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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Dadra
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| settlement_type = Sub-district
| image_skyline = Vanganga Lake, Dadra - panoramio (3).jpg
| image_alt = Vanganga Lake, Dadra
| image_caption = Vanganga Lake, Dadra
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| pushpin_map = India#India Gujarat#India Dadra and Nagar Haveli
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| pushpin_map_caption = Dadra location
| coordinates = {{coord|20.32|N|72.98|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = India
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|Union Territory]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu|DNDD]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts in India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Dadra and Nagar Haveli]]
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| named_for = Dadra
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| population_demonym = Dadracar
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| demographics_type1 = Languages<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf |page=87 |title=52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India |date=29 March 2016 |access-date=15 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf |archive-date=25 May 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| demographics1_title1 = Official
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| demographics1_title2 = Additional official
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| blank1_info_sec1= [[Silvassa]]
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'''Dadra''' ({{IPAc-en|'|d|ɑː|d|r|@}}) is one of the two [[taluka]]s in [[Dadra and Nagar Haveli]] district, [[India]]. It is an [[enclave]] lying a few kilometres north west of [[Nagar Haveli]] and is surrounded by [[Gujarat]].

Dadra is located 6 km west from district headquarter [[Silvassa]]. Dadra consists of [[Dadra town]] and two other villages — [[Demni]] and [[Tighra]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Division-VI (Silvassa)|url=https://damancgst.gov.in/dadranagarhavelijurisdiction.aspx|access-date=4 September 2023|archive-date=20 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240720031750/https://damancgst.gov.in/dadranagarhavelijurisdiction.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==History==
Dadra was part of [[Portuguese India]] from 1779, right until 1954.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bansal|first=Sunita|title=Encyclopaedia of India|date=June 2005|page=83|isbn=9788187967712|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fQB3Fkc3Tl4C&dq=dadra+and+nagar+haveli+portuguese+1954&pg=PA83}}</ref> The territory was handed over by the Marathas to the Portuguese for revenue collection in [[Treaty of Poona (1779)|1779]] and was later entirely [[Portuguese purchase of Dadra (1785)|purchased]] by Portugal in 1785.

Under Portuguese rule, Dadra formed a ''[[freguesia]]'' ([[Parish (administrative division)|administrative parish]]) of the Nagar Haveli ''[[concelho]]'' (municipality). In turn, the Nagar Haveli ''concelho'' was part of the [[Daman district, India|Daman district]].

==Demography==
Dadra is a Census Town city in district of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Dadra and Nagar Haveli. The Dadra Census Town has population of 13,039 of which 8,193 are males while 4,846 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.

The population of children aged 0-6 is 1639 which is 12.57% of total population of Dadra (CT). In Dadra Census Town, the female sex ratio is 591 against state average of 774. Moreover, the child sex ratio in Dadra is around 935 compared to Dadra and Nagar Haveli state average of 926. The literacy rate of Dadra city is 90.51% higher than the state average of 76.24%. In Dadra, male literacy is around 94.53% while the female literacy rate is 83.23%.

Dadra Census Town has total administration over 3,385 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorized to build roads within Census Town limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://dnh.nic.in/ |title=Welcome to U.T. Of Dadra and Nagar Haveli |access-date=19 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121118002436/http://dnh.nic.in/ |archive-date=18 November 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Dadra and Nagar Haveli]]
[[Category:Subnational enclaves and exclaves in India]]

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ChristineBabbidg at 03:58, 23 January 2026