Dadra an Nagar Haveli

Dadra ad Nagar Haveli /ˈdɑːdrɑː/ & /ˌnʌɡərˌhəˈvɛli/ (Marathi: दादरा आणि नगर हवेली, Gujarati: દાદરા અને નગર હવેલી, Portuguese: Dadrá e Nagar-Aveli) is a Union Territory in wastren Indie. Nagar Haveli is wedged atween Maharashtra an Gujarat, whauras Dadra is a enclave 1 km NW surroondit bi Gujarat. The shared caipital is Silvassa. The muckler pairt spans a muckle, roughly c-shaped aurie 12–30 kilometres up-river frae the ceety o Daman on the coast, at the centre o which, an thus ootside the territory, is the Madhuban reservoir.

Dadra an Nagar Haveli

दादरा आणि नगर हवेली / દાદરા અને નગર હવેલી

Dadrá e Nagar-Aveli
Union Territory
Dadra an Nagar Haveli is located in Indie
Dadra an Nagar Haveli
Dadra an Nagar Haveli
Coordinates: 20°16′12″N 73°1′12″E / 20.27000°N 73.02000°E / 20.27000; 73.02000
KintraIndie
Uniton territoryDadra an Nagar Haveli
Established11 August 1961
CaipitalSilvassa
Govrenment
 • AdmeenistratorB. S. Bhalla, IAS
Area
 • Total487 km2 (188 sq mi)
Area rank4th
Population
 • Total342,853
 • Rank33rd
 • Density700/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Leids
 • OffeecialInglis, Gujarati, Hindi Marathi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 codeIN-DN
No. o destricts1
HDIIncrease
0.618 (2005)
HDI Categoryheich
Websitednh.nic.in

Dadra an Nagar Haveli (DNH) are in the middle o the quite undulatin wattershed o the Daman Ganga River, which efter the reservoir flows through Nagar Haveli an later furms the short soothren border o Dadra. The touns o Dadra an Silvassa lie on the north bank o the river. The Wastren Ghats range rises tae the east, an the fithills o the range occupy the eastren portion o the destrict. While the territory is landlocked, the Arabian Sea lies juist tae the wast in Gujarat.