Union territories of India, Area, Capital
India is a secular and sovereign country where people of different religion, tradition and cultural values live together. It is a democratic country where people live by keeping their peace, harmony and brotherhood. Like states there are total 8 union territories which are divided by the government of India for administrative purposes. A union territory is an administrative division of India which is directly governed by the union government of India. The president is the administrative head of the parliament and the executive of the union. The president administers union territories through an administrator appointed in each union territory by him/her. All union territories of India have special rights and rules for the process of administrative process and development. The term union territory is given for representing the rights of indigenous rights, cultural rights, political turmoil related to several matters of governance. The central government focuses each stage of administrative actions for all the union territories. In the article, all features and administrative sides of union territory of India is given for complete information of students.
Union territories which are directly ruled by the central government has one lieutenant governor as administrator who is appointed by the president as per the recommendation of prime minister. The governor works as representative of the president in union territory. Union territories do not have any representation in Rajya Sabha. Except two union territories which are Delhi and Puducherry. Each governor of union territory has functional responsibilities which are independent of other governors. The union territories are divided into other sub-divisions and blocks for effective administration. Villages have gram panchayat as the representative administrative to control all administrative actions. All union territories have different demographic features, culture, tradition, festivals, history and language which make them unique in its form. The 8 union territories are Andaman and Nicobar Island, Chandigarh, Lakshadweep, Delhi, Ladakh, Puducherry, Jammu and Kashmir, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu. All students must study details about all union territories for answering questions in competitive exams.
Sl. Num. |
Union Territories Names | Area | Capital |
(1) | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 8,249 Sq. km |
Port Blair |
(2) |
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 491 Sq. km | Daman |
(3) | Chandigarh | 114 Sq. Km |
Chandigarh |
(4) |
Lakshadweep | 32 Sq. km | Kavaratti |
(5) | Puducherry | 479 Sq. km |
Puducherry |
(6) |
Delhi | 1,483 Sq. km | Delhi |
(7) | Ladakh |
Leh, Kargil |
|
(8) |
Jammu and Kashmir |
222,236 Sq.km |
Srinagar |
FAQs:
- Which are the new union territories of India?
Answer. Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh are the newly added union territories of India.
- Which union territories have legislative assembly?
Answer. Puducherry, NCT Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir have legislative assembly.
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