Port Blair Islands

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Sri Vijaya Puram Islands
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Sri Vijaya Puram Islands
Location of Sri Vijaya Puram Islands
Geography
Location Bay of Bengal
Coordinates 11°41′17″N92°43′26″E / 11.688°N 92.724°E / 11.688; 92.724
Archipelago Andaman Islands
Adjacent to Indian Ocean
Total islands6
Major islands
Area1.138 km2 (0.439 sq mi) [1]
Highest elevation0 m (0 ft)
Administration
Flag of India.svg  India
District South Andaman
Island group Andaman Islands
Island sub-group Great Andaman
Tehsil Sri Vijaya Puram
Largest settlement INS Jarawa
Demographics
Population11 (2011)
Pop. density9.6/km2 (24.9/sq mi)
Ethnic groups Hindu, Andamanese
Additional information
Time zone
PIN 744101 [2]
Telephone code031927 [3]
ISO code IN-AN-00 [4]
Official website www.and.nic.in
Literacy84.4%
Avg. summer temperature30.2 °C (86.4 °F)
Avg. winter temperature23.0 °C (73.4 °F)
Sex ratio 1.2♂/♀
Census Code35.639.0004
Official Languages Hindi, English

Port Blair Islands are a group of islands situated in the sound off of Port Blair, the capital of the Andaman Islands. They belong to the South Andaman administrative district, part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. [5]

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Geography

The islands are located on North Bay, Navy Bay, Flat Bay, Garacharma Bay, and the vicinity of Ross Island.

Administration

Politically, Sri Vijaya Puram Islands are part of Port Blair Taluk. [6]

Demographics

There are living quarters for the JPC manager at Chatham Island and several navy officers at the INS Jarawa quarters at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Island.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Islandwise Area and Population - 2011 Census" (PDF). Government of Andaman. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "A&N Islands - Pincodes". 22 September 2016. Archived from the original on 23 March 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "STD Codes of Andaman and Nicobar". allcodesindia.in. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  4. ↑ Registration Plate Numbers added to ISO Code
  5. ↑ "Village Code Directory: Andaman & Nicobar Islands" (PDF). Census of India. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  6. ↑ "DEMOGRAPHIC – A&N ISLANDS" (PDF). andssw1.and.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2016.


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