Little Andaman Group

Little Andaman Group is a group of islands of the Andaman Islands, which include all islands south of Duncan Passage. It belongs to the South Andaman administrative district, part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.[6]

Little Andaman Island
Little Andaman Island
Location in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and in the Bay of Bengal
Little Andaman Island
Little Andaman Island (Bay of Bengal)
Geography
LocationBay of Bengal
Coordinates10.65°N 92.49°E / 10.65; 92.49
ArchipelagoAndaman Islands
Adjacent bodies of waterIndian Ocean
Total islands1
Major islands
  • Little Andaman
Area709.2 km2 (273.8 sq mi)[1]
Highest elevation183 m (600 ft)[2]
Administration
DistrictSouth Andaman
Island groupAndaman Islands
TehsilLittle Andaman Tehsil
Largest settlementKwate-tu-Kwage (Hut Bay)
Demographics
Population18823 (2011)
Pop. density26.5/km2 (68.6/sq mi)
Ethnic groupsHindu, Andamanese
Additional information
Time zone
PIN744202[3]
Telephone code031927[4]
ISO codeIN-AN-00[5]
Official websitewww.and.nic.in
Literacy84.4%
Avg. summer temperature30.2 °C (86.4 °F)
Avg. winter temperature23.0 °C (73.4 °F)
Sex ratio1.2♂/♀
Census Code35.640.0009
Official LanguagesHindi, English

Geography

The group includes The Brothers (Andaman), and Little Andaman Island.[7]

Administration

Politically, Little Andaman group is also a tehsil of Andaman.[8]

Demographics

The main village of Kwate-tu-Kwage is located on Hut Bay. only Little Andaman island is inhabited.

  • Outline map of the Andaman Islands, with the location of Little Andaman highlighted (in red).
  • 1990 Space Shuttle image of Little Andaman

References
  1. "Islandwise Area and Population - 2011 Census" (PDF). Government of Andaman.
  2. Sailing Directions (Enroute), Pub. 173: India and the Bay of Bengal (PDF). Sailing Directions. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2017. p. 288.
  3. "A&N Islands - Pincodes". 22 September 2016. Archived from the original on 23 March 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. "STD Codes of Andaman and Nicobar". allcodesindia.in. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  5. Registration Plate Numbers added to ISO Code
  6. "Village Code Directory: Andaman & Nicobar Islands" (PDF). Census of India. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  7. "map". Archived from the original on 17 August 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  8. "DEMOGRAPHIC – A&N ISLANDS" (PDF). andssw1.and.nic.in. Retrieved 23 September 2016.


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