union territory

This article is about Indian Territories - for other Union Territories, see Federal Immediate Territory .

Union Territory ( English Union Territory ) or abbreviated UT denotes a federal territory of the State of India ; in 2020 India has eight Union Territories. Unlike the 28 Indian states with their own local government, the Union Territories report to the central government in the capital, New Delhi .

The following list provides the ISO 3166-2:IN country code , the land area in square kilometers , the number of inhabitants and population density according to the results of the census of India 2011 and the year of foundation and the respective capital :

#	union territory	ISO	resident	surface	population density	founding	capital city
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Islands)	IN-ON	380,581	8,249 km²	46 inhabitants/km²	1950	Port Blair
2	Chandigarh	INCH	1,055,450	114 km²	9,258 inhabitants/km²	1966	Chandigarh
3	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	IN-DH	586,956	603 km²	973 inhabitants/km²	2020	daman
4	Delhi (Capital Territory)	IN DL	16,787,941	1,483 km²	11,320 inhabitants/km²	1950	New Delhi
5	Jammu and Kashmir	IN-JK	12,258,433	42,241 km²	750 inhabitants/km²	2019	Srinagar
6	Ladakh	IN-LA	290,492	59,146 km²	5 inhabitants/km²	2019	Leh
7	Lakshadweep (Islands)	IN LD	64,473	49,146 km²	2,149 inhabitants/km²	1956	Kavarati
8th	Puducherry	IN PY	1,247,953	490 km²	2,547 inhabitants/km²	1963	Puducherry

The "National Capital Territory of Delhi" and the Union Territory of Puducherry each have their own Chief Minister , who is elected together with his cabinet members. Laws and regulations made in the Union Territories are subject to confirmation or signature by the Indian Central Government in New Delhi.

Chandigarh and Delhi are cities with special status, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep are island groups far from the mainland. The small union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu belonged in full to Portuguese India until 1954 and in part until 1961 . The Union Territory of Puducherry was part of French India until 1962 and includes the four former French colonies of Puducherry, Karaikal , Mahe and Yanam .

The state of Jammu and Kashmir was divided into the two union territories of Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir on October 31, 2019.

The union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu were merged on January 26, 2020.