Geography note. The union territories merged on 26 January 2020. The July 2020 report still projects the two areas separately. This profile combines only their projections for 1 March 2026 from that report.
Calculated geographic combination. Calculated by PopulationIndia from two published component projections; not a separately published merged-UT estimate. No change is made to the national total. Dadra and Nagar Haveli: 8,36,000 + Daman and Diu: 7,05,000 = 15,41,000 projected people for 1 March 2026.
Newer evidence about daily life and work
These survey indicators describe different groups. A household percentage and a percentage of women aged 15+ cannot be combined as if they measured the same population.
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Measure and population group
Estimate
Period and source
Household internet access by state and union territoryAll households represented by CMS Telecom 2025
94.7%
January–March 2025; access at survey date Source table ↗ RSE: 3.15% of the estimated rate.
Personal mobile ownership among women aged 15+ by state and union territoryWomen aged 15 and above represented by CMS Telecom 2025
66%
January–March 2025; ownership at survey date Source table ↗
CMS Telecom was designed for national estimates; published state/UT estimates need care with sample sizes and uncertainty. RSE is relative standard error, not a percentage-point confidence interval. The PLFS quarter publishes only a selected-state table; absent places are not imputed.
Official Table 8 ↗ · Calculated sum of the Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu rows in Table 8, 2026; printed page 54 / PDF page 60. Values retain the source’s rounding.
Reading this population figure
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu has a projected population of 15,41,000 for 1 March 2026 in the government’s 2011–2036 series. This is a modelled figure published in July 2020, not a new enumeration or a live count.
Its projection ranks 30 among the 36 current state/UT units in this collection. Its share of the published national projection is 0.11%, calculated from the source values.
The displayed 15.41 lakh combines 8.36 lakh for Dadra and Nagar Haveli and 7.05 lakh for Daman and Diu. Both components use 1 March 2026 and the July 2020 report; the report uses a mathematical projection method for these smaller units.
Aadhaar coverage · 30 June 2026
103.39% reported penetration; 6,90,741 estimated living holders. UIDAI uses recorded addresses and an estimated-deaths adjustment, with its own projection denominator.
Define the people or households relevant to the product before estimating demand. A population total does not establish category adoption, purchasing power or the area that a business can actually serve.
For Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, keep the projection’s date in your working sheet, document the eligible share and spending assumptions, and test how the answer changes. For a local outlet, define a city, district or travel-time catchment instead of using the whole state or union territory.
This current unit does not appear as a separate entry in the original 35-unit Census 2011 directory. Use the boundary guide and the source report’s recast geography before making comparisons.
Resident population, migrants, commuters and tourist visits describe different populations or activities. Use migration evidence to examine usual residence; use tourism releases for visits. Neither should simply be added to this projected population.
Calculated sum of the Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu rows in Table 8, 2026; printed page 54 / PDF page 60. Values are converted from thousands in the source table. Source checked 11 October 2026.
PopulationIndia independently analyses and presents these figures. Government agencies remain the official publishers. The state/UT totals sum to 1,000 below the published national projection; both are retained as published.