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According to the 2011 census, Daman and Diu had a literacy rate of 87.1%, higher than the national average of 74.04%. [11] Male and female literacy rates are 91.5 and 79.5 per cent respectively. The lowest female-to-male ratio in India (618 females per thousand males) was recorded in Daman and Diu. [12]
Map of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, showing its three districts as well as general location within India. Daman and Diu were Portuguese colonies from the 1520s until annexed by India on 19 December 1961. Dadra and Nagar Haveli were Portuguese territories from 1779 until annexed by the Indian army on 11 August 1961.
For a detailed map of all disputed regions in South Asia, see Image:India disputed areas map.svg Internal borders The borders of the state of Meghalaya, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh are shown as interpreted from the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971, but has yet to be verified.
English: Map of the Indian Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, showing its three administrative districts as well as general location within India. Date 1 October 2023
Daman district / d ə ˈ m ɑː n / (formerly Distrito de Damão), [2] is one of four districts of the Indian union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. [3] It is located on the west coast of India and is surrounded by the Valsad district of the Gujarat state to the north, east and south, and by the Arabian Sea to the west.
Daman is a city and the administrative capital of the Indian territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. It is a municipal council situated in the Daman district of the union territory. [2] The Daman Ganga River divides Daman into: Nani-Daman (Little Daman) and Moti-Daman (Big Daman). Despite its name, Nani-Daman is the larger of the ...
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Goa, Daman and Diu (Konkani: Goem, Damanv ani Diu, Portuguese: Goa, Damão e Dio) was a union territory of the Republic of India established in 1961 following the liberation of Portuguese India, with Maj Gen K P Candeth as its first governor.