| Viringili | |||||||||||
| Native Name Link: | Mahl language | ||||||||||
| Sobriquet: | Small Pox Island | ||||||||||
| Pushpin Map: | India Lakshadweep | ||||||||||
| Pushpin Relief: | image1 | ||||||||||
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Villingili Island in Lakshadweep | ||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 8.278°N 73.011°W | ||||||||||
| Location: | Arabian Sea | ||||||||||
| Archipelago: | Lakshadweep | ||||||||||
| Waterbody: | Indian Ocean | ||||||||||
| Total Islands: | 1 | ||||||||||
| Area Km2: | 0.025 | ||||||||||
| Area Footnotes: | [1] | ||||||||||
| Length Km: | 0.15 | ||||||||||
| Width Km: | 0.20 | ||||||||||
| Coastline Km: | 0.8 | ||||||||||
| Elevation M: | 0 | ||||||||||
| Country: |  India | ||||||||||
| Country Admin Divisions Title: | Territory | ||||||||||
| Country Admin Divisions: | Union territory of Lakshadweep | ||||||||||
| Country Admin Divisions Title 1: | District | ||||||||||
| Country Admin Divisions 1: | Lakshadweep | ||||||||||
| Country Admin Divisions Title 2: | Island group | ||||||||||
| Country Admin Divisions 2: | Minicoy Islands | ||||||||||
| Country Admin Divisions Title 3: | Tehsils of India | ||||||||||
| Country Admin Divisions 3: | Minicoy Tehsil | ||||||||||
| Country Admin Divisions Title 4: | Subdivisions of India | ||||||||||
| Country Admin Divisions 4: | Minicoy Ward | ||||||||||
| Population: | 0 | ||||||||||
| Population As Of: | 2014 | ||||||||||
| Density Km2: | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ethnic Groups: | Malayali, Mahls | ||||||||||
| Timezone1: | IST | ||||||||||
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 | ||||||||||
| Postal Code: | 682559 | ||||||||||
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code | ||||||||||
| Area Code: | 0489x | ||||||||||
| Iso Code Type: | ISO code | ||||||||||
| Iso Code: | IN-LD-09[2] | ||||||||||
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Villingili (Dhivehi: ވިރިންގިލި ; Malayalam: വിരിന്ഗാ), is an uninhabited islet in Lakshadweep, India. It is located at the southwestern end of Minicoy's reef, in Maliku Atoll.
It is the location where the lepers of Lakshadweep were banished, where they lived in abject conditions
The island belongs to the township of Minicoy of Minicoy Tehsil.[3]
Viringili is barely 200 m in length. It is fringed with gravel and it is covered with bushes. A few stunted coconut trees grow in the center of the island. It has a distance of 0.6km (00.4miles) from Minicoy.