Geography | |
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Location | Bay of Bengal |
Coordinates | 13°15′N 92°56′E / 13.25°N 92.93°E |
Archipelago | Andaman Islands |
Adjacent to | Indian Ocean |
Area | 1,317 km2 (508 sq mi)[1] |
Length | 80 km (50 mi) |
Width | 26 km (16.2 mi) |
Coastline | 366 km (227.4 mi) |
Highest elevation | 731 m (2398 ft)[2] |
Highest point | Saddle Peak |
Administration | |
District | North and Middle Andaman |
Island group | Andaman Islands |
Island sub-group | Great Andaman |
Taluk | Diglipur Taluk |
Largest settlement | Diglipur (pop. 15,000) |
Demographics | |
Population | 42541 (2011) |
Pop. density | 32.3/km2 (83.7/sq mi) |
Ethnic groups | Andamanese |
Additional information | |
Time zone | |
PIN | 744202[3] |
Telephone code | 031927 [4] |
ISO code | IN-AN-00[5] |
Official website | www |
Literacy | 84.4% |
Avg. summer temperature | 30.2 °C (86.4 °F) |
Avg. winter temperature | 23.0 °C (73.4 °F) |
Sex ratio | 1.2♂/♀ |
Census Code | 35.639.0004 |
Official Languages | Hindi, English |
North Andaman Island is the northern island of Great Andaman of the Andaman Islands.[6] It belongs to the North and Middle Andaman administrative district, part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.[7] the island is lying 137 km (85 mi) north from Port Blair.
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