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{{Short description|Island in Lakshadweep, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2019}}
{{confused|Kalpeni}}
{{Infobox islands
| name             = Kalpatti Island
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| map      =  India
| coordinates      = {{coord|10.813|N|72.167|E|region:IN-LD_type:isle_dim:50000_source:GNS-enwiki|display=inline,title}}
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| location         = [[Arabian Sea]]
| archipelago      = [[Lakshadweep]]
| waterbody        = [[Indian Ocean]]
| total_islands    = 1
| major_islands    = {{hlist|Kalpatti}}
| area_km2         = 0.085
| area_footnotes   = <ref name="cit">{{cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/data_files/lakshadweep/data%20sheet.pdf |title=Islandwise Area and Population - 2011 Census |publisher=Government of Lakshadweep |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160722061135/http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/data_files/lakshadweep/data%20sheet.pdf |archivedate=2016-07-22 }}</ref>
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| length_km        = 0.4
| width_km         = 0.25
| coastline_km     = 1.5
| elevation_m      = 1
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| country          = {{flag|India}}
| country_admin_divisions_title      = [[States and union territories of India|Territory]]
| country_admin_divisions            = [[Union territory]] of [[Lakshadweep]]
| country_admin_divisions_title_1    = [[List of districts in India#Lakshadweep (LD)|District]]
| country_admin_divisions_1          = [[Lakshadweep]]
| country_admin_divisions_title_2    = [[Island group]]
| country_admin_divisions_2          = [[Laccadive Islands]]
| country_admin_divisions_title_3    = [[Tehsils of India]]
| country_admin_divisions_3          = [[Kavaratti]]
| country_admin_divisions_title_4    = [[Subdivisions of India]]
| country_admin_divisions_4          = [[Agatti Island]]
| country_largest_city = (None)
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| population       = 0
| population_as_of = 2017
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| ethnic_groups    = (None)
| timezone1        = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1      = +5:30
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| postal_code_type        = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code             = 68255x
| area_code_type          = Telephone code
| area_code               = 0489x
| website          = {{URL|http://www.lakshadweep.gov.in/}}
| iso_code_type = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|ISO code]]
| iso_code      = IN-LD-06<ref>Registration Plate Numbers added to ISO Code</ref>
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| label3 = Avg. summer temperature| data3 ={{convert|32.0|°C|°F}}
| label4 = Avg. winter temperature| data4 ={{convert|28.0|°C|°F}}
| label5 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]| data5 = 0[[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
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'''Kalpatti Island''' is an [[uninhabited island]] of Agatti [[atoll]] in [[Lakshadweep]], [[India]]. There were plans to extend the runway of the [[Agatti Aerodrome|airport]] on the nearby [[Agatti Island]] to Kalpati Island to accommodate jet aircraft.<ref name="Times of India-Extending the runway">{{cite web|first=Saurabh |last=Sinha |title=Airport across two islands in Lakshadweep |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-02-15/india/27883859_1_agatti-lakshadweep-islands|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110124816/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-02-15/india/27883859_1_agatti-lakshadweep-islands|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 November 2013|date=15 February 2007 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=26 February 2014}}</ref> The plans were rejected on [[Environmental law|environmental]] grounds because the proposed runway extension would have passed a [[turtle]] colony.<ref name="TImes of India-runway extending">{{cite web |first=Saurabh |last=Sinha |title=Bridge on sea to extend Lakshadweep airport runway |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Bridge-on-sea-to-extend-Lakshadweep-airport-runway/articleshow/18358361.cms?referral=PM |newspaper=Times of India |date=6 February 2013 |accessdate=26 February 2014 |archive-date=4 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504165212/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Bridge-on-sea-to-extend-Lakshadweep-airport-runway/articleshow/18358361.cms?referral=PM |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Administration==
The island belongs to the [[Subdivisions of India|township]] of [[Agatti Island]] of [[Kavaratti]] [[Tehsils of India|Tehsil]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://lakshadweep.gov.in/Area-Population.PDF |title=Tehsils info |access-date=29 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721163348/http://lakshadweep.gov.in/Area-Population.PDF |archive-date=21 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Image gallery==
<gallery widths=180>
File:Lakshadweep.jpg|Satellite picture showing the atolls of the Lakshadweep except for [[Minicoy]]
File:Map of Lakshadweep-en.svg|Map
</gallery>
== See also ==
{{portal|Islands}}
* [[Agatti Aerodrome]]
== References ==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Islands of Lakshadweep]]
[[Category:Uninhabited islands of India]]
[[Category:Islands of India]]
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