul . UNESCO inscription was under The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier an outstanding contribution to the Modern Movement . The Capitol Complex buildings include the Punjab and Haryana High Court , Punjab and Haryana Secretariat and Punjab and Haryana Assembly along with monuments Open hand , Martyrs Memorial , Geometric Hill and Tower of Shadow and the Rock Garden .
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu , ( DNHDD ) , is a union territory in western India . It was created through the merger of the union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu . Plans for the proposed merger were announced by the Government of India in July 2019 and the necessary legislation was passed in the Parliament of India in December 2019 and came into effect on 26 January 2020 . The territory is made up of four separate geographical entities Dadra , Nagar Haveli , Daman and the island of Diu . All four areas were part of Portuguese India and came under Indian administration in the mid 20th century .
Delhi ( English : /ˈdɛli/ ; Hindi : [ ˈdɪlːi ] Dillī ; Punjabi : [ ˈdɪlːi ] Dillī ; Urdu : [ ˈdeɦli ] Dēhlī ) , officially the National Capital Territory of Delhi ( NCT ) , is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi , the capital of India . It is bordered by the state of Haryana on three sides and by Uttar Pradesh to the east . The NCT covers an area of 1,484 square kilometres ( 573 sq mi ) . According to the 2011 census , Delhi 's city proper population was over 11 million , the second-highest in India after Mumbai , while the whole NCT 's population was about 16.8 million . Delhi 's urban area is now considered to extend beyond the NCT boundaries , and include the neighbouring satellite cities of Ghaziabad , Faridabad , Gurgaon and Noida in an area now called National Capital Region ( NCR ) and had an estimated 2016 population of over 26 million people , making it the world 's second-largest urban area according to the United Nations . As of 2016 [ update ] , recent estimates of the metro economy of its urban area have ranked Delhi either the most or second-most productive metro area of India . Delhi is the second-wealthiest city in India after Mumbai and is home to 18 billionaires and 23,000 millionaires . Delhi ranks fifth among the Indian states and union territories in human development index . Delhi has the second-highest GDP per capita in India . Furthermore , it is considered one of the world 's most polluted cities by particulate matter concentration . Delhi has been continuously inhabited since the 6th century BCE . Through most of its history , Delhi has served as a capital of various kingdoms and empires , most notably the Delhi Sultanate and the Mughal Empire .
Jammu and Kashmir [ b ] is a region administered by India as a union territory , and constituting the southern portion of the larger Kashmir region , which has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947 , and between India and China since 1962 . The region of Jammu and Kashmir is separated by the Line of Control from the Pakistani-administered territories of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan in the west and north respectively . It lies to the north of the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab and to the west of Ladakh , which is also subject to the dispute as a part of Kashmir , and administered by India as a union territory . Provisions for the formation of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir were contained within the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act , 2019 , which was passed by both houses of the Parliament of India in August 2019 . The act re-constituted the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories , Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh , with effect from 31 October 2019 .
Ladakh ( /ləˈdɑːk/ ) is a region administered by India as a union territory , and constituting a part of the larger region of Kashmir , which has been the subject of dispute between India , Pakistan , and China since 1947 . It is bordered by Tibet to the east , the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh to the south , Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan to the west , and the southwest corner of Xinjiang across the Karakoram Pass in the far north . It extends from the Siachen Glacier in the Karakoram range to the north to the main Great Himalayas to the south . The eastern end of Ladakh , consisting of the uninhabited Aksai Chin plains , has been under Chinese control since 1962 . Until 2019 , Ladakh was a region of the state of Jammu and Kashmir . In August 2019 , the Parliament of India passed an act by which Ladakh became a union territory on 31 October 2019 . In the past Ladakh gained importance from its strategic location at the crossroads of important trade routes , but since the Chinese authorities closed the borders with Tibet and Central Asia in the 1960s , international trade has dwindled except for tourism . Since 1974 , the Government of India has successfully encouraged tourism in Ladakh . Since Ladakh is a part of the strategically important Kashmir region , the Indian military maintains a strong presence in the region . The largest town in Ladakh is Leh , followed by Kargil , each of which headquarters a district . The Leh district contains the Indus , Shyok and Nubra river valleys . The Kargil district contains the Suru , Dras and Zanskar river valleys .
Lakshadweep ( /ləkˈʃɑːdwiːp/ ; ISO : Lakṣadvīp ( help·info ) , formerly known as the Laccadive , Minicoy and Aminidivi Islands ( /ˌlækədaɪv ˌmɪnɪkɔɪ . ˌæmɪnˈdiːvi/ ) , is a group of islands in the Laccadive Sea , 200 to 440 km ( 120 to 270 mi ) off the southwestern coast of India . The archipelago is administered as a union territory and district of India . They were also known as Laccadive Islands , although geographically this is only the name of the central subgroup of the group . Lakshadweep means one hundred thousand islands in Sanskrit and Malayalam . The islands form the smallest Union Territory of India and their total surface area is just 32 km2 ( 12 sq mi ) . The lagoon area covers about 4,200 km2 ( 1,600 sq mi ) , the territorial waters area 20,000 km2 ( 7,700 sq mi ) and the exclusive economic zone area 400,000 km2 ( 150,000 sq mi ) . The region forms a single Indian district with 10 subdivisions . Kavaratti serves as the capital of the Union Territory and the region comes under the jurisdiction of Kerala High Court . The islands are the northernmost of the Lakshadweep-Maldives-Chagos group of islands , which are the tops of a vast undersea mountain range , the Chagos-Laccadive Ridge . As the islands have no aboriginal inhabitants , scholars have suggested different histories for the settlement of these islands . Archaeological evidence supports the existence of human settlement in the region around 1500 BC .
Puducherry ( /pʊdʊˈtʃɛri/ ) , formerly known as Pondicherry ( /pɒndɪˈtʃɛri/ ) , is one of the 8 union territories of India . It was formed out of four territories of former French India , namely Pondichéry ( Pondicherry ; now Puducherry ) , Karikal ( Karaikal ) , Mahé and Yanaon ( Yanam ) , excluding Chandernagore . It is named after the largest district , Puducherry . Historically known as Pondicherry ( Pāṇṭiccēri ) , the territory changed its official name to Puducherry on 20 September 2006 . The Union Territory of Puducherry lies in the southern part of the Indian Peninsula . The areas of Puducherry district and Karaikal district are bound by the state of Tamil Nadu , while Yanam district and Mahé district are enclosed by the states of Andhra Pradesh and Kerala respectively . Puducherry is the 29th most populous and the third most densely populated of the states and union territories of India . It has a gross domestic product ( GDP ) of ₹210 billion ( US $ 2.9 billion ) and ranks 25th in India .