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Since
pre-historic times, these islands have been the home of aboriginal
tribes. But the first settlement by the British took place in 1789,
which was later abandoned in 1796. The second settlement was basically
a penal settlement, taken up in 1858, the year after the First War
of Indian Independence, followed by the settlement of convicts,
some criminal tribes from Central and United Provinces, refugees
from erstwhile East Pakistan and Sri Lanka as well as ex-servicemen
Location
|
Location
|
Bay
of Bengal
|
|
Longitude
|
920
to 940 East
|
|
Latitude
|
60
to 140 North
|
 
TOP
Altitude
(Highest
Point)
|
Andaman
Islands
|
|
Saddle
Peak (North Andaman Island)
|
732
Metres
|
|
Nicobar
Islands
|
|
Mount
Thullier (Great Nicobar Island)
|
642
Metres
|
TOP
Area
|
Total
Area
|
Sq.km
|
8249
|
|
Andaman District
|
"
|
6408
|
|
Nicobar District
|
"
|
1841
|
|
URBAN
AREA
|
"
|
16.64
|
|
RURAL
AREA
|
"
|
8232.36
|
TOP
Length
and Breadth
|
Length
and Breadth of Andaman Islands
|
|
Total
Length
|
467kms
|
|
Maximum
Width
|
52
Kms
|
|
Average
Width
|
24kms
|
|
Length
and Breadth of Nicobar Islands
|
|
Total
Length
|
259
Kms
|
|
Maxiimum
Width
|
58
Kms
|
|
Biggest
Island in Andaman Group
|
|
Middle
Andaman Island
|
1536
Sq.Km
|
|
Biggest
Island in Nicobar Group
|
|
Great
Nicobar Island
|
1045
Sq.Km.
|
|
Smallest
Island in Andaman Group
|
|
Ross
Island
|
0.8
Sq Km.
|
|
Smallest
Island in Nicobar Group
|
|
Pilomillow
Island
|
1.3
Sq.Km
|
TOP
Distance
|
Distance
by Sea (In Kms.)
|
|
Between
Port Blair & Chennai
|
1190
|
|
Between
Port Blair & Calcutta
|
1255
|
|
Between Port Blair & Vishakapatnam
|
1200
|
|
Distance
by Air Kms.
|
|
Between Calcutta & Port Blair
|
1303
|
|
Between Chennai & Port Blair
|
1330
|
TOP
Administrative
Unit
|
Administrative
Unit
|
No.
|
|
District
|
2
|
|
Sub-Division
|
4
|
|
Tehsil
|
7
|
|
Town
|
1
|
|
C.D.Block
|
5
|
|
Lok Sabha Seat
|
1
|
|
Municipal
Council
|
1
|
|
Municipal
Ward
|
18
|
|
Panchayat
|
67
|
|
Police
Station
|
15
|
|
Panchayat
Samiti
|
07
|
|
Zilla
Parishad
|
01
|
|
Island/
Village
|
Nos.
|
|
Revenue
Village
|
204
|
|
Census Village
|
547
|
|
Inhabited Village
|
504
|
|
Uninhabited Village
|
43
|
|
Inhabited Island
|
36
|
TOP
Climate
|
Normal
Rainfall at Port Blair
|
3180
mm
|
|
Actual
Rainfall at Port Blair during 1999
|
2975.0
mm
|
|
Rainy
days at Port Blair during 1999
|
209
|
|
Mean
Minimum Temperature at Port Blair during 1999
|
22.80
Celcius
|
|
Mean
Maximum Temperature at Port Blair during 1999
|
29.80
Celcius
|
|
Mean
Relative Humidity at Port Blair During 1999
|
81%
|
TOP
Population
|
TOTAL
POPULATION
|
1971
|
1981
|
1991
|
2001
|
|
115133
|
188741
|
280661
|
356265
|
|
Male
|
70027
|
107261
|
154369
|
192985
|
|
Female
|
45106
|
81480
|
126292
|
163280
|
|
RURAL
POPULATION
|
88915
|
139107
|
205706
|
|
|
Male
|
53195
|
78401
|
111986
|
|
|
Female
|
35720
|
60706
|
93720
|
|
|
URBAN
POPULATION
|
26218
|
49634
|
74955
|
|
|
Male
|
16832
|
28860
|
42383
|
|
|
Female
|
9386
|
20774
|
32572
|
|
TOP
|
RELIGION-WISE
POPULATION
|
|
Religion
|
1971
|
1981
|
1991
|
|
Hindu
|
70134
|
121793
|
189521
|
|
Christian
|
30342
|
48274
|
67211
|
|
Muslim
|
11655
|
16188
|
21354
|
|
Sikh
|
865
|
991
|
1350
|
|
Buddhist
|
103
|
127
|
322
|
|
Jain
|
14
|
11
|
17
|
|
Others
|
2020
|
1357
|
886
|
TOP
LITERACY
RATE
|
(As
per Census of India - 1st March 2001)
|
|
|
Male
|
Female
|
Total
|
|
A & N Islands
|
1,46,536
|
1,06,409
|
2,52,945
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TOP
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