Lakshadweep (;, , [Lakshadīb]), [Lakṣadvīp]), the smallest union territory of India,'s a group of islands 200 to 300 km off of the coast of Kerala in the Laccadive Sea. Their total land area's 11 sq mi or 32 km².Ten of the islands are inhabited. Lakshadweep's the northern part of the erstwhile Lakshadweepa. Etymology Lakshwadeep, comes from Lakshadweepa, which literally means one hundred thousand (laksha) islands (dweepa) in Sanskrit. Demographics The people of all the… (More on Lakshadweep)