Button Islands (Andaman Islands)

Button Islands
Button Islands is located in Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Button Islands
Button Islands
Geography
LocationBay of Bengal
Coordinates12°16′12″N 93°02′42″E / 12.270°N 93.045°E / 12.270; 93.045
ArchipelagoAndaman Islands
Adjacent toIndian Ocean
Total islands3
Major islands
Area0.517 km2 (0.200 sq mi)[1]
Highest elevation50 m (160 ft)[2]
Highest pointMiddle Button hill
Administration
DistrictSouth Andaman
Island groupAndaman Islands
Island sub-groupRitchie’s Archipelago
TehsilPort Blair Tehsil
Demographics
Population0 (2011)
Pop. density0.00/km2 (0/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 Code35.639.0004
Official LanguagesHindi, English

Button Islands are a group of islands of the Andaman Islands. It belongs to the South Andaman administrative district, part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.[6]

  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. ^ Sailing Directions (Enroute), Pub. 173: India and the Bay of Bengal (PDF). Sailing Directions. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2017. p. 283.
  3. ^ "A&N Islands - Pincodes". 22 September 2016. Archived from the original on 23 March 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2016.{{cite web}}: 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.