Chetlat Island is a coral island belonging to the Amindivi Subgroup of islands of the Lakshadweeparchipelago in India. It has a distance of 432 km (268 mi) west of the city of Kochi.
History
Local history says that islanders were cruelly treated by Portuguese seafarers in the past.[3]
Coir twisting was the traditional occupation of the inhabitants and average Chetlat coir used to be equal to first-class coir of the other islands in Lakshadweep.[4]
Geography
Chetlat is one of the populated islands of Lakshadweep. It is located 37 km to the northwest of Kiltan Island. The reef and lagoon are located to the west of the island and the total dry land area is 1.174 km2 (0.453 sq mi).[5]
There is a small scale yearly growing sand spit on the northern point of the island.
It has a lagoon area of 3.79 km2 (1.46 sq mi).