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News: The Kerala High Court strengthened old Lakshadweep cowledars’ land rights: qualifying cowledars are landowners, and the government cannot take their pandaram land without lawful acquisition and compensation.
About Lakshadweep Islands
- Lakshadweep is an archipelago comprising 36 islands situated off the southwestern coast of India in the Arabian Sea.
- It is a uni-district Union Territory and comprises of 12 atolls, 3 reefs, 5 submerged banks and 10 inhabited islands.
- Also, there are also ten inhabited islands, 17 uninhabited islets, five submerged reefs, and four newly formed islets.
- Capital: The capital of the island is Kavaratti, located in Kavaratti Island.
- It is smallest Union territory of India in term of area.
- Area: It covers total area of 32 sq. km.
- Formation: The Union Territory was formed in 1956 and it was named Lakshadweep in 1973.
- Division: It is broadly divided into three geographical groups. These include:
- Amindivi Group (consisting of 5 inhabited islands) in the north
- Laccadive Group (consisting of 4 inhabited and 12 uninhabited islands) in the center
- Minicoy Group (consisting of 1 inhabited and one uninhabited island) in the south.
- Inhabited islands: The inhabited islands include Agatti, Amini, Androth, Bitra, Chetlat, Kadmat, Kalpeni, Kavaratti, Kiltan, and Minicoy.
- Straits and channels that separates different islands:
- Kavaratti Channel- It separates Kavaratti and Agatti.
- 8 Degree channel- It separates Minicoy island and Maldives.
- 9 Degree channel- It separates Minicoy Island from the main Lakshadweep group.
About Pandaram land and Cowledar
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