Location
|
Bay
of Bengal
|
Capital
|
Port
Blair
|
| Distance |
| Port
Blair - Calcutta |
1,255 |
| Port
Blair - Chennai |
1,190 |
| Port
Blair - Vishakapatnam |
1,200 |
|
Area
|
| Andaman
& Nicobar Islands |
8,249 |
| Andamans
District |
6,408 |
| Nicobar
District |
1,841 |
|
| Population
(1991) |
| Male |
154,369 |
| Female |
126,292 |
| Total |
280,661 |
| Andaman
District |
241,453 |
| Nicobar
District |
039,208 |
|
|
|
LITERACY
RATE
According to
a recent survey conducted by the National Sample Survey Organisation
the literacy rate is now as high as 97%.
LANGUAGES
Bengali, Hindi,
Nicobarese, Telugu, Tamil & Malayalam.
CLIMATE
Minimum: 23
C and Maximum at 30 C.
AVERAGE
RELATIVE HUMIDITY
80% with a gentle
breeze from the sea all the time. The weather is generally pleasant
with average annual rainfall of 3,000mm at Port Blair.
The southwest
monsoon touches first here then proceeds towards the mainland.
It comes May to mid-September and the northeast monsoon arrives
here between November to January.
The best season
to visit is between October and May.
EXPORTS
The territory
includes timber (Andaman redwood, gurjan for plywood, and softwoods),
coconuts, and copra.
HARBOURS
The principal
harbours are Port Blair, Diglipur, Rangat, Neil, and Mayabandar
in the Andamans and Car Nicobar and Kamorta in the Nicobars.
There is a network of 866 km of black-tapped roads, 5 wharfs
and 41 Jetties linking all inhabited islands.
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