ANDAMAN & BASIC STATISTICS

Issued b y :

STATISTICAL BUREAU Andaman d Nicobar Administration PREFACE

The present edition of Baaic Statiatica of Andaman and Nicobar Islands la the Twelfth in the series. U presents in a handy form the Important statistical Information relating to various sectors of the eoonomy of the islands.

It is hoped that the publication wifi b& found useful by the readers.

The Bureau acknowledges with gratitude the cooperation of various goveirnment depart­ ments and other Organisations in making availa­ ble the statistical data presonted herein.

The publication is the result of the devoted efforts put in by all the staff members of the Statistical Bureau.

Suggestions fer further improvement of the publication are most welcorne.

M M 81NGH Aasisttnt Director State Siatistioa! Bureau A & N Admlnistratlori # # 4 > ♦ 4*

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♦ ♦ MEMBER OF Shri Manoranjan Bhakta PARLIAMENT COUNSELLORS TO THE ANDAMAN AND NiCOBAR ADMINISTRATION Name Work/Deptts. Allotted Shri Aberdeen Blair Power, Supplies, Co­ operation, Sports, Tribal Welfare and Rehabilita­ tion. Shri AF Abdulla Kutty Agriculture, fisheries. Animal Husbandry, For­ est and Environmen t Public Works Deptt. and Statistics. Shri K Kandaswamy Medical & Public Health Education, Budget and Finance, Planning, Dist­ rict Jail and Excise. Shri R Shanti Krishna Revenue, Labour & Em p" loyment. Local Self Govt Social Welfare, OflBcia Language, and Law and' Justice. Shri Nagen Haidar Shipping and Transport, Andaman Labour Force, Industries. Rural Deve­ lopment & Information, Publicity & Tourism. SECRETARIES

To The Andaman and Nicobar Administration!

S.No. Name Work/Depts. Allotted

1. Shri S.R. Sharma (1) Coordination Chief Secretary (2) Home and Polica (3; Chief Election OfiS- cer. (4) Vigillance. (5) Parliament Ques­ tions (6) Matters Concerning H.M.A.C. (7) Matters .relating to consultation with Counsellors. (8) Policy matters con­ cerning all depart­ ments.

2. Shri M.K.Bezboruah (1) Planning, Monitor- Secretary Planning ring, Statistics and Cum- Development 20 Point Program­ Commissioner. me.

[ i i l (2) Rural Development including Commu­ nity Development. (3) Agriculture a n d Rahabilitation. (4) Animal Husband ry (5) Fisheries. (6) Cooperation. (7) Industries, (8) Housing

3. Shri K.Sethuraman (1) Finance. Secretary (Finance) (2) Pay and Accounts Organisation. (3) Revenue. (4) Excise.

4. Shri Ashok Kapoor. (1) iViarine & Shipping. £ecretary[(Education) (2) Transport including Helicopter Service (3) Education. (4) Andaman Labour Force.

[ iii ] (5) Civil Supplies.

5. Shri G.K. Dikshit (1) Personnel a n d Secretary. Personnel. Administrative Re­ forms. (2) Secretariat Admi­ nistration and Offi­ cial Linguage. (3 ) Allotment of Gov- erment accommo­ dation. (4) Release of seat» for all kinds of passage. (5 ) Labour and Em­ ployment. (6) Information, Pub­ licity & Tourism.

6. Shri R.K. Goswami (1) Lt. Governor's Secretary to L.6, Secretariat. (2) Health

[iv] (3) Local Self-Gover- nment & Pancha- yats, including elections thereto.

Shri R.N.Kali (1) Law and Judicial Judicial Secretary (2) Matters pertaining to District and Ses- slons Court. (3) Litigation. (4) Pradesh Council.

8. Shri A. C. Kher (1) Prisons Deputy Commis­ (2) Passport sioner & Ex-Oflficio (3) Tribal Welfare Secretary (Tribal (4) Social Welfare Welfare)

9. Shri SL Karunakaran (1) Public Works Principal Engineer & Ex-Officio Secretary (PWD) (2) Power

[V] 10. Shri S s. Ghana, Chief Conservator of (1) Forests Forests & Ex-Ofl5cio (2) Science &Technno- Secretary (Forest) logy (3) Environnnent

[Vi] MEMBERS OF PRADESH COUNCIL A&N ISLANDS

1. Shfi Teerath Singh Oberoi, Administrator, 2. Shri Manoranjan Bhakta, Member of the House of People representing the . 3. Shri Swaroop Lall, Chairman, Municipal Boards 4. Shri Nagen Haidar 5. Shri Kiran Chandra Biswas 6. Shri Rakhal Chandra Haidar 7. Shri Hawey 8. Shri Nalini Ranjan Mandal 9. Shri Godwin Surin 10. Shri Dulal Chandra Roy 11. Shri Abdulla Kutty AP 12. Shri R K. Chakraborty 13. Shri Ramendra Nath Nag 14. Shri Jag Narayan 15. Shri Allah Bux 16. Shri Parithosh Kumar Haidar 17. Shri David P. K. 18. Smt Jaya Prabha 19. Shri Shanti Krishna R 20. Shri Kandaswamy K.

[ v i i ] 21. Shri Veeraraghavelu M. 22. Snri Sohan Rangaiah 2S. Shrl Ebrahim Ali Hussain 24. Shri Aberdeen Blair 25. Shri Martin Lengton 26. Shri R. Johnsmith 27. Shri Harry Saul 28. thri Nishi Jeem 29. Shri Tambolae 30. Shri Ali Abbas

[v iii] h e a d s o f departments /o f f ic e s A & N Administration Shri SS Bhattee Chief Conservator of Forests Sliri RK Mandal Conservator of Forests (HQ) (Chatham) Sliri CP Oberoi Conservator of Forests (Andaman Circle) Siiri A K Dutta Conservator of Forests (Development & Utilisa­ tion) Shri Cliender Nath Divisional Forest OflBcer, Baratang TIhrl A K Sinha Divisional Forest Officer, South Andaman, Wim" berlygunj Shri Richard D'Souza Divisional Forest Officer, Middle Andaman, Long Island Shri SK Kalara Divisional Forest Officer, North Andaman, Maya- bunder Shri S C Mukhopadhya Divisional Forest Officer, Nicobar Division, Camp­ bell Bay Shri Joseph Rangai Deputy Conservator of Forests (Planning and Statistics)

[ix] Shri John M Lobo Deputy Conservaitonr ’’of Forests (Working Piann) il Shri L Balachandra Deputy Conservaitonr 'of Forests (Silviculture) Shri BA Mathews Deputy Conservator of Forests, Mill Divisi(on. Shri IH Khan Deputy Conservator ot Forests, Wild Life. Shri M Trivedi Deputy Conservattor of Forests, (Utilisation); Shri SS Choudhary Deputy Conservator cof Forests, AGTD, Calccutta^ Shri KA George Assistant Conservatoor of Forests, Depot D iviasion» AGTD-Madras. Shri AC Kher Deputy Commissioneer Andamans District. Shri BV Selvara] Deputy Commissioneer, Nicobars District. Shri J Gupta District & Sessions Judge. Comm KR Srinivasan Harbour Master (Snipping & Marine)). Lt, Comm, Balwant Assistant Harbour Singh Master Shri CS Matiyani Marine Engineer, Marino Dock Yard.

[X] Shri A D'Souza Inspector Genera! of Police. Dr. A Atya Superintendent of Polic® Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Shri M A J Farooqui Superintendent of Police (AP/SAP/BP) Shri Ramesh Negi Director, Transport Shri SL, Karunal

[ x i ] Shri Rao Director of Agriculture. Smti Shakuntala Gamlin D.ioctor (im'ormaiioM Publicity & Tourism’ Shn GKR ^lenon CMrector, Rura!, mef‘t. 3hri R Shanti Charan - 'V .■cv.;r C cm rrii^si' ;'j,. Shri Bhagat Singh ; 'iitGndi ■ Engineer, .fciec'iricity L-.oa'-tm^rrt

Shri BK Dutt Executive Engineer ^ (Rural), Electricity Depannnent. Shri Manohar Singh Executive Engineer (PPS) Electricity Department. Shri RK Singh Executive Engineer GDI. APWD, Port Blair Shri Sarwar Hussain Executive Engineer South Andaman Division, APWD Port Blair. Shri Noor Hussain Executive Engineer, Port Blair North Division, APWD. Shri DN Vig Executive Engineer, Construction circle No I, APWD. Shri NK Singh Executive Engineer, port Blair South Division, APWD.

[ xii ] Shri Sarndhanand Executive Engineer, ^ Woikshop Division, A^W D Shri V ArhLLchanKiilty Execuli'/e Enciincew', fv’inor krigation Division. 51.li A*": : : j r:x?CL'1.ive Enrjin^er,- Investigation Division. Shri KS Subbain - A to P E, APWD. Shri TR San ba Moorthy Surveyor of Works (Roads) APWD. Shri R-Raia Gopal Surveyor of Works, TM. APWD. Shri BS Nanra Executive Engineer, ^ North Andaman Cor^s- truction Division Maya- bunder. , Shri S Venkatachalam Executive Engineer, v - Stores Division, APWD. Shri-Rasheed Ahrrwd Executive Engineer, , Constnjction Division, . I, . ■ Shri P Kishori Lall Executive Engineer, Construction Division, . Shri NL Saha Executive Engineer, Construction Division, .

Ixiii] Shri KCS Dss Assistant Engineer, I.S.S.D Calcutta. Shri Shyamjl Krishna Director, Tribal Welffares Shri Satj'iwan Prasad Additional District Magistrate. Shri Narinder Singh Supply OflScer 'fchri PN Paul Registrar of Cooperativ«» Societies. Shri Basu Kumar Controller, Andaman Labour Force. Shri IHemchander Manager, Govt. Press- Shri S. Sankara Director, Accounts amd Subramahiyam Budget. Shri Ram Chander Superintendent, Distriiot Jail. Smti. Draupadi Employment OflScer. Shri M. Alphonse Assistant Commissioner (Settlement). Shri C. Mohammed Assistant Commissionerf, South Andaman. Shri P R. Me'ena Assistant Commissionerf# and B.D.O. Nancowrie. Shri N. Mohammed Assistant Commissioners, . Shri S. A- Awaradi Assistant Commissioner;, Campbell Bay.

[x iv ] Shri Raj Thakur Block Development Officer, Car Nicobar. Smti.Chandrika Block Development Officer, South Andaman. Shri brbaras Block Development Officer, Rangat. :Shri Fiimdular Singh Block Development Officer, Diglipur.

[XV] CENTRAL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AINDI OTHER ORGANISATIONS

Vice Admiral Fortress Commander A & IN SP Govil AVSM Islands. Brg. RC Agrawal Chief Engineer (P) (MES) A & N Tslands. Cap. Vimal Kumar Commander, Coast Guard Region, A &- N isands. Cap. DS Dahiya Station Commarider, Air Force Station, Car Nicobar.'. Lt. Col. NS Dhaliwal Officer Commanding Sikh Regiment. Shri SN Mane Chief Engineer (P) Yatrik (GREF) Shri CM Bakshi Asst. Commanding Officer, CRPF. Shri SS Bliatti Managing Director, Forest & Plantation Dev. Corporatiom. Smti. Shanta Singh Chairperson, State Social Welfare Advisory Board. Shri M Gnanaolivu Chief Engineer and Admini^- strator, Andaman Laksha­ dweep Harbour Works. Shri KN Director, Light House &.Ligl'ht Varadarajan Ships. Shri RK Agarwal Station Director, All Radio.

[x v i] Dl m Baha Deputy Director, Anthro­ pological Survey of India. Sl'ri PG Banerjee Superintendent of Post OfBces. Sfcri BKP Verma Assistant Engineer, Sate­ llite Comm. Earth Station Sfcri PS Narayanan. Aerodrome Officer, Civil Enclave Skri Asish Chandra Tech Officer Aeronauti­ Dutta cal Communication Sta­ tion ' , Shi DJ Chakravarty Station Manager, Indian Air Lines A- Sl'ri KB Isa Manager, Shipping Cor­ poration of India Slri Ramakrishnan Extra Asstt. Director (M ) I^PW Sfri SHK Sharma Dy. Central Intelligence Officer ‘ Dr NT Singh Director, Central Agri. Research Institute Dr JL Ellis Scientist 'C' Qfl9Sber-in- Charge Botanical Survey of India Dr. GC Rao Scientist 'C Officer in- Charge Zoological Sur­ vey of India

[xvii] Dr. Rajeswar Lall Dy. Director, Regiomaal Medical Research Centrtre Shri TE Venkatachalam Service Engineer CM^I) f^ishery Survey of Indiia Shri GG Das Superintendent, Cenrtraal Excise and Gold Comtrool Department Shri R Ganguly Dy IVlanager, Central Inn • land & Water Transponrt Corporation Ltd. Shri RK Bhatia Dy, Director, Cenisiias Operations Shri SC Das Professional Assistant, Meteorological Centre Shri KN Thai

[xviii] Shri SN Roy Branch Manager, Life In­ surance Corporation Shri yishwanath Menon Branch Manager, United India Insurance Cor. Ltd. Shri B Sunder Raman Branch Manager, New India Insurance Company Car Nicobar Shri YK Sharma Principal, Kendriya Vidya- laya Shri PK Unni Asstt Regional Director, National Savings Shri B Biswas OfiBcer-in-Charge, Income Tax OflBcer Shri B Khasnobis Enforcement OflScer, Em­ ployees. Provident Fund Organisation Shri S^anlcar Narayanan OflBcer-in-Charge, Low Power TV Transmission Centre Shri Bivas Mul

|xix] MUNICIPAL BOARD, FOR TBLAIR

Chairman : Shri Swaroop Lall Senior Vice-Chairnfian; Dr. K. V. S. Rao Junior Vice-Chairman: Shri ^ K.‘ David

ELECTED MEMBERS

1. Shri M. Veeraraghavelu 2. „ R. Shanti Krishna 3. „ Jagdish Prashad 4. „ Ram Parmesh 5. Smti. Rafat Siddique 6. $hri M. Sohah Rangaiah 7. „ K. Kandaswamy 8. „ K. Ganeshan

NOMINATED MEMBERS

1. Shri M. A. Rahman 2. „ G. Chandran 3. „ C. P. Francis 4. Smti- Jai Devi

[XX] CONTENTS

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A & N Islands At A Glance 1 - 9

1. AGRieULTURE

1.1 Land Utilisation Statistics of Andamans 10 1.2 Area & Production of various Crops 11 1.3 Area & Production of Rubber 12 1.4 Area & Production of Red Oil Palm ia 1.5 Distribution of seeds 14 1.6 Distribution of Seedlings 15 H.7 Distribution of Pesticides 16 1L8 Distribution of Fertilizers 17 1!.9 Taccavi Loans 18' 11 .K Number, Area & Average Size Of Operational Holdings in A & N Islands 19

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1.11 Number, Area & Average Size of Operational Holdings in Anda­ mans District 20 1.12 Number, Area & Average Size of Operational Holdings in Nicobars District 21

2. ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

21 Livestock & Poultry in A & N Islands 22 2.2 Tahsil-wise Livestock & Poultry 23 2.3 Veterinary Facilities in A & N Islands 2 4 - 25 2 4 Veterinary Cases Attended. 26

3. AREA & POPULATION

3.1 Sub-Divisions, Tahsils & Revenue Villages. 27 3 2 Island-wise Population. 28— 3.3 Population of A & N Islands since 1901 30 3.4 Growth Rate of Population 31 3.1 Tahsil-wise populartion 32

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3.6 Population of Inhabited Islands 31— 33 3.7 Population by Age 37--38 3 8 Religion-wise Population of A & N Islands 39 3.9 Population According to Mother Tongue 4 0 -4 1 3.10 Distribution of Working Population 42 3.11 Population of Port Blair Town 43 3.12 Sex Ratio 44 3.13 Tahsil-wise Sex Ratio 45 3.14 Density of Population 46 3.15 Tahsil-wise Density of Population 47 3.16 Tribal Population 48 3.17 Tahsil-wisS Handicapped .persons 49 3.18 Tahsil-wise Census Villages and Avera^ie Population 50 319 Census Villages classified by Popuiatio 51 3.20 Island-wise Houses & House-holds 52— 54

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3.21 Stotus r t 55

3.2^. • ■■ I • '.^x. I - . ii , : E;S (:7i I ,t ,,’r r-;:; CI981./000)' 56

4. CIVIL SUPPLIES 4.1' Imports by Supply Deplt. 57 4 2 Wholesale Prices of Food Grains at Port Blair 68 4.3 Fair Price Shops in A&N Islands S9 4.4 Fair Price Shops in Municipal area 60 4.5 Storage Facilities in A&N Islands 61

5. CLIMATE 5.1 Normal & Actual Rainfal at Port Blair 62 0.2 Rainfall Recorded at Port Blair 63 5.3 Rainfall at Various Stations 64 5.4 Rainy-days at Port Blair 65 5.5 Temperature at Port Blair 66 5.6 Mean Relative Humidity at Port Blair 67

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1 Gctrm' ‘ A & N Islands 69 Efnployment iri shops £ Gcrrmcrcia! Estabfehnricnts 70 ^ 6 3 Economic Census- 1980 Summary Results 71— 72

7 CO-OPE{^AT!ON

Co-operative Societies in A & N Islands 73 Membership & Capital of Cooperative Societies 74 District-wise Menf>bership & Capital of Co-operatPve Societies 75 Sectorwise co-operative societies in A & N Islands 76

8. EDUCATION

8.1 Literacy in A&N Islands 77

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8.2 Literacy Among Rural & Urban Population 78 8.3 Literacy Rate of Port Blair Town 79 8.4 Tahsil-wise Literacy Rate 80 8.5 Educational Institutions in A&N islandds 81 8.6 Institution-wise No. of students 82 8.7 Educational Institutions, Enrolment off Teachers in A&N Islands 83 8.8 District-wise Educational institutions and Enrolment 84 8.9 District-wise No. of Students 85 8.10 Zone-wise Educational Institutions, Enrolment & Teachers 86 8.11 Educational Institutions in Port Blair Town 87 8.12 Educational Institutions and institution wise Enrolment in Municpah Area 83 8.13 Enrolment of Tribal Pupils 89 8.14 Scholarships Awarded by Education Deptt for Higher Education on Mainland 90— 91 8.15 Secondary Examination Results 92

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&.16 All India Senior Secondary Examina­ tion Results 93 8.1" Enrolment in TTI 94 8.18 Teaching Staff in TTI 95 811 Examination Results of TTI 96 8 20 College Enrolment-Arts Group 97 8.2' College Enrolment-Science Group 98 8.22 Govt College-Teaching Stalf .99 8.23 College Results-Arts Group 100 8 .2^ College Results— Science Group 101 8i.25 B.Ed. Examination Result 102 ft.26 Membership of State Library 103 8 27 Books & Magazine^ in State Library 104 8 .2£ Adult Education Centres in A & N Islands 105 8 .2£ District-wise Enrolment of Adults 106 8.30 Adults Made Literate in A & N islands 107 8.31 Tribals Made Literate . 108

^ ^ 9. ELECTIONS

S.1 Election to Lok Sabha— 1984 109

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0.2 Distribution of Valid Votes Polled 110 9.3 Region-wiae Rolling Stations I l l 9.4 Electorates 112— 113 9 .f Voting Preference by Electors 114.^.115 8.6 Election to Port Blair Municipal Board— 1985 lie ; Distribution of Total Votes Polled 117 9.8 Voting Preferences by Electon 118-^'120

10. EMPLOYMENT

10.1 Govt Employees under A 8- N Administration 121— 122 10.2 Employment Exciiange-^ Applicants 123 10.3 Employment information and Assistance Bureau— Applicants and Placements 124 10.4 No. of Registrants According to Academic Qualifications 125 10.5 Registration and Placements of Scheduled Tribes 126 10.6 Placements Made by Employment Exchange 127

[ xxviii ] Table No. Headinf Fagt No. i 0 7 Momh-wise placements— 1985-86 128 olO-B Yacancies Notified & Filled up 129 H0.9 Moth-wlae Vacaneies Notified & Filled UP 130

11 FINANCE

11.1 r^evenue Receipts & Revenue Expenditure 131 11.2 Excise Revenue in Andaman District 132 11.3 Banks in A. & N Islands 133— 134 11.4 State Coop. Bank Ltd. 135 11.5 Financial Position of State Cooperative Bank Ltd. 136 11.6 Deposits of state cooperative Bank Ltd. 137 11.7 Life Insurance 138 11.8 General Insurance jPolicies and Premium Handled 139 11.9 Small Saving in A&N Islands 140— 141 1.10 Income Tax collections 142

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12. FISHERIES

12.1 IPisheries in A&M Islands 143r-14 • 13.2 Quantity & Value of Fish Landed in A & N Islands 145 12.3 fishery Survey Trials in Andamans 146 12.4 Production & prices of Inland and Marine Fish 147— 14 8

13. FORESTS

13.1 Division-wise Forest Area 149 13.2 Agency-wise Timber Extraction in A&N Islands 150 13.3 Intake & Outturn of Govt. Saw Mills— Chatham Saw Mill 151 13.4 Intake and Outturn of Govt. Saw Mills— Betapur Saw Mill 152 13.5 ODtturn of Major Forest Produce 153 13.6 Shipment of Timber by Foreet Deptt. 154 13.7 Revenue Eearned by Forest Deptt. 15S

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14 INDUSTRIES

14.1 Industries in A&N Islands 156 14.2 Begion-wise Industrial Units 157— 158 14 S Registered Factories & Factory Labour 159 14.4 Loans sanctioned to Industrial Units 160 14 5 Works Committees 161 14.6 Factory Acbidents 162 14 7 Industrial Disputes 163 14.8 Trade Uniorts 164 14.9 Printing Presses in A&N Islands 165

15 LAW & ORDER

15.1 Police Personnel 166 16.2 Police Stations/Out-posts 167 15.3 Road Accidents 168 15.4 Crimes in A&N Isfands 169— 171 15.5 Fire Stations in A&N Islands 172 15.6 Incidence of Fire 173 15 7 Prison Population 174

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15.8 Age-wise Distribution of Convicts in District Jail 17S 15.9 Literacy Amongst Convicts of District Jail 176 15.10 industrial Production of District Jail 15.11 Suicides in A&N Islands 178 15.12 Cause of Suicides 170— »18(0

16 iVlEDICAL & PUBLIC HEALTH 16.1 Medical Facilities in A&N Islands 181 16.2 Region-wise Hospitals & Dispansaries 182 16.3 Tahsil-wise Hospitals & Dispansaries 183~18<4 16.4 Bed Strength of Hospitals 185— 1877 16.6 Medical Personnel 188 16.6 Registered Births & Deaths in A&N Islands 189 16.7 Average No. of daily inpatients and Outpatients at Port Blair Hospital 190 16.8 Patients treated in Govt. Hospitals & Dispensaries 191

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16;9 Deaths in Hospitals According to causes 192 1610 Maternity oases attended 193 16.11 Sterilisation Operations 194— 195 perfomied 16.12 Tubectomy Operations & lUDs 196 Insertions performed 16.13 Montli-wise Tubectomy Opera- 197— 19S tions performed

17. PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT

17.1 New 20 Point Programme— 199— 201 Progress under Selected items 17.2 Plan outlay & Expenditure 202 17.3 Community Development Blocks 203— 204 17.4 Panchayats in A. & N. Islands 205

18. POSTS & TELEGRAPHS

1j$.1 Postal Facilities in A Er N Islands 206 18.2 Region wise Psstal Facilities ’ 207 18.3 Postal Traffic in A & N islands 208 18.4 Telephone Facilities 209 [xxxili] Table No. Heading Page N 3.

18.5 Region-wise Telephone 210 connections 18.6 Telephone connections in Port 211 Blair Municipal area

19. POWER

19.1 Installed capacity and Genera- 212 tion of electricity 19.2 District wise installed capacity 2 ] 3 and Generation of electricity 19 3 Electricity Generation in H. Q. 214 areas 19.4 Electricity Generation ill Rural 215— 216 areas 19.5 Electricity Consumption in 217 A & N Islands 19.6 Electricity Consumption in 218-— 21 9 H. Q areas 19.7 Electricity Consumption in 220— 221 Rural areas 19.8 Electricity Consumers in A & N 222 Islands 19.9 Sector-wise Electricity Consum- 223 224 ption in A & N Islands

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19.10 Sector-wise Electricity Consum- 225— 226 ption in HQ areas 19.11 Sector-wise Electricity Consum- 227— 228 ption in Rural areas 1812 Electrification of Villages 229

20. ROADS

20.1 Road Longth in A&N Islands 230 20.2 Important Roads in A&N 231— 232 Islands 20.3 Length of Andaman Trunk 233 Road

21. SOCIAL WELFARE

21.1 Welfare Extension/Border Area 234 Projects 21.2 Grant-in aid Sanctioned 236— 237 21.3 Instiutions benefitted by State 238 Social Welfare Advisory Board 11.4 Enrolment in Seva Niketan 239

22 TOURISM

22.1 Places of Tourist Interest 240— 241

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22.2 Govt. Guest Houses in A & N 2 42- 244 Islands 22.3 Indian Airlines— Calcutta/Port 245 Blair Schedule 22.4 Indian Airlines— Madras/Port 246 Blair Schedule 22.5 Indian Airlines— Traffic Rates 247 12.6 Passenger Fares for Mainland/ 2 4 8 - 249 Islands Shipping Services 22.7 Distance by sea between 250- 282 Important Places t 228 Passenger fares for inter 2 5 3 - 25§ Islands Shipping Services 22.9 Passenger Fares for l^rbour 2 5 7 - 259 Ferry Services 22.10 Distance by Road i& Bus Fares 260»- 261 22.11 Taxi Fares 262 22.12 Foreign Tourist Anivals in 263 Andamans 22.13 An-ival of Domestic Tourists 264

23. TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS

23.1 Motor Vehicles in A&N islands 265

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23.2 District-Wise. Motor Vehicles^ 266 23.3 New Registration of Motor 267 Vehicles 23.4 Driving Licences in A & N 268 Islands 23 &■ Motor Traneportfin A & N 2 6 9 -1 7 0 IslandsiVlMI fVIv 23.6^ Buses Plying In Different 271 Stations 23.7 Navigational Aide in A & N 272 Islands 23 8 Voyages Perfornned by 273 Mainland/islands Ships 23.9 Passenger Traffic by Sea 274 Between Mainland Islands 23.10 Cargo TralBc by Sea Between 275 Mainland/fslande 23.11 ^ssenger Traffic by inter- 276 Island Vessels 23,12 Cargo Traffic by inter-lsland 277 Vessels 23.13 Cargo Handled by Steyedoring 278 Workers at Port Blair Harbours

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23.14 Monih-wlse cargo Handled by 279^- 280 Stevedoring Workers 23.15 Air Traffic between Calcutta/ 281 Port Blair & Port Blair/Calcutta 23.16 Indian Airlines Operations 282— 283 between Calcutta/Port Blair £r Port Blair/Calcutta 23.17 Air Traffic between Madras/ 284 Port Blair and Port Blair/Madras 23.18 Indian Airlines operations 285— 286 between Madras/Port Blair & Port 8 air/Madras 23.19 Programme Composition of 287— 288 AIR Port Blair

24.. MISCELLANEOUS

24.1 / lunicipalfties in A & N Islands 289 24.2 Revenue and Expenditure of 290 Municipal Board 24.3 EnteUainment Tax collected 291 by Municipal Board

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24 4 Allotment of house sites in 292 Andamans

24.6 Loans Sanctioned under Low* 293 Income Group Housing scheme

24.6 Resettlement of Families 294— 291

24.7 N«ws papers published in 296-^298 A & N Islands

24.8 Religious Places in A & N 299 Islands

24.9 Cinema Houses 300

24.10 Films Exhrbitec! in Cinemas 301

24.11 Exhibitions Organised by 302 Field Exhibition office

24.12 Distribution of Petroleum 303— 304- products

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25. ALL INDIA STATISTICS

29.1 India at a Glance 305*~312

26.2 Population of India since 1901 313-i— 3t4

21.3 Population. Birth & Death rates 315>

29.4 Changas in Sex Ratio 316>

29.9 Expectation of life in India 317^

29.0 Progress of Literacy in India 318

29.7 National Income of India 3191— 320

29.8 All India Average Consumers 321 Price Index Numbers for Agricultural Labourers

25.9 All India average consumers 32:2 Price Index Numbers for Industrial workers

CONVERSION TABLES

[xxxx] GENERAL

TABLE 1

A. & N ISLANDS AT A GLANCE

Item Particulars

Location

Geographifal Situation :—

Longitude 92° to 94° Eas Latitud* 6° to 14° North

Altitude (Metrei)

Saddle Peak (Highest Point) 732

Mount Harriet 365

Area (Revised as on 31 *3-82) Sq. Km. 8,249 3ENERAL

Andamans District ‘ 6,408 ^icobars Distfift 1.841 Jrben ^ural 8,235

[Stance by Sea (Km )

Port Blair— Calcutta 1,255 Port Blair— Madras 1,190 Po't Blair— Vishakhapatnam 7,200

jpulEtion (1981 Census)

Males 1,07 2o1 Females 81,480 Total 1,88,741 Andamans District 1,58,287 Nicobars District 30 454 Urban 49,634 Rural 1,39,107 Tribal 22 361 Working 62,680 Non-working 1,26,061 Density of PopulatioA per Sq. Km. 23 g e n e r a l

Sex ralto (Females per Thousand Mtles)

A. & N. Island* 760 Andamans District 750 Nitobars District 811 Port Blair Town 720

Climate

Normal annual rainfall— Pori Blair mm. 3180.0 Actual rainfall 1985-86 (mm.) 2743 0 Mean maximum temperature %985-86 (*C> 29.8 Mean minimum temperature 198®-86 (*C) 2313 Mean relative huoiidlty 1985-86 (% ) 79

Administrative Set Up

Districts No 2 Sub-Dlvislons „ ^ Tahsils 7 CD Bloaks ' „ 5 Town „ 1 Lek Sabha Seat „ i GENERAL

Municipal Board ,» 1 Municipal Wards . Grtm/Nyaya Panchayats ,r 43 Police Statlon/Oul post 24 Fire Stations 3

Forests (198S I6)

Reserved Forests (Sq.KM) 3048 Protected Forests (Sq,KM) 17 Proposed Reseivad Forests (Sq KM) 4098 Total Forests (Sq KM) 7163

Animal Husbandry (1986*86)

Veterinary Hospitals No. 7 Veterinary Dispensaries „ 31 Key Village Units „ 13

Livestock & Poultry (1982 Census)

Cattle No. 36,455 Buffaloes „ 11,869 Poultry 3„19,898

4 GENERAL

Fisheries (1985-86)

Fish landed (tonnes) 6316 Estimated value (Rs. 000') 316,14 Fisheries requisites distributed 5.48 (1985-86) (Rs. in Lakhs) Fishermen families settled (upto March, 173 1986) No.

Education (1985-86)

Educational Institutions Mo. 290 Enrolment „ 62,091 Teachers 2919

Literacy (1981 Census)

(i) A. &N. Islands % 5 > 56 Males „ 58 71 Females „ 42.14

Medical & Public Health (1985-86)

Hospitals No 10 Dispensaries ft 34 Primary Health Centres ,, 6 Sub Centres n 32 Beds available n 774 Doctors ,, 80 Nursei ft 184

Roads (1985-86)

Black Topped KM 7 0 Other Roads „ 30

Transport & Communicatioiis (1985-86)

Mainlano-Island Paisenger Ships No. 4 Pais angers Embarked „ 4J0706 Passengers Disembarked 47695 Motor V*»hicles 3670 Post O&oes 79 Telegraph Cfli:es 36 GENERAL

Telephone Exchancjes N0 Telephone Connections 1128 Telephone Extensions 174

Power (1985-86)

|r>stalled Capacity (KW ) 10955 Generatioft (KWH) 195,70679 C nsur. ption (KWH) 175,65667 VillagiB electrified ^upto iVfarch 1986) No, 291

I ndustrie' & Labour (1985-85)

Registered Factories under N . 31 Fact :.ries Act— 1 948 Average Workers No. 4750 Empi .yed daily W: rks Committees No. 25 Shops/Commercial No. 795 Es'ablishments Theaters & Restaurants No. 73 GENERAL

JL. —

Employment (1985-86) Employment Exchange No. 1 Employment Information & No. 3 Assistance Bureau Applicants on live Register No. 12830 Placements (1985-86) No. 402 Cooperation (1985-86)

Cooperative Societies No. 327 Membership No. 42138 Share Capital Rs. in (000) 137,31 Working Capital Rs. in (000) 908,00 Reserve Fund Rs. in (000) 40,25 Five Year Plans

Seventh Plan (Rs. in Lakhs) 28500,000 Outlay Annual Plan (Rs. in Lakhs) 3350,000 1985-86 Outlay Expenditure (Rs. in Lakhs) 2257,195 incurred Annual Plan 86-87 (Rs. in Lakhs) 6900,000 Outlay

8 GENERAL

Touriism

Gavt. Guest Houses No. 37 Foreign Tourist Arrivals No. *2635 In Andamans(1985-86) 1. AGRICULTURE

TABLE-11

Land Utilisati Statistics of Andamans. (Area in Hect)

item 1982-83 1983-84 1984 85

Total Geograp’-iicai 640800.00 640,800 00 640800 00 Area of Andamans Total Reporting Area 75282 70 75284.64 75285.84 Area not available for 16184.31 16935.79 17302 77 cultivation Other Uncultivated Land 40906 07 39930.06 39757 88 excluding Fallow land Fallow Land 3960 08 A086.48 3578.74 Total Cr pped Area 15153 35- 1516812 15323 67 Net Area sown 14211.34 14332 31 14346.45 Area S'jwn-mire than o ice 942 01 835 81 977.22 AGRICULTURE

TABLE 2

Area & Production V r«ous Crops

Name cf Crops At«a in H ctares Product on in Toons

1983 84 1984-85 1983-84 1984.85

Rice 11655 CO 12693 U 22.000 00 28196.39 1479129 Ba< ana f [1246.99 1288 4 13334.63 Sweet pot itn 134 56 134 80 731 11 783 36 1481.65 Tftploca .196.93 ^ 191.65 1632.71 1505.69 Papaya 321 87 324 93 1523.23 61.45 C*5S 487 29 484 63 90,24 461.e4 Suqer cane ' 102 63 102/0 4 3.82 Rfibi Pufs ?« - 493 61 648 32 282.60 333 02 AGRICULTURE

t a b l e 1.3

Area and Production of Rubber *

Year Area (H e ct) Production (Kgs.)

1981-82 598 84 88.813

1982-83 598 84 1.41.837

1983-84 598 84 2.46,550

1984-85 619 00 2,90,883

1985-86 61900 4 61,000

* Relates to Govt. Rubber Plantations.

12 AGRICULTURE

TABLE r.4

Area & Production of Red Oil Palm

Y w f Are& (Hect.) Oil Production (M T)

1981-82 640 ' ' 15

19S2-83 640 15

19SS-84 990 40

1984-85 1305 74

1985-86 1593 «3

13 AGRICULTURE

t a b l e - 1 6

'Distribution o Seedlings

Items 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86

Coconut Seed'ings 29.600 29,082 37,930 33,355 51,832 Arecanut Seedlings 56 575 85,584 57,382 42,425 176,932 Vegetable Seedlings 1;81,000 1,60.115 1,38,402- 1,28,700 1 30,470 Fruit Plant Suckers 23,700 24 893 11,800 21,185 19,965 Banana Suckers 28,100 26,802 27,326 16,210 34,239 Pine apple Suckers 36 900 38,260 52;510 17,266 21 221 Ornamental Seedlings 1,000 3,200 25,000 3,970 4,599

*BY Agriculture Departnent Andaman and Nlobar Adfninistration. AGRICULTURE

TABLE— 1.5

♦Distribution of Seeds

Year Paddy (Tonne) Vegetables (kg)

1981-82 50 2000

1982-83 51 2010

1983-84 35 1175

1984-85 37 1115

198b-86 30 2110

*By Agriculture Department Andaman anc/ Nicobar Administration,

15 AGRICULTURE

TABLE— 1.7

‘ Distribution of Pesticides

Year Pesticides (dry type) Pesticides (In Tonne) (Liquid) (in Litres)

1980-81 178 3717

1981-82 50 2000

1982-83 55 1214

1983-84 77 2323

1984-85 57 1865

1985-86 91 2664

*By Agriculture Department Andaman and IMicobar Administration.

16 AGRICULTURE

TABLE 1.8

•Distribution of Fertilizers

(M. Ton)

Year Nitrogenous Phosphatic Potassic l!981-82 50 40 11

1982-83 40 2i -

1983 84 59 8 38

1»84-85 30 18 36

1885-86 45 17 27

* By A f ricuiture Department, Andamai & Nicobar Administration.

17 AGRICULTURE

TABLE 1.9

Taccavi Loans

Yaar Amount Disbursed

1980-81 45,000

1981-82 67,4«0

1982-83 45.000

1983-84 64.000

1984-85 35 000

1985-86 50,000

18 AGRICULTURE TABLE 1.10 * Number, Area and average size of Operational Holdings In Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Size Class No. »f Holdlnge Area of Holdings Average size (Hect.) (Hect.) (Hect.)

Below 0,5 545 124 67 0.13 0 .5 -1 .0 543 415.67 0 77 10— 2.0 1549 2214.52 143 2 .0 -3 .0 9338 5081.99 2.17 3.0— 4.0 543 1922.07 3.54 4 .0 -5 .0 2321 95t8.oa 4.13 5.0— 10.0 BOO 1251 41 626 10.0 & above 55 4138.02 7524

Totat 8094 24736.37 3.06 CO Relates to Agficuitural Ceoius 1980-81. AGRICULTURE TABLE 1.11 o ♦Number, Area ind Average Size of Operational Holdings in Andamant District

Size class No. of Holdings Area of Holdlnge Average size (H ect) fHect.)

Befow 0.5 545 124 67 0.13 0 5 -1 .0 543 415 67 0.77 10 80 1549 2214.52 1 43 2.0— 3.0 2335 5074.63 217 3.0— 4 0 543 1922 07 3.54 4,0-50 2091 856342 4.10 5.0— 10.0 131 846.45 6.46 10.0— & above 50 2767.69 5535

Total 7787 21929.12 282

• Relates to Agricuiturtl Census 1980-81. AGRICULTURE TABLE-1.12 •r^umber, Arta and Average Size of Operational Holdings in Nicobars District

Size Class No. ef Holdings Area of Holdings Average sizo (Hect.) (Hect.) (Hect.)

Belcw 0.5 __ —. 0 5— 1.0 ------— 1.0— 2 0 --- — 2 0 - 3 0 3 7.36 2 45 3.0- 4,0 — — 4 0— 5 0 230 1024 60 4 45 5.0-10,0 69 404 96 587 10.0— & above 5 1370 33 274 7

Total 307 2807 25 9.14

^Relates to Agricultural Census 1980-81. 2 ANIMAL HUSBANDRY ro T A B L E -2 1

LivestGCk and Poultry in Andaman & Nicobar Islands (No.)

Livestock Census Livestock & Poultry ______*------1961 1966 1972 1979 198a

Cattle 7,388 10,131 18,685 27,401 36,560 Buffalues 8,357 8,078 8,013 9,719 11,86® Sheep 36 26 NIL 5 NIL Goats 8,615 10,131 11,602 17,578 33,581 Pigs 14,216 21,314 38,648 21,223 96,029 Horses & Peniet 5 5 n il NIL NIL Total LIvcBtock 38,617 49,68$ 76,948 75,946 1,78,039 Total Poultry 70,655 98,659 1,57,245 1,83,846 3,19,916 ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

TABLE— 2.2

Tahsilwiie Livestsckand Poultry— 1982 Census . (NO)

Talhsil Total Livestock Total Poultry

Diglipur 11,922 37,632

M»yabunder 9 457 38,297

Rangtt 12 470 45,686

Port Blair 20,022 72,546

Ferrarflunj 19,692 6906B

Car Nicobar 64.892 18,192

Nascowiy 39,584 38 49B

Total 1,78,030 3,19,916

23 ANIMAL HUSBANDARY K> T A B L E -£ .3

Vsterinary faciiitits in Andaman & Nicobar islands

As on Item 31-3-82 31-3 83 31-3-84 31-3-85 31-3-86

Veterinary Hospital 6 7 7 7 7 Disease investigation laboratory 1 1 1 1 1 Artificial insemination centre 2 2 2 2 2 Artificial insemination aub-centre 11 12 14 15 15 Key Village units 6 7 10 10 13 Key Village blocks 2 2 2 2 2 Veterinary Dispensaries 28 27 27 . 28 31 Govt. Poultry farms 1 1 2 3 4 Training centre 1 1 1 1 1 ^IM AL HUSBANDARY

1 2 3 4 5 6

^attle farm 1 1 1 1 1 Fodder farm 1 1 2 2 2 Quarantin.! wnit 1 1 1 1 Piggery d ?monstration unit 2 2 2 2 2 Gobar g^s plant — 2 3 3 3

K3 ANIMAL HUSBANDARY to o> TABLE 2.4

Veterinary Cases Attended

Tahsil Animal treated Birds treated

1983 84 1984-85 1985-86 1883-84 1984-85 1985 86

Dlglipur 16941 20407 27622 8620 8720 16619 Mayabunder 17366 23620 25443 5490 6080 11040 Rengat 36179 35936 44166 27200 2020) 23,064 Port Blair 72800 75958 77135 52100 486C0 60,112 24980 21587 26930 8001 7006 16,952 Ctr Nlcobar 12865 13069 27296 8220 13327 18,774 Ncncowry 19300 27479 29578 13679 14667 15702

Total 200431 218056 258170 123310 118600 162463 ARIA & FOPl?LA7fON

TABLE 3.1

Sub-Dlvislons, Tahsils and Revenue Viilages

Sub-Division Tabsils Included in Revenue Villages (No.) tha Sub-Division

Mayabunder Diglipur 21 Mayabunder 29 Rangat 38 outh Aidaman Port Blair 43 FarrargoBi. 88 Car Nfeabar "(SarNic^ar ^ Naiitowfle Nanoowrie AREA & POPULATION TABLE 3.2 Inlandwise Population (1981 Census)

Tahsii/liiand Population (No.)

1. DIGLIPUR TAHSIL 15701 Narcondtm Island 17 East Island 72 North AndaiTtan Island (Part) 15352 Smith Island 26H 2. MAYABUNDER TAH SIL 13954 (Part) 5076 Stewari liland 3 Aves Island 2 10 (Part) 8863 3. RANGAT TAHSIL 24289 Middle Andaman Island (Part) 22696 Pr«lob Islaad 13 Long Island 1580 4. PORT BLAIrt TAHSIL 76329 155 41 457S Havelock Island 2600 Nail Island 1560 (Includirtg 5t167 Chatham Island) (Part) 772

28 AREA & POPULATION

Little Andaman Island 7214 Port Blair town 49634 Peel Island 245 i5. FERRARGUNJ TAHSIL 28013 South Andaman Island (Part) 28006 7

3. CAR NICOBAR TAHSIL 15486 Car Nicobar Island 15486

7. NANCOWRY TAHSIL 14968 Chowra Island 1118 1217 Bompoka Island 53 Katchal lslar»d 3702 Island 2256 Nancowrie liland 711 377 Island 298 Kondul Island 143 Pu’omilo Island 90 Great Nicobar Island 4976 Tilangchong Island 27

A. & N. Islands 188741

29 AREA & POPULATION 05 O TABLE 3.3

PopMlation of A & N Islands Sinca 1901 fin No.)

Census Andamans Nicobars Total Percentage dtcadal Year variation 1 2 8 4 5

1901 18138 6511 24649 1911 17641 8818 26459 7.34 1921 ( + ) 17814 9272 27086 2.37 1931 ( + ) 19223 10240 29463 8.78 1941 1 + ' 21316 12452 33768 ( + ) 14.61 1951 18962 12009 30971 (-) 8.28 1961 48985 14563 63548 ( + ) 105.19 1971 93468 21665 115133 ( + ) 81.17 1981 158287 30454 188741 ( t ) 63 93 AREA & POPULATION

TABLE 3.4

Growth Rate of Population

Percentage Dacadal Variation in Population ______ji______Decade A & N Islands Andamens District Nicobars District

1901-11 + 7.34 - 2.74 + 35.43 1911-21 + 2.37 + 0.98 + 5.15 1921-31 + 8.78 + 7.91 + 10.44 1931-41 ■f 14.61 10.89 + 21.60 1941-51 — 8.28 - 11.04 - 3.56 1951-61 + 105.19 -t-158.33 + 21.27 Ca3 1961-71 -f 81.17 -1- 90.81 + 48.77 1971-81 + 63.93 + 69.35 + 40.57 A r e a & p o p u l a t i o n CO NJ t a b l e 3.5

Tahsil wise populatlcn

Tahsil Male Female Total Percentage Variation 1971 1981 1971 1981 1971 1981

Digllpur 5281 8509 4189 7193 9470 15702 (- 1- ) 65 81 Mayabunder 4946 7792 3497 6162 8443 13954 ( + )6 5 2 7 f^angat 9295 13756 5874 10533 15169 24289 (-f )6 0 1 2 Port Blair 27248 44701 15263 31628 42511 76329 ( + ) 79 55 Ferrargunj 11111 15688 6764 12326 17875 28013 ( r ) 56.72 Nancowria 5045 8784 3116 6184 8161 14968 ( ^ ) 83.41 Car Nicobar 7101 8031 6403 7455 13504 15486 ( + ) 14.68 A&N Islards 70027 107261 45106 81480 115133 188741 ( -f ) 63.93 AREA & PdPULATION

TABLE 3.6

Population of Inhabited Islands (1981 Census)

UT. Districl/fahail/IsIand/Town Total Popu'ation Scheduled Rural (Persons) Tribes Urben (Persons)

1 2 3 4

ANDAMAN &NICOBAR ISLANDS Total 1,88,741 22,361 Rural 139,107 22,090 Urban 49 634 271 ANDAMANS DISTRICT Total 158,287 1,189 Rural 108.653 918 Urban 49,634 271 DIGLIPUR TAHSIL Rurfil 15,702 12 CO U> Narcordum island 17 3 East Island 72 3 AERA & POPULATION

1 2 3 4

North Andaman Island (Part) Rural 15,352 6 Smith Islands ff 261 MAYABUNDER TAHSIL /# 13,954 8 North Andaman Island (Part; ft 5,076 — Stewart Island ft 3 — Aves Island ft 2 — Interview Island •§ 10 — Middle Andaman Island (Part) ft 8,863 8 RANGAT TAHSIL ft 24,289 31 Middle Andaman Island (Part) 22,696 31 Parlob Island ff 13 — Long Island t f 1,580 — PORT BLAIR TAHSIL Total 76,329 1,087 Rural 26,695 816 Urban 49,634 271 Port Blair Municipal Board Urban 49,634 271 North Passage Island Rural 155 —r AERA & POPULATION

1 2 3 . 4

Strait Island Rural 41 5 — Baratang Island 9 i 4,575 Peel Island 245 '— 5 Havelock Island i f 2,600

Neil Island n 1,560 — South Andaman island (Part) Total 59,167 178 Rural 9,633 7 Urban 49,634 271 Rutland Island Rural 772 —

Little Andaman Island (Pari) 99 7,214 777

FERRARGUNJ TAHSIL 99 28,013 61 South Andaman Island (Part) 28,006 61 Viper Island 7 — 21,172 OJ NICOBARS DISTRICT Total 30,454 Rural 30.434 21,172 Urban — — AREA & POPULATION 00 05 1 2 3 4

CAR NICOBAR TAHSIL Rural 15.486 13,514 Car Nicobar Island Rural 15,486 13514 NANCOWRIE TAHSiL 14,968 7,658

Chowra Island t r 1,118 1,114 Teressa Island 1,217 1 165 Bomp ka Island 53 50

Katchal Island r r 3,702 2,084

Nancowrie Island // 711 520

Kamorta Island n 2,256 1,269

Trinket Island f t 377 376

Pulomilo Island 19 90 78

Little Nicobar Island 11 298 298

Kondul Island 9 ■ 143 119 Great Nicobar Island 4,976 474

Tilangchang t ! 27 1 AREA & POPULATION

TABLE 3.7

Population by Age (1981 Census)

(in '00')

Age group (In years) Rural Urban Total

0 - 4 211 61 272 5— 9 203 62 265 1 0 -1 4 159 53 212 15— 19 115 47 163 20— 24 134 58 192 25— 29 144 58 202 CJ 3 0 -3 4 100 43 143 35— 39 95 36 131 AREA & POPULATION 00 1 2 3 4

40— 44 68 26 94 45— 49 56 22 78 50— 54 38 13 51 55— 59 21 7 28 60— 64 18 4 22 65— 69 10 2 12 7 0+ 17 3 20 Age not stated 1 1 2

Total 1391 495 1887 AREA a p o p u l a t i o n

TABLE 3.8

Religion-wise Population of Andaman & Niecbar Islands.

Population Census

Religion 1951 1961 1971 1981

Hindus 9294 32781 70134 121793 Muslims 4783 7398 11655 16188 Christians 9494 17973 3P342 48274 Sikhs 126 241 865 991 Budhists 1604 1707 103 127 Jains 1 3 14 11 W CO Others 5669 3445 2020 1357 a r e a a n d p o p u l a t io n

TABLE 3.9

Population accordinq to Mother Tongue (1971 Census)

Mother Tongue Males Females Tota’I 1 2 3 4

Assamese 13 4 17 Bengali 14940 13180 28120 Gujarati 110 43 15.9 11716 6783 1849'9 Kannada 123 78 20% Kbshnniri 2 6 8 M.tlayalam 8447 5506 13953 Marathi 76 39 115 Oriya 211 39 250 rurjabi 578 445 1023 SrXiskrit ——— SindhI 5 2 7 10337 3881 14518 Teiugu 6555 2606 9361 Urdu 1390 1098 2488 Arabic/Afbi 3 4 7 Chinese/Chini 4 2 6 Coorgi/Kadogu 26 14 40

Dogri 1 — 1

40 & POPULATION

2 3 4

English^ ; • 42* 32

Total 70027 45106 •115133 AREA AND POPULATION

TABLE 3.10

Distribution of Working Population— (1981 Census)

Population % to total Workers

Category Males Females Total Males Females Total

Cultivators 9762 512 10274 16.67 12.39 16.39 Agricultural Labourers 22.44 92 2337 3.83 2.25 3.73 Household Industry 1431 395 1826 Z44 9.56 2.di Other Workers 45112 3131 48243 75.05 75,79 76 97 AUfA AND POPULATION TABEL^3.11

Population of Port Blair Town

Yeair Population Decadal Peroentage Variation Dacadal Variation

1951 7789

1961 14075 +6286 +80.70

1971 26218 +12143 +86.27

1981 49634 +23416 +89.31

43 AREA ANDLATON

T P B iJE m X l

'•Sex"Hati(S

Decade A&N Islands Anciamansi r Nicobars District District

1901 318 197 8141

1911 352 197 8;25

1921 303 146 769

1931 495 348 881

1941 574 433 891

1951 625 489 900

1961 617 554 872

1971 644 615 784

1981 760 750 811

•No. of females per 1000 males.

44 AREA AND ^’P'OPOLAtiO’N

TABLE:— 3,13

* Tahsil- Wise Sex Ratio

Sex Ratio as per Census Year ------*------Tahjsil 1961 1971 1981

Digllipur 714 793 845

May^abunder 543 707 791

Ranjgat 427 632 766

Port Blair NA 560 708

Ferrargunj NA 609 786

Car Nicobar 926 902 928

Nancowrie 767 618 704

♦ No. of females per 1000 males

45 AREA AND POPULATION TABLE 3.14

Density of population of A&N Islands

Year Density (Peisons per Sq. KM)

1901 3

1911 3

1921 3

1931 4

1941 4

1951 4

1961 8

1971 14

1981 23

46 AREA & POPULATION TA BLE 3.15 Tahtil’Wist Density of population

Persons per Sq. Km.

Tahe 1961 1971 1981

DSgiipur 5 11 18

Mayabunder 4 6 10

Rangat 7 14 23

Port Blair/Ferrtrgunj 10 20 33

Car Nicobar 77 105 120

Nancowrie 3 4 8

A. & N, Islands 8 14 23

47 AREA & POPULATION -tSk TABLE 3:i6 GO Tribal Population ------(j------rr > Census Year

Tribe I 1931 1941 | 9 5 b 19i6l 1971 __ ij . 1 2 S 6 - i ------^ In Andamanese 90 — 23 24 (250) - (i6 o ) 112 Jarawas (70) - (BO) (50m NE J Sentinalesa 50 — (50) NE In Nicobar Islands e! ■i Nicobarese 9589 12252 11902 13903 i 17874 Shompens (200) — po)^^ 92 NE ; Not enumeriied. Note: Figures in brackets are estirriated figures, AREA a POPULATION

TAB LE 3.17

TahteiiWise Handicapped Persons-1981 Census

______(N o )

Tahsil ' Blind Crippled Dumb

Digllipur 3 9 6

Mayaburder — 7

Rangat 5 13

Port Blair 18 c. is 23 Ferrargunj 5 12 14

Car Nicobar 32 45 13

Nancowrie 6 9 3

49 ABEA a POPULATION

TABLE 3.18

TahsU-wiee Cenaut Viliagts and Average Population— 1981 Cansua (NIo.)

Tahsil Census Average Village popuiatiofi per village

DigHpur 39 403

Mayabunder 58 241

Rangat 66 368

Port Blair 81 330

Fer»-argunj 76 369

Car Nicobar 16 968

Nancowrie 165 97

50 AREA AND POPUL/ITION

TABLE3.1ft

Census Villages Classified by Poputetion (1981 Census)

Village Number Population .... JL. ____ Male Female Total

With Population 306 10566 7789 18355 Less than 200 200-499 100 17975 13929 31904 500-999 54 20653 17306 37959 1000-1999 23 16846 13785 30631 2000 & Above 8 12361 7897 20258 cn AREA AND POPULATION CJl INJ TABLE : - 3.20

Island wise Houses and House»hplds (1981 Census)

Tahsil/island Occupied' HouseiHoIds residential houses

1 3

1 DlGLIPURiTAriSIL' 3246 3321 1 1 East Island ^ '17 17 North Andaman (Part) 3157 3232 Smith Island 71 71 2 MAYABUNDER TAHSIL 3033 3069 North Andaman Island (Part) 1094^ AREA & pOpgUMION

1 ...... ' '‘■ '■^2 " " '3

Stewart Island 1 J Aves Island - T ' Interview I sland 1 Vneo Middle Andaman Island (Part) 1936 1963 RANGAT TAHSIL 5465 5538 Middle Andaman Island (Part) 5038 5098 Proleb Island 7 9 Long Island 420 _ 431 PORT BLAiR TAHSIL 16921 1/254 North Passage Island - 42 45 Strait Island , 1 1 Baratang Island 1006 11^2 Peel Island 80 c _80 Havelock Island 51:0 4. S 3 Neil Island 321 ^ South Andaman (Part) (Including Chatham Island) 1322t- -1340X- Rutland-lsland 161 161 AREA e POPULATION C3 •lb 1 2 Little Andaman Island 1569 1627 Port Blair Town 11192 11368 5 FERRARGUNJ TAHSIL 6017 6948 South Andaman Island (Part) 6016 6047 Viper Island 1 1 6 CAR NICOBAR TAHSIL 2063 2066 Car Nicocar Island 2063 2066 7 NANCOWRY TAHSIL 3246 3345 Chowra Island 182 182 Tarressa Island 264 264 Bamboka Island 13 13 Katchal Island 740 779 458 484 109 1t9 Trinket Island 23 23 Little Nicobar Island 48 48 Kondul Island 22 22 Great Nicobar Island 1366 1400 Tilangchong Island 2 2 AREA AND POPUUITON TAttLE~3.21

(No)

Marhtl $t«tus of Population

Population Census Item

Total population of A&N Islands 63548 115133

Total married persons 27923 49346

(a) Males 17522 30287

(b) Females 10401 19059

Total Divorced or Separated persons 387 539

(a) Males 251 360

(b) Females 136 179

55 Projected Population of A&N Islands as on 1st March (1981— 2000)

Year Estimated* iPersbns (IMIo.)

1981 - 1,88,800 1982 1,98,000 1983 2,07,70d 1984 2,17900 1985 2,28,200 1986 2,38,900 1987 2,49,700 1983 2,60,600 1989 2,71,700 1990 2,83,100 1991 2,94,900 1992 3,06,900 1993 3,19,200 1994 3,31,600 1995 3,44,200 1996 3,56,800 1997 3,69,300 1998 3,81,700 1999 3,93,700 2000 4,05.100

Source : Registrar General of India, New Delhi

56 4. CIVIL SUPPLIES

TABLE 4.1

Imports by Supply Department

(in M. Ton)

Year Rice Wheat Sugar

1980 81 11075 3847 2429

1981-82 10751 ■ 5484 2398

1982-83 11253 5993 2897

1983-84 11691 53C0 2121

1984-85 11410 7002 2809

1985-86 13500 6500 3070

57 CIVIL SUPPLIES CJ1 TABLE 4.2

Wholesale Prices of Foodgrains at Port Blair

♦ Price (in Rs. per 100 Kgs )

Item 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986

Rice (Local) 22548 225.48 218 73 . 285 56 232.00 Rice (Medium) 182 42 201 48 21310 218 73 243 94 Rice (Fine) 194.66 213.72 246 55 23110 266 30 Rice (S/Fine) 209 96 22902 246.55 24655 271.75 Wheat 152.59 172.38 181.95 181 64 201.69 Atta 169.01 18893 19837 198.37 Disconti­ nued,

In March each Year. CIVIL SUPPLIES

TABLE 4.3

Fair Price Sheps (No.)

Rtgion 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1884-85 198B-86

Port Blair 75 79 80 87 Ferrargunj 40 40 40 41 42 Rangat 5 33 32 33 30 37 Mayabunder * 16 16 15 15 15 Diglipur ! 8 8 10 10 7 Ctr Nicobar 9 9 9 9 9 Nancowrie ^ 19 SO 20 21 21 Campbell Bay 2 8 5 6 6

Total ‘ 194 . 201 211 217 224 C.7,L SUPPI lES

TABLE 4.4

f-air Price Shops in Municipal Are# of Pori Blair Town

Year No. of Shop*

1981-82 42

1982-83 ,4 3

1983-84 46

1984-85 46

1985-86 40

60 CIVIL SUPPLIES

TABLE 4.5

* Storage facilities in & N Islands

Region Godowns and Total capacity ware houses (M . T.)

Port Blair 11 3500 ^angat 2 500 S^ayabunder 1 200 Diglipur 2 500 Kar Nicobar 2 700 Wancowrie 1 250 Neil Island 1 250 Campbell Bay 2 925 Little Andaman 1 70

♦ As on 31-3-1986

6 1 5. CLIM ATE

TAB LE 5.1

Normal and Actual Rainfall m Port Blair

Rainfall (in mms)

Year Normal Actual

1979 3180.0 1641.4

1980 r r 3756.6

1981 9 i 3104.0

1983 » r 2445.6

1983 • / 2975.0

1984 3411.1

1985 n 2769.0

1986 9t 2197.9

62 CLIM ATE TABkE 5.2

Rainfall Recorded at Port Blair (In mms.)

Month 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986

January 6.4 8.4 48 3 6.6 0001 February 0 1 0.0 234.9 66 NIL March 00 0.0 16 1 13 2 000.3 April 614 00 121.6 27.6 000.4 May 269,2 217.7 232 7 3162 299.1 June 439.1 389.1 618.5 545.3 356.7 July 439.2 610 6 6324 248.7 318.1 August 3360 662.1 150 9 461.1 563 3 September 490,4 334.6 346 2 417.0 3372 October 1032 423.8 318.3 399.3 153.3 November 277 7 243 9 195 0 252.7 130.y 05 Ca3 □•cember 22 9 84.8 506.2 74.7 38.7 CLIMATE O) •1^ TABLE 5.3

Rainfall at Various Stations

Actual Rainfall (mm)

Stations 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986

Port Blair 2445 0 2975.0 3421.1 2769.0 2197.9 Long tsiand 2730.6 2929.1 2405 0 2974.4 2410.1 iVlayabUiidcr 2533 0 2693.7 2524 0 3091.4 2248.9 Car Nicobar 1367,2 2749.2 2191.8 1807.5 1985.3 Nancowry 1036.8 2477.7 2161 7 2294 7 1886 7 Kondu! 1603.3 1676.8 2934 4 2018.9 26601 Hut Bay 2772.8 3185.6 1002.4 2451.7 1840.3 CLIMATE TABLE 5.4 Rainy Days at Port Biair (No.)

Months 1981 • 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986

January 2 1 1 4 3 1 February 1 0 0 7 3 Nil March 0 0 0 1 1 1 April 3 4 G 6 5 1 May 14 10 10 15 18 24 June 16 24 19 18 29 28 July 18 21 20 20 26 20 August 24 15 25 8 26 30 September 14 22 19 15 26 25 0 tober 13 6 20 12 23 20 fslcvember 16 14 16 11 19 14 Decemher 6 2 7 7 10 10 Oi Total 127 119 137 124 189 174 CLIMATE Gi TABLE 5,5 05 Temperature at Port Blair (in C“)

Mean Maximum Mean Minimum Temperature Temperatwre

1984 1985 1986 1984 1985 1986

January 284 29.3 29.2 22.1 22.9 22,6 February 29 6 29 9 29 7 24.5 22.3 20.7 March 30.6 31.2 31.1 22.6 22.8 23.1 April 31 9 32.4 32.4 NA 24.1 21.8 May 30.9 31.5 31,5 24.0 24.5 218 June 29.5 292 295 25.5 23.3 22.9 July 39.1 28.9 29.3 236 23.5 23.2 August 30.6 28.9 28 7 24,8 23.6 22.5 September 29 0 28.7 29 2 23.1 13.1 22 3 October 29.5 29.1 29 5 23.1 23.0 21.3 November 29.9 29 3 29.6 242 22.8 20.8 December 28.7 29.3 £9.6 22.7 23.2 22.0 CLIMATE TABLE 5.6 Mean Relative Humidity at Port Blair (in % ) 1983 1984 1985 1986 Months 0830 1730 0830 1730 0830 1730 0830 1730 hrs hrs hrs hrs hrs hrs hrs hrs January 70 73 ” 71~' " 71~ 74 " 7 6 “ ” 70“ “ 73 February 70 72 78 82 69 73 70 72 March 67 67 70 72 69 72 70 71 April 68 67 72 77 69 72 71 76 May 67 71 78 79 75 80 75 80 June 82 83 83 84 83 84 85 85 July _ 83 86 83 84 82 84 82 83 August 88 85 79 82 84 85 84 86 September 82 88 82 85 83 89 83 87 October 85 87 78 82 81 87 82 87 80 84 75 77 O) November 79 77 76 79 December 75 79 75 77 73 76 ' 70 76 CLIMATE 05 TAE5LE 5.7 00 Mean wind speed at Port Blair (in Km. per hour)

Month 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986

January 6.1 5.9 4.3 6.1 6.3 7.8 February 5.5 50 4.1 5,6 5 6 5.0 March 5 7 52 5.1 5.1 4.7 6.3 April 5.0 57 5.0 5.9 6.5 4.4 May 8.8 9,3 78 9.9 8.5 10.9 June 2 22 19,6 15 6 21,4 24.7 15.2 July 15:0 17 5 12.1 13.9 16.5 16.4 August 23.8 22.4 14.6 17.9 17,7 18.6 September 12.5 14.0 10.8 9.2 12.4 11.6 October 7.8 4.6 9.8 8,8 7.8 6,2 November 8.1 6 4 8.6 6.5 6.2 7.3 December 9.6 6.9 7.7 7.3 7.4 7.8 6. COMMERCE

TABLE 6.1

Commercial Establishments in Andaman & Nicobar Islands (No.)

Year Shops/Commercial Theatres & Establishments Restaurants

1980-81 766 47

1981-82 764 48

19S2-83 773 49

1983-84 787 62

1984-85 790 72

1985-86 795 73

69 COMMERCE TABLE— 6.2

Employment In Shops & Commercial Establishments

Year Employment In

Shops Commercial Theatres & Establishments Restaurants

1980— 81 1660 130 295 1981— 82 1448 258 333 1982-83 1450 276 338 1983— 84 1538 380 394 1 9 8 4 -8 5 1558 400 424 ^9 8 5 -8 6 " 1568 413 429 COMMERCE

TAE^LE 6.3

Economic Census— 1980— Summary Results

Rural Urban Total JL (R + U ) Item No. ■/o No. /o

Agricultural Enterprises

(a) Total 421 90,00 47 10,00 468 (i) Establishments 109 94,0 7 6.0 116 (ii) Own account enterprises 312 88.6 40 11.4 352 (b) Persons uaually working in Enterprises: 2 3 4 5 6 lO 1 (i) Total 1331 93.2 97 6 8 1428 (ii) Hired workers 535 96.2 21 3.8 556

Non-Agricultural Enterprises

(a) Total 5778 76.3 1795 23.7 7573 (i) Establishments 2331 70.9 958 29.1 3289 (ii) Own account enter­ 3447 80.5 837 19.5 4284 prises (b) Persons ujually working in enterprises (i) Total 24400 60.1 16183 39.0 40583 (ii) Hired Workers 16189 530 14342 47.0 30531 7. CO-OPERATION

TABLE 7.1

C0‘ 0|99rative Societies in A & N Islands (No.)

Societies as on Membership as on

Region 31-3-84 31-3-85 31-3-86 31-3-84 31-3-85 31-3-86

South Andaman 170 176 183 24893 27396 28175 Middle Andaman 39 43 44 5032 5089 5160 North Andaman 39 41 42 4549 4573 4672 Nicobar Group 51 51 58 4032 4032 4131 of Islands

Ca3 Total 299 311 327 38506 41090 42138 CO-OPERATfON

^ TABLE 7.2

Membtrship and Capital of Coop. Societies

Items Unit Years

1983-84 1984-85 1985-86

Societies No. 299 311 327

Membership No. 3«506 41091 42138

Share Capital (Rs. in 000) 117,79 136,30 137,31

Reserve Fund tf 34,81 37,00 40,35

Working Capital 19 786,00 802,00 908,t0 COOPERATION

TABLE-7.3

Districtwise Membership & Capital of Coop. Societies as on 31-3-1986

Items Unit Andamans NIcobars A&N District District Islands

Societies No. 269 58 327

Membership 38,007 4131 42138

Share Capital (Rs. in 1000) 48,06 89,25 137,31

Reserve Fund ft 11,25 29,00 40,25

Working Capital 552,00 356,00 908,00 COOPERATION TA B L E -7 .4 o> Sectorwise Coop. Societies in A&N Islands as on 31-3-1986

Sector Societies Membership Share Capital (No.) (No.) (Rs. '000)

1. Credit (a) Agricultural 45 12743 18,75 (b) Non-Agricultural 19 1353 1,69 2. Coniumers 38 18620 13,72 3. Marketing 35 3513 87,17 4. Plantations 26 713 1,60 5. Industrial 22 752 2,11 6. Housing 13 347 4,40 7. Milk/Poultry/Fisheries 61 782 1,19 8. Others 68 3315 6,68

Total 327 42138 137,31

• including A&N State Coop. Bank Ltd Port Blair. 8. EDUCATION

TABLE-8 .1

Literacy in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

As per Population Census Item 1961 1971 1981

Total Population 63548 ^ 115133 1^741 LITERATES: Males 16675 36160 62983 Females 4697 14031 34338 LITERACY PERCENTAGE: Males 42.43 51.64 58.72 Females 19.37 31.11 42.14 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 33.62 43.59 51.56 2 EDUCATION TABLE 8.2

Literacy among Rural Urban pepulation— 1981 Census

Items Total Rural Urban

Total Population 188741 139107 49634 M a lt 107261 78401 28860 Female 81480 . 60706 20774 Literates 97321 64793 32528 Male 62983 42292 20691 Female ' 34338 22501 11837 Percentage 51.56 46.58^ 65.B4 Male 58,72 53.94 71.69 Female 42.14 37.07 56.98 EDUCATIOW

TABLE 8.3

Literacy Rate of Port Blair Town

Particulart As per Population Census

1971 1981

Total population of Port Blair 26218 49634

Total Literates 16132 32528

Males 11265 20691

Females 4867 11837

Li/eracy Percentage 61.53 65.53

Males 68.93 71.70

F«ma!es 51.85 56.97

78 EDUCATION

TA B LE 8.4

Tahsil-wise Literacy Rate

Tahsll * Literacy Rate

1971 1981

Diglipur 38.38 46.29

Mayabunder 41.29 40.85

Rangat 40.49 49 79

Port Blair 55.00 59 73

Ferrargunj 45.57 52.61

Car Nicobar 244 3 40.10

Nancowrie 252 4 38.18

A & N Islands 43.59 51.56

* Including 0-4 years age grdup.

80 EDUCATION TABLE 8.5 Educational Institutions in A N islands. (No.) Type South Middle North • Nicobars Total Andaman Andanr»an Andaman in CD m CO m CD ID CD oo 00 00 00 00 00 CD 1 ( 1 op 00 001 «r» in si- ID lO tfj oy 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Pre-Primary 12 14 — ' —— 4 4 16 18 Primary 65 60 53 54 29 30 36 37 183 181 IViiddle 17 20 7 8 6 6 9 9 39 43 Secondary 9 10 4 5 3 1 4 4 20 20 Sr. Secondary 14 14 4 2 1 4 3 4 22 24 College 1 1 — — — — 1 1 T.T.I. 1 1 — ' — — —— 1 1 B.Ed. Institute 1 1 — 1 1 1 — — 1 00 Polytechnic 1 — — — 1 Total 121 122 68 39 41 56 58 "284 290 EDUCATION TABLE 8.6 Institution— wise No. of Students (No.)

Type Boys Girls Total ------A------^ !-- 1, , — ^ (----- — »_ — 1984-85 1985-86 1984-85 1985-86 1984-85 1985-8(

Pre-Primary 728 780 581 665 1309 1445 Primary 81 a2 7698 7020 6655 15122 14353 Middle 7507 8381 6097 6677 13604 15058 Secondary 5539 5848 4542 4983 10081 10831 Sr. Secondary 9356 10709 7298 8513 16654 19222 T.T.I 68 61 69 65 137 126 College 310 606 250 344 560 950 Polytechnic 30 33 21 23 51 56 B Ed Institute 13 20 37 30 50 50

Total 31,653 34136 25915 27955 57568 62091 tUUUAIIUN

TABLE 8,7

Educational Institutions, Enrolment & Teachers in A & N Islands

(No.)

Y

198i0 81 252 40843 2084

1 9 8 1 -8 2 258 45988 2233

1982— 83 275 48902 2337

1983 84 276 53279 2552

1 9 8 4 -8 5 284 57568 2709

1 9 8 5 -8 6 290 62091 2919

83 EDUCATION

TABLE 8.8

District-wise Educational -Institutions & Enrolmient

(No.)

Institutions Enrolment

District ,------» ------, 1984-85 1985-36 1984-85 1985-86

Andamans 228 232 49819 53724

Nicobars 56 58 7749 8367

A&N Islands 284 290 57568 62091

c4 EDUCATION

TABLE 8 9

District-wise No. of students 1985— 86

(No.)

Type of (nstittJtlons Andamans Nicobars Total

Pre-Primary 1167 278 1445

Primary 12575 1778 14353

Middle 13212 1846 15058

Secondary 8646 2185 10831

Sr. Secondary 16942 2280 19222

TTI 126 ■ — 126

College 950 — 950

B.Ed. 50 — 50

Polytechnic 50 — 56

Total 53724 8367 62091

85 EDUCATION 00 O) TA B L E .8.10

Zone-wise Educational Institationg, Enrolment & Teachers 1985-86

(N o .)

Zone Institutions Enrolment Teachers

Port Blair H. Q. Area 40 20487 843 South Andaman (Rural) 39 7634 396 Wimberlygunj 43 8226 401 Rangat 41 7227 375 Mayabunder 29 4148 221 Diglipur 40 6002 281 Car Nicobar 14 4439 184 Nancowrie 44 3928 . 216

Total 290 62091 2919 EDUCATION

TABLE 8.11

Educational Institutions in Port Blair Town

(N o .)

Year Institutions Efirolment Teachers

1980— 81 32 12,976 549 1981— 82 36 15.368 662 1982— 83 37 16,393 680 1 9 8 3 -8 4 36 18,064 763 1984— 85 38 18,977 779 1 9 8 5 -8 6 40 20,487 843 S3 EDUCATION 00 TAB LE 8.12 c» Educational Institutions & Institution-wise Enrolment in Municipal area 1985— 86

Students Type hJo. of Institutions Boys Girls Total

Pie-Primary 13 614 518 1132 Primary 6 836 648 1484 Middle 6 2909 2344 6253 Secondary 2 912 889 1801 Sr. Secondary 9 5236 4399 9635 T. T. I. 1 61 65 126 Polytechnic 1 33 23 56 Govr. Coilege 1 606 344 950 B, Ed Institute 1 20 30 50

Total 40 11227 9260 20487 EDUCATION TABLE 8.13 Enrolment of Tribal Pupils (No.)

Boys Girls , Totat

Stage of Education 1984-85 1985 86 1984-85 1985-86 1984-85 1985-86

Pre-Primary 52 71 53 - 48- ;105'' V19 Primary 1919 1897 1549 , 1575 3468 3472 Middle 681 792 53,2 585 1213 1377 Secondary 284 329 152. 214 436 - - 543 Sr. Secondary 50 84 19 23 69 107 TTI 10 22 19 22 29 44 Polytechnic 5 1 --- _ 1 qeq 2 \ f:qnc'gibu u - 1 3 5 B.Ed. Course 2 — 2 — N' Total 3005 3201 232s 2467 5330 6668 s TABLE 8.14

Scholarships Awarded by Education Deptt. for Higher Education on Mainland

No. of Students Course of study 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1085-86

NM ical 29 34 43 68 TO Engineering 83 80 125 137 fSS Veterinary 5 10 15 18 24 Agriculture 9 14 24 42 68 B.Ed. 17 10 — ^ysical Education 2 2 10 15 28 Nursing 51 50 51 103 t09 Parting (Fine Arts) 2 1 — 2 6 11 36 50 89 MAfMSoJM Com 6 11 18 8 4) Priming Tfichnology 2 1 2 ® Uw 6 |5 5 6 ft Pisheries 5 8 15 to Librarian 1 6 15 a Doctoiale/M. Phil , 1 1 — * I 4 Talantdd Scholarship — — 4 9 4 - Sanitary inspectors — • — 2. — 8 . Pharmacy — i'— ' 4 4 4 Diploma coarse — — 1O8 138 14a Hindi Seholarahip — _ 8 3 Saiiilk Scholarship — — ^ . g national Scholarship — _ _ . * Holtl Management — — — — 4 EDUCATION P ^ TAB LE 8.15

Secondary Examination Results

No. of students

Year Appeared passed Pass percentage

Boyt Girls Boys Girls Boys Qi^is

i98o“‘8 r ; 606 416 492 309 81 ^4 1981-82 739 486 544 322 74 1982-83 808 624 527 481 65 77 1983-84 910 703 634 395 70 56> 1984-85 1175 847 806 568 09 67 1985-86 1377 1029 789 536 57 5^ - - ____:.:a ______EDUCATION

TABLE 8.16

All India Senior Secondary Examination Results

No. of students

Year Appeared passed Pasft'percentage

Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls

1980-81 278 168 204 132 78.6 1981-82 303 227 199 171 - 65.x -7 5 . 3 1982-83 4i7 296 227 190 53.2 64.2 1983-84 425 307 293 ?13 68.9 69.?' 1984-85 526 438 386 274 73.4 62.6 CO CO 198B-86 676 488 478 352 70.7 72.6 TABLE-^.17

{■rofment in Teacher's Training InstKut#.

Tear Male Female Total

1980-81 ‘ 50 49 99

1981-82 94 46 ito

1982-83 55 47 102

1983-84 53 54 107

• 1984-85 68 69 137

1985-86 61 69 126 TA B LE-8.18

Teaching Staff in Teacher's Training Institutt. ______< « • .)

Teaching Staff » rii ■■ Year Male Female Total

1980-81 13 6 •e 1981-82 9 3 ta 1982-83 13 4 IV 1983-84 12 6 18 1984-85 11 7 18 CO o» 1985-86 10 9 18 EDUCATION

TABLE j:-819

Examination Results of Teacher's Training Institute

Years Particulars 1984-85 1985-86

Students Appeared (No.) Boys 31 28 Girls 27 31 Students Passed (No.) Boys 31 28 Girls 19 31 Pass Percentage (% ) Boys 100 100 Girls 70 100 EDUCATIOI^ TABLE:-,’ 8 20

College Enrolment— Arts Group No.

Course 1983-84 1984.85 1985-86 r ------» r-"------/------Male Female Male Femaje. Male Female

B.A. Part-1 147 96 150 . 104. • —

Pait-ll 35 49 45 49 J:3 7 249 Part-Ill 14 6 26 36 57 .24

B.Com 20 7 29 11 19 10 M.A. 33 19 46 36 20 19

Total 249 177 296 236 533 302 EDUCATION

TABLE 8.11

College Enraiment— 8el«nc« Qroun

1983-84 1984-85 1988-86 Course Male Female Male Fematt Mate Faroalt

B.Sc Part-1 19 19 35 83

Part-ll 7 8 7 ▼ f1 82

Part-Ill 2 2 3 S 2 10

Total 28 29 45 31 73 41 EDUCAT4CMI TABLi 8.22 Govt. TMcklng tiaff

(No> I ri I. I II i Yoar Ttaching Staff

Male Famaia Total

1JP80-81 3S 8 43

1981-82 29 7 3S

1982-83 27 7 34

1983-84 29 7 36

1984-85 27 9 36

198B-86 32 10 42

99 e d u c a t i o n

TABLE 8.23

College Results— Arts Group

(N o.)

Course 1981- 1982- 1983- 1984- 82- 83 - 84 85

B. A. Part 1 Appeared 2 128 210 199 Passed — 82 77 67 B. A. Part II Appeared 93 20 85 85 Passed 33 14 45 64 B. A. Part 111 Appeared 62 54 13 62 Passed 27 34 6 52 B Com Appeared 27 20 27 31 Passed 7 13 11 16 M. A. Appeared 8 27 30 54 Passed 8 17 19 32

100 EDUCATrON

TABLE 8.24

College Rfesults— Science Group

(No.)

Course 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85

B. Sc Part r

‘ Appeared — ' 28 26 31

Passed - 18 7 16

B. Sc Part 11

Appeared 35 4 14 H

Passed 11 2 8 9

B. Sc Part III

Appeared 21 20 4 8

Passed 8 15 1 7

101 EDUCATION

TABLE

B. Ed. Deamination Results

No. of Students Year Appeared Passed

Male Female Male FemaU

31 1 i 30 15

1982-83 30 20 19 19 1983-84 16 32 16 32

^984-85 13 34 12 . 29 19S5-86 20 29 16 24

102 mOATtON tA H B 8.18 Membership of Sttte Lbraiy

Item 1882^3 1983-84 1984-85 1885M

Membership:

M »n 3074 3570 3970 4250

Women 846 911 1061 1104

Children 1112 1203 1475 1597

Tetal 5032 5684 6506 6951

103 EDUCATION

TABLE- 8.27 Books & Magazines in State Library as 6n=-^t-'3-19e6 (N o.) ------Language Books News Papers Magazines Available (Dally Weekly)

Hindi 16494 4 2 22

English 14599 11 4 > 25 "

Bengali 4834 3 1 12

Tamil 3622 1 1 13

Malayalam 2055 1 — 10

Telugu 3040 1 — 6

Panjabi 630 —— —

Urdu 2922 1 — 1

Total 48196 22 8 89

104 EDUCATION

TABLE 8.28

Adult Education Centres in A. & N. Islands

(No.)

Year North Middle South Nicobar Group Total Andaman Andaman Andaman of Islands

1979-80 20 42 49 22 133 1980^1 21 50 62 27 160 1I81-82 18 54 77 31 180 1982-83 27 73 77 23 200 1983-84 27 73 68 32 200 1984-85 27 73 57 43 200 1985-86 42 60 88 71 261

Districtwiee Enrolment of Adults (N o.)

Year Andamans Distt. Nicobars Distt. T-.tal

Male Female Male Female Male Female

1979-80 1267 329 283 222 1550 551 1S80-81 1327 624 373 351 1700 975 1981-82 1539 1CX72 333 327 1873 1399 1982-83 1986 1340 254 233 2240 1573 1983-84 2030 .1346 420 360 2450 1706 1984 85 1882 1643 498 429 2380 2072 1985-86 1558 1795 788 746 2346 2541 EDUCATION

TABLE 8.30

Adults Made Literate in A & N Islands

(No.l

Year Male Female Total

1979-80 480 263 743

1980-81" 641 276 917

1981-82 489 314 803

1982-83 224 194 418

1983-84 726 551 1277

1984^5 098 503 1201

1985-86 659 1013 1672

10 7 EDUCATION

TABLE 8.31

Trit>fls Made Literate (No.)

. Year Male Female Total

1979-80 111 112 223

1980-81 151 128 279

1981-81 65 53 118

1982-83 51 78 129

1983-84 71 67 138

1984-85 69 90 1S9

1985<^86 107 104 211

m a ELECTIONS

t a b l e 9.1

Ela^^on to Lok Sabha— 1984

SL Items Particulars No.

1 Nam« of Constituency A & N Islands Parliamentary Constituency.

2. Lok Sabha Seat 1

3. Contesting Candidates 6

4. Polling Stations; In Andamans 203 in Nicobars' 54 5. Total Electors 1.15,565 f. Total Votes Polled 91,093

7. Percentage of Votas Pollad 78.62%

9. Tola! Valid Votea 88,9(8 ------

t09 ELECTIONS

TABLE 9.2

Lok Sabha Election— 1984

Distribution of Valid votes polled

Region Total Votes Valid Votes Polled (No.) Polled (No.)

Port Blair 32,753 32,142 Ferrargunj 14,023 13,721 Rangat 12,170 11,979 Mayabunder 6,164 5,993 Diglipur 7,830 7,658 Little Andamad 4,099 4,026 Car Nicobar 7,271 6.831 Nancowry 4,459 4,354' Campbell Bay 2,308 2,252 Pottal Votes 16 12

Total:— 91,093 88,968

110 ELECTIONS

TABLE 9.3

Lok Sabha Election— 1984

Region-wise Polling Stations

Region Polling Stations (No.)

Port Blair 69 ferrargunj 42

Rangat 35

Mayabunder 24

Diglipur 23

Little Andaman 10

Car Nicobar 12

Nancowry 25

Campbell Bay 17

Total:— 257

I l l ELECTIONS TABLE 9.4

Lok Sabha Election— 1984

EI«ctorates

Region Total Electorates

Males Famales Total

Port Blair 27,181 17,449 44,630

Ferrargunj 9,074 7,363 17.037

Rangat 8,918 5,778 14,696

^ Mayabunder 4,322 3,244 7,566

^ Diglipur 4,968 4,028 8,08ft Little Andaman 3,428 1,796 9,234 Od Car Nicobar 4,350 4,220 8,570

Nancowrie 3,222 2,382 5,604

Campbell Bay 2,172 1,039 3,211

TOTAL 68,235 47,299 1,15,634 Service Voters 26 5 31 ELECTIONS TABLE 9.5

Lok Sabha Election— 1984

Voting Preference by Electors

Region No. of Valid Votes Secured by Total

Cong (1) CP (M) Lok Dal Independents

KS BM Haz

Port Blair 13,532 3 612 13,903 232 214 649 32,142

Ferrargunj 6,468 1,661 4,569 53 108 862 13,721

Rangat 6,155 1,439 3,962 74 288 61 11,979

Mayabunder 2,888 722 2,247 32 80 24 5,993 DIgllpur 5,485 1,013 1,D74 28 34 24 7,658

Little Andaman 2,288 873 825 5 16 19 4,026

Car Nicobar 6,145 326 281 40 14 25 6,831

Nancowrie 3,127 562 584 39 19 23 4,354

Campbell Bay 929 878 428 2 ' 7 8 2,252

TOTAL 47,017 11,086 27873 505 780 1695 88956

Postal Votes 2 10 — — — 12

TOTAL 47,019 11,086 27883 505 780 1695 88968

H* ELECTIONS

TABLE 9.6

Election to Port Blair Municipal Board1985

Items Particulars • 1. Total No. of Seats 11

2. No. of Municipal Wards 11

3. No. of Contesting candidates 48

4. No. of Polling Booths 39

5. Total Electors 32,218

6. Total Votes Polled 20,751

7. Percentage of Votes Polled 64.4%

8. Total Valid Votes 20,346

116 ELECTIONS

TABLE 9.7

Distribution of Total Votes Polled

N o. of No. of Registered Valid Votes Ward Voters Polled (No.)

1 3607 2313 2 1813 1407 3 3491 2255 4 3471 1993 5 3721 2391 6 1409 997 7 1207 738 8 3024 1807 9 4142 2552 10 1337 869 11 4996 3024

11? ELECTIONS

TABLE 9.8

Voting Preference by Electors

Nams cf the Ward & IMc. of Valid Votes Candidates Secured

WARD NO. 1

1. Mohammad All S. 1135 2. Veera Ragavalu 1178

W ARD NO. 2

1. Deva Das B. 7 2. Jagannath T. .410 3. Laxman Rao D. 7 4 . Sakul Hameed M. 352 5. ShantI Krishna R. 631

W ARD NO. 3

1. DuraiRajJ. 194 2. Ganeshan K. 1433 3. Jafar Ali 325 4. Marudhavanan A. R. 303

11g WAR[> NO. 4

1. Abdul Samad 338 2. Chavbey Satish 300 3. David PK 819 4. Roy Chowdhary DP 22 5. Subramaniam SP 473 6. Venket Ratnam 41

W ARD NO. 5

1. Kanda Swamy K 1226 2. Mohd. Iqbal 982 3. Tamil Sr ievam G 183

WARD No. 6

1. Ibrahim TM 207 2. Ratnam KY 90 3. Sohan Rangaiah 700

WARD No. 7

1. Joseph TK 168 2. Mahajan R 146 IJ. Rafat Siddique 419 4. Ram Parmesh 05

W ARD No. 8 1. Abdul Jamil 686

119 £. Jaswant Kurrwr %. Swaroop Lall 554 4. Vijayan Pillai 247

WARD No. 9

1. Bose M 522 2. Gopal TK 409 3. Jaswant Kumar 19 4. Ram Parmesh 803 5. Ratan Behari Lall 106 6. SareefKB 12 7. Thanga Swamy 681

WARD No. 10

1. Bishen Murthy 245 2. Ganeshan PB 195 3 ‘ Jagdish Prasad 387 4. Niranjan Lall 10 5. Srredharan R 30 6. Urmll Rani 2

WARD No. 11

1. Ashara Mustaq 18® 2. Krihnan K 242 3. NairGK ^129 4. Rao KVS 246?

120 10 EMPLOYMENT

TABLE i n

Government Employees under Andaman and Nicobar Administration

Regular Staff (No.)

Year Class Class Class Class IV including Grand I II III all other non-re- Total gular workers/ Labourers

•tet Mareh 1978 86 182 6328 18201 24797

S la t March 1979 96 202 6416 19793 26497

3 U t March 1980 152 189 6979 19725 27045

31at March 1981 161 196 7138 20024 27519 Z U r March 1982 183 224 7740 19787 27934

,3t«t March <1983 185 231 7770 18765 26951

31ft March 1984 189 288 8142 19282 27901 * # ' ' 31 SI March 1985 192 313 8189 20509 29203 tMHOYMENT TABLE 10.2

Employmenl Exchtnge— Applicants (N o.)

i: Items 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86

Ewployment Ex­ change 1 1 1 1 1

Employmenl In­ formation & Assistance Bureau __ 2 3 3

Applicants on live Register at the end of 10662 12442 10533 11224 12830

(i) Male 8650 102§7 8687 9057 10368

(ii) Female 2012 2235 1846 2167 2522 S3 EMPLOYMENT TABLE 10.3

Imploymtnt InformtMon & Assistance Bureau—Applicants & Plactm snts~1985-86 (N o .)

rtemt Mayabunder Car Campbell Nicobar Bay

Applicants as on 31-a^l986 (1). Mat»- 313 248 56 (II) Famala 158 59 20 Plaeamtnfs during B&-66 (1) Male — 3 —

TAB LE 10.4

No. of Registrants according to Acfldtmic Qualiieatiens

No. of Employmtnt Seslcers on live Rogister

Years Balow Abov* Graduate Technioai Others T^tal Metric Metric &- above Graduates & betuw graduate

1981-82 1797 253 117 10 361 2838 1982-83 729 392 67 10 258 1456 1983-84 1104 006 131 42 548 2731 1984-85 980 834 213 45 188 2260 1985-86 710 580 120 30 lie ro 1608 Cl EMPLOYMEWT

^ TABLE 10.5

Registration & Placements of Schtduled Tribts (N o .)

ST Applicants S T Applictntr— ------Registered at Placed in employment at

Years Port Car Campbell Port ear Campbell Blair Nicobar Bay Blair Nicobar ■ iy

1980*81 20 68 2 8 1981-82 18 96 2 27 — 1982-83 21 69 — 6 21 ;------1983-84 1 40 — 4 ------1984-85 26 64 — ' 14 m m 1985-86 22 ■ 20 — 11 3 — M ploVWint

TABLE 10.6

Plac«m«nts made by Empldyment Exchange

Ye ir Placements (No.) / " ...... Male • Female Total

1980-81 268 181 449

1981-82 247 84 331

1982-83 310 169 479

1983-84 580 163 743

1984-85 419 152 571

1985-86 248 154 402

12 7 EM FLG YM fN T

T A B i;£ ia 7

Monthwito Placements 1986-86

Months No. of Placements

A p ril'85 17 May '85 9 June '85 70 July '85 39 August '85 31 September '85 30 October '85 14 November '85 6 December '85 63 January '86 79 febuary '86 26 March '86 18

Total 402

128 EMPLOYMENT

m B U 10.8

Vacanci«i Notified & Filkd up

No. of Vacancies 1 Year Notified Filled up

1981-82 1600 331

1982-33 1938 479

1983-84 2069 858

1984 85 1846 571

1985-86 2322 402

129 EMPLOYMENT

TABLE 10.9

Monthwise Vacancies Notifed 8- Filied up 1985-86

No. of Vacancies

Notified Filled up

April '85 350 17 May '85 60 9 June '81 63 70 July' 85 134 39 August '85 81 31 September '85 293 30 October '85 414 14 November '85 130 6 December '85 201 63 January '86 388 79 Feberuary '86 82 26 March '86 126 18

Total 2322 402

130 11 FINANCE

TABLE 11.1

Revenue Receipts and Revenue Expenditure

(R9. in 000)

Year Revenue Revenue Receipts Expendityre

1980-81 7,38,86 34,17,13 1981-82 8,07,91 38,71,14 1982-83 9,71,57 46,92,77 1983-84 9,08,83 48,46,08 1984-85 10,12,67 60,07,67 1985-86 15,98,92 57,81,62 1986-87 (BE) 10,01,82 70,58,12 ^ FINANCE CO TABLE 11.2

Excise Revenue in Andamans District

(Ray

Item 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984:85 t9 8 5 -8 i

Liquor Auction Amount Collected 22,36,000 37.38,000 39,18,000 98,18,000 66:28t00

Import Permit fee Collected 435 21T 385 486 'SfO

Licence fee Colle­ cted from Defence 800 900 950 700 498 FINANCE

TABLE 11.3

Banks inA B N Islands

S. No. Name of the Offices Location Bank (No.)

1 2 3 4

1. State Bank of India 9 Por^Blalr, Aberdeen Bazar, Bambooflat, Rangat, Mayabunder, Diglipur, Hutbay, Car- NIcobar and Nancowry. 4 (Satellite) Mithakharl, , Garacharama, Chouldari 2. State Coop. Bank Ltd. 21 Port Blair, Shadipur, Haddo, Dairy Farm, Garacharama, Tusnabad' Brij Gunj, Wimberly- gunj,, Bamboo Flat, Baratang, Kalighat, Mayabunder, Billi- ground, Bakuitala, Rangat, Diglipur, Hut- bay, Big Lapatlii. Gar Nicobar H.Q. Katchal, Campbell Bay.

3. Syndicate Bank Port Blair, Ferrargunj, Campbell Bay, Long Island.

(Extention Counter) MES Complex, Port Blair Canara Bank 1 Port Blair. FINANCE TABLE 11.4

State Co-optratlve Bank Ltd. (Rs. '000)

Mtmbership Borrowing Total Loans (No.) from working issued \#apiI81 Year Socie­ Indivi­ Govt. R.B 11. ties duals

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

1880-81 136 3114 909 658 109,7# 184,55 1981-82 136 4065 909 858 130,49 242,52 1982-83 140 4675 909 508 165,76 815,97 1983-84 154 5261 909 689 236,23 108,11 1984-85 157 7828 875 1729 411,39 132,08 1985-86 157 10384 870 2700 747,36 126,31 TABLE 11 5 Financial Position of Statt Coop. Banic Ltd. tRs. '000')

Year Brancties Paidup Deposits Cash Loans (No.) Capital Balance Out- inaludlrtg standing Bank Balance

1

1910-81 9 10,45 83.20 9,12 69,88 1081-82 11 11,16 110,91 20,09 95,58 1982-83 13 11,92 159,40 17,14 140,72 1983-84 15 13,19 219,50 18,40 196,67 1984-85 19 14,02 358,75 45.95 144,60 1985-86 21 15,80 428,22 33,85 398,48 FINANCE

TABLE 11.6

* Deposits of State Coop. Bank Ltd. Port Blair

Type Accounts (No.) Amount (Rs. In lakhs) 1 2 3

Savings Deposits 46893 265.34

Current Deposits 1416 6.43

Term Deposits 6038 1S7 00

Total 54347 408.77

• As on 31-3-86 ^ FINANCE Ca> 00 TABLE 11.7

Life Insurance

Items 1981- 1982- 1983- 1984- 198S- 82 83 84 85 86

Proposals registered (N o.) 403 358 320 313 474

Sums Proposed (Rs. in lakhs) 43.37 388.1 42.58 58.02 78.57

Policies Issued (No.) 390 342 300 277 494

Sums Insured (Rs. in lakhs) 40.19 36.25 38.42 43.02 84.58

L. I. C. Agents (No.) 26, 24 21 21 22 FINANCE TABLE 11.8 General Insurance— Policies & Premium Handled

items Unit Year f 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985

1. Total Premium (Rs. in colleGted Lakhs) 5.31 8.18 11.36 14.99 17.10 22.18 2. Policies/Renewal Endorsement issued (No.) (a) Marine 583 507 490 460 245 286 (b) Fire 202 295 305 354 468 586

(c) Motor f t 737 1225 1460 1514 1831 2152

Cd) Hull II 19 22 8 12 25 28

(e) Misc /I 104 131 133 243 450 351 78 (f) Janata It 288 119 28 16 15 M CD * By United India Insurance Co. Ltd. Port Blair. FINANCE

TABLE 11.9

SmaU Savings in A & N Islands

Item 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86

Savings Bank Accounts* (No.) NA NA NA 33986

Gross Amount (Rs.) 60,62.880 78,39,230 85.48,354 9638095

Net Amount (Rs.) 14,89,878 4.85.245 14,87,841 1669613

Postal Certificates Annuity Certificates & National Savings certificates (Rs.) 14,64,530 34,85,580 62,66,380 7113450 Cumulative time Deposits: Accounts (No.) NA NA NA 2224

Amount (Rs.) 24,92,735 26,89,318 25,00,655 (— )1,19J54

Recurring Deposits: Accounts (No.) NA NA NA 7108

Amount (Rs.) 19,92,253 26'16,400 20,80,940 1434020 ^ FINANCE

TABLE 11.10

Income Tax Coilectionsin A&N Islands

Particulars Year

1984-85 1,9.85-86

Income Tax Assessees as In G.I.R. 826 877

Tax Collected (Rs. in Lakhs) 33 95 12 FISHERIES

TABLE 12.1

Fisheries in Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

Item 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-^

Fishermen engaged in fishing 1724 1933 1950 2024

No. of Fishing country crafts 763 899 917 1082

Nets Used— (a) Gill Net 620 700 710 714

^ (b) Shore Sein Net 19 19 28 28

^ (c) Anchore Net 26 26 86 26 (d) Cast Net 540 562 570 574

Mechanical Fishing Vessels 37 45 88 88

Average Fuel Consumption Per vessel per Day (Litres) 80 80 80 80

Fishermen Families Settled till end of 148 160 173 173

Fisheries Requisites Distributed during the Year (Rs. In Lakhs) 2.80 2.37 5.41 5.48 FISHERIES

TABLE— 12.2

Quantity & Value of Fish Landed in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Year Quantity (Tonne) Value (Rs. in '000)

1979-80 1892 75,68

1980-81 2055 92.47

1981-82 2163 97,33

1982-83 4307 •193,82

1983-84 4318 194,45

1984-85 6036 301,87

1985-86 6316 316,14

UR FISHERIES

TABLE— 12.3

Fishery Survey trials in Andamans— 1985-86

Items Particulars

Fishery Survey Vessels in Operation 1 Area of Fishing Grounds explored by MV Gaveshaki (Sq. Km) 7t0 Depth Range (Metres) 84-85 Type of Fishing Bottom Trawling Best season for Bottom trawling March to May, Nov. & Dec. Average Fish Catch Per Hour 68.65 of trawling in Andamans (Kgs) FISHERIES

TABLE :-12.4

Production and Prices of Inland and Marine Fish

Items Production Average Price Value (Tonne) per Tonne (Rs.) (Rs. in lakh)

1984-85 1985-86 1984-85 1985-86 1984-85 1985-86

Marine fish 6033 6304 5,000 5000 301.63315.20

Inland fish 3 12 8,000 8000 0.24 0.96

^ Catch of fish by non-professional ^ Fishermen 181 190 5,000 5000 9.00 <• 9.50 Fish Curing: 00 (1) Salting—

for salting 724 758 5,000 5000 36.20 37.90

(b) Salted fish let out 362 379 10,000 10,000 36.20 37.90

(c) Salt used 365 385 500 500 1.83 1.93

(II) Sun drying:—

(a) Raw fish let in for sun drying 189 189 4,500 4500 8.15 8.53

(b) Sun drying fish let out 784 82 10,000 10,000 7.84 8.21 13.F0RESTS

TABLE:— 13.1 Forest Area In A & N Islands (Sq, Kms.)

Particulars Year

1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86

Reserved Forests 2912 3006 3048 • 3048

Protected Forests 4232 4124 17 17

Proposed reserved Forests — — 4098 4098

Total Forest Area 7144 7130 7163 7163 $ ^ FORESTS oi o TABLE— 13.2

Agencywise Timber Extraction in A & N islands

Year Government Private Forest Con- Total r T parties Planta- cess- By Dept. On worl< Total on Pay­ tion ional. operation Contract ment of Dev. Royalty Corp.

1 8

1980-81 47342 2014 49356 80284 27320 1739 158699 1981-82 45329 3440 48769 83902 25874 3703 162248 1982-83 37638 6051 43689 76726 24832 4828 149975 1983-84 30675 — 30675 56322 24975 1083 113055 1984-85 40665 — 40665 66956 25211 1110 133942 1985-86 40289 1126 41415 73383 21280 1487 137565 FORESTS

Table 13,3

Intake and Outturn of Govt. Saw Mills — Chatham Saw Mill (in cum)

Year Intake Outturn Percentage Outturn

1980-81 18673 8143 43.6

1981-82 19294 9560 49.5

1982-83 20738 9396 45.3

1983-84 16821 7657 45.5

1984-85 17951 8065 44.9

1985-86 21453(P) 9719 45.3

F — Provisional

151 FORESTS

Table 13 4

Intake and Outturn of Govt. Saw Mills — Betapur Saw Mill

(In cum)

Year Intake Outturn Percentag® to outum

1980-81 2974 1447 48.7

1981-82 2625 1366 52.0

1982-83 2334 1102 47.2

1983-34 3130 1531 48.9

1984-85 3332 1579 47.4

1985-56 3274(P) 1823 55.0

P-Provisional

152 FORESTS

Table 13.5

Outturn of ^ylajor Forest Produce

(Cum)

Year Timber (Logs) Fuel Wood

1980-81 158,699 42,071

1981-82 162,248 96,853

1982-83 149,975 42,698

1983-84 113,055 24,511

1984-85 133,942 38,680

1985-86 137,565 50,297 (P)

P— Provisional

153 f o r e s ts

TABLE 13.6

Shipment of Timber to mainland by < Forest Department

(in Cum.)

Year Logs Sawn Timber Total

1980-81 18,970 1094 20,064

1981 -82 10,524 2078 12.602

1982-83 16,910 1447 18,357 -

1983-84 13,550 128 13,678 1984-85 8,065 — 8,065

1985-86 6418(P) — 6,418(P)

P== Provisional

154 FORESTS

TBBkE 13.7

Rtvtnue Earned by Forest Department

(Rs. in Lakhs)

Year Revenue

1980-81 514.298

1981-82 574.010

1982-83 655.870

1983-84 638.000

1984-85 762.660

1985-86 978.310

155 14. IN D USTR ilS

S TABLE 14.1

fndustriea in A & N Islands (No.)

Item As on

31-3-82 31-3-83 31-3-84 31-3-85 31*3-86

Larg«Scal« industries 5 5 5 5 6 Small Scale Industries 177 227 270 373 465 Industrial Training 9 9 9 9 9 Centres Industrial Estate 1 1 1 1 1 INDUSTRIES

TABLE 14.2

Reglonwise Small Scale Industrial Units— 1985-86

Niccbar SI. Types South Middle North Group of Total No. Andaman Andaman Andaman lelands

1. Wood based 102 10 8 2 122 2. Agro based 47 W 4 6 67 3. Marine based 28 2 2 2 34 4. Food based 34 6 . 6 2 48 5. Mineral based 24 2 1 27 6. Chemical (including < rubber & plastic) 29 — 1 ------30 o i 7. Leather based 5 — ____ 5 8, Coir based 1 — ____ _ 1 9. Textiles based • — — 6 10. Engineering & miscellaneous Service 00 based (including paper conversion and printing press) 95 4 2 1 102 11. Miscellaneous 23 1 — — 24

Total;— 394 *35 24 13 466 INDUSTRIES

TABLE 14.3

* Registered Factories & Factory Labour

Year Working Average workers Factories Employed daily

1981-82 33 4308

1982-83 32 4712

1983-84 30 4595

1984-85 29 4809

1985-86 31 4750

* Registered under Indian Factories Act 1948

159 INDUSTRIES Oi O TABLE— 14.4

Loans sanctioned to Industrial Units

Category 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 _____ «______A------No. of Amount No. of Amount No. of Amount Parties (Rs.) Parties (Rs.) Parties (Rs.)

1. Small Scale Industries 14 2,00,000 10 2,50,000 11 2,60,000 2. Handicraft Units 8 93,000 9 1,00,000 2 50,000 3. Other Village & Cottage Industries 11 1,00.000 8 1,00,000 3 50,000

33 3,93,000 27 4,50,000 16 3,60,000 INDUSTRIES

TAB LE-14.5

Works Committees

(No.)

Year Works Committee Workers Covered

Functioning

1980-81 17 10,710

1981-82 19 12,380

1982-83 22 12,800

1983-84 23 13173

1984-85 25 14,705

1985 86 25 14,725

161 INDUSTRIES

TA8LE— 14.6

Factory Accidents

(N o )

Year Accidents Mandays Lost

1980-81 120 312

1981-82 157 553

1982-83 187 1084

1983-84 128 343

1984-85 121 236

1985-86 150 814

162 INDUSTRIES

t a b l e — 14.7

INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES

______(No.)

Year Disputes Workers Involved

1980-81 77 7798

1981-82 61 2800

1982-83 43 2000 '

.1983-84 2% 5000

1984-85 37 3025

1985-86 23 2500

163 INDUSTRIES

TAB LE— 14.8

t r a d e u n i o n s

(N o.)

Year Trade Unions Membership

1980-81 76 11,190

1981 82 71 8,273

1982-83 74 10,061

1983-84 82 14,447

1984-85 92 13,316

1985-86 79 1Z905

164 INDUSTRIES

TABLE :^14.9

Printing Presses in A & N Islands

Name of 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 Tahsil

Port Blair 9 9 13 13 13 17 17

Ferrargunj —————— —

Rangat ——— — 1 1

Mayabunder ——————

Diglipur ■ — — ' ————— Car Nicobar 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

TOTAL 10 10 14 14 14 19 19 CJl 15. LAW & o r d e r Gi O) TABLE 15.1 Police Department (No.)

Year uescripiioii ■— 1982-83 1983-84 19i4-85 1985-86

1. G. P. 1 1 1 1 S. P. 1 2 2 2 ASP/DSP 10 10 10 10 Police Radio Officer 1 1 1 1 Chief Fire Officer 1 1 1 1 Inspectors 27 27 27 27 Sub-lnspector/Atstt. Sub- Inspectors 102 102 102 102 Head Constables/Constables 1273 1273 t273 1273 Bush Police/Jamadars 402 402 402 402 Other Ranks 271 271 • 282 278 LAW a ORDER

TABLE 16 2

Police Station/Out Posts (No.)

irems 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86

Police Stations 12 12 12 12

Police Out Posts 12 12 12 12

Telegraph/Police Radio Stations 22 22 22 21

Fire Stations 3 3 3 3 '

3 ^ LAW & ORDER G> 00 TABLE 15.3

Road Accidents

Accidents (No.)

Items 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86

TotaJ Accidents 7-2 71 103 127 105 (a) By Bus 6 10 15 22 11 (b) By Truck 18 26 41 37 47 (c) By Scooter 9 8 11 17 13 (d) By Car/Jeep 25 19 16 22 15 (e) By Motor Cycle 7 5 5 8 3 (f) By Other Vehicles 7 3 15 t1 16 2. Persons Killed 28 3 13 10 14 Persons Injured 134 72 140 144 111 LAW & ORDER

TABLE: 15— 4

Crimes in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

______• ______(No.)

SI. No. Crimes 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985 86

1 Murder 8 7 14 13 15

2. Robbery 3 3 8 3 1

3. Burglary 89 58 56 69 50

4. Tiiefts 217 172 160 189 105

5, Rioting 49 36 48 43 33 o> (O 6, Rape .1^ 5 4 2 7. Kidnapping & Abduc- 9 3 4 6 2 g tion

8. Rash or negligent act causing death or grevi- ous hurt 75 76 108 ' 251 105 9. Cheating 1 2 14 10 12

10. Misc. IPC Cases 324 312 398 561 363

11 A & N Islands Exercise Reg. 1254 1238 1357 1377 1393

12. A & N Islands protec­ tion of aboriginal Reg 1956 80 78 119 67 38

13. Motor Vehicles act 19 17. 24 97 55 14. Essential Commodi­ ties act 11 24 17 22 16 15, Foreigners act. ‘ 12 65 9 3 27

16. Gambling act. 20 29 20 18 . 16

17. 34 Police act. 201 176 316 442 314

18. Other Local & Special Laws 12 18 2e 13 11 . Total 2384 2314 2703 3188 25B8 LAW AND ORDER

TABLE 15.5

Fire Stations in Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Year No. of Fire Station Location

1984-85 3 1 H.Q. Aberdeen

2 Chatham

3 Marine

1985-86 3 1 H.Q. Aberdeen

2 Chatham

3 Marine

172 LAW AND ORDER

TABLE 15.6

Incidence of Fire

Year Fire calls attended (No.) Property damaged (Rs. in thousands)

IB80-81 43 509 1981-82 35 312 1982-83 37 178 1983-84 ‘ 40 5991 1984-85 47 139 1985-86 50 3659

173 LAW & o r d e r

TABLE 15.7

Prison Population

(N o.)

Particulars As on 1st January

1983 1984 1985 1986

District Jail 1 1 1 1 Prison Population 92 61 80 131 (a) Men 86 49 77 130 (b) Women 6 2 3 1 Prisoners under 21 years of age 23 24 1 17 Prisoners awaiting trial 61 ’ 41 27 76 LAW & ORDER

TABLE 15.8

Age wise distribution of convicts in district Jaii

Age orcup 1882-83 1983 84 1984-85 1985-86 1 • 1 1 Male Female Male PGmaie Male Female Male Femalt

Uuder21 46 — 3 — 28 — 52 21-40 131 5 42 2 153 3 215 2 40-80 37 — 4 — 46 — 57 2 60 years & above 4 —— — 4 — 5 —

Total 218 5 49 2 231 3 329 4 ^ LAW & ORDER

G) TABLE 15.9

Literacy amongst convicts of District Jail (No.)

Year Literate Illiterate

Male Female Male Female

1981-82 76 1 70

1982-83 83 1 . 135

1983-84 45 2 4

1984 85 194 1 37

1985-86 238 1 91 LAW & ORDER TABLE 15.10

Industrial Production of District Jail

Year Production

Cloth Cane Works Total Value

Metre Value Pieces Value • (Rs.) (Rs.) (Rs.)

1980-81 702 2396 301 4702 7098 1981-82 530 1884 230 3950 5834 1982-83 530 1976 274 5336 7312 1983-84 106 393 320 6069 6462 1984-85 792 4487 95 3142 7629 1985-86 1217 12395 232 4057 16452 LAW & ORDER a TABLE~15.11

Suicides in A & N Islands

Year No. of Suicides

By Sex By age group

Male Female Total Persons up 18 to 30 above to 18 years years 30 years

1980 26 19 45 9 21 15 1981 19 20 39 9 15 15 1982 45 27 72 13 36 23 1983 . 35 14 49 8 24 17 1984 57 23 80 15 34 31 1985 47 18 65 6 . 36 23 LAW & ORDER

TABLE 15.12

Cause of Suicides (No.)

/ * Reasons Years

1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985

Failure In Exam 1 1 2 1 — —

Quan-el with parents in laws 7 6 17 6 23 1

Quarrel with married partner 6 8 17 7 22 22

Poverty — 1 1 9 2

(O Love affairs 2 2 4 2 3 6 Insanity 3 1 2 1 — 2 o Dispute over property — . — 3 2

Dreadful disease 6 4 — 12 5 10

Other causes 20 16 30 16 16 22

Total 45 39 72 49 80 65 ie MEDICAL & PUBLIC HEALTH

TABLE 16.1

Medical facilities in A & N Islands (N o )

Period Hospitals Dispensaries Primary Sub Beds Health Centres available Centres

1981-82 11 67 2 — 601

1982-83 11 64 2 03 713

1983-84 11 64 4 13 727

1984-85 10 34 6 31 774

1985-86 10 34 6 '32 774 00 MEDICAL & PUBLIC HEALTH 00 ro TABLE 16.2

Region-wise Hospitals & Dispensaries (No.)

Region • Hospitals Dispensaries Primary Sub Health Centres Centres 84-85 85-86 84-85 85-86 84-85 85-86 84-85 85-86

South Andaman *3 3 9 9 2 a 15 15 Middle Andaman 3 3 1 % 1 1 4 4 North Andaman 2 2 12 12 1 1 5 5 Nicobar Group of Islands 2 2 12 12 2 2 7 8

Total A & N Islands. 10 • 10 34 34 6 6 31 S2 MEDICAL & PUBLIC HEALTH

TA B L E -1 6 .3

Tahsil wiss Hospitals & Dispensaries.

(No,)

Tahsil Hospitals Dispen­ Primary Sub centres saries health centres ------L - j i ______84-85 85-86 84-85 85-86 84-85 85-86 84-85 85-86

Pott Blair 2 2 9 1 1 7 7

Ferrargunj 1 1 — 1 1 8 8 GO ^ Digllpur 1 1 4 - — 3 3 Mayabunder 1 1 8 8 1 1 2 2 g Rangat 3 3 1 1 1 1 4 ' 4

Car Nicobar 1 1 1 1 — — 1 2

Nancowrie 1 1 11 11 2 2 6 6

Total 10 10 34 34 6 6 31 32 MEDICAL & PUBLIC HEALTH

T A B L E -1 6 .4

Bed Strength of Hospitals

(No.)

Hospitals 82-83 83-84 84-85 85-86

Port Blair Tahsil :

G.B. Pant Hospitil Port Blair including T B. Hospital & 363 363 400 400 Isolated ward

Havelock Hospital 10 10 10 10 00 ^ P. H. C. Hut bay 10 10 10 10 Ferrargunj Tahsil: 00 o Bambooflat Hospital 42 41 42 42

P.H.C. WimberllQunj 6 6 6 6

Rangat Tahsil:

Long lsla>nd Hospital 15 15 15 .15

Rangat Hospital 39 39 39 38

Bl liground Hospital 10 10 10 10

P.H.C Kadamtala — 10 10 10

M^yabunder Tahsil:

Dr. R.P. Hospital Mayabundar 30 30 30 30 Diglipur Tahsil \

DIglipur Hosprtal 32 31 32 32

P.H.C. Kalighat — _ ‘ 10 io

Car N icol»r Tahsil:

Car Nicobar Hospital 94 94 94 94

Nancowrie TahsH i

Nanco\wrie Hospital 42 46 46 46

Campbell Bay Hospital 10 10 10 10

P.H.e. Katchat tO tO 10 10 ------1> ------——-— — ...... Andaman & Nicobar 00 Itlands 713 727 774 77 4 • > 4 ______^ _ ‘ •aim MEDICAL & PUBLIC HEALTH 00 00 TABLE 16.5 Medical Personnel (No.)

Category Period

1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1915-86

Doctors 80 62 70 80 80 Nurses 132 130 152 ' 184 172 Mid wives 32 32 58 86 86 Compounders 100 100 100 IT 27* Sanitary/Malaria/ Filaria Inspectors 32 34 34 34 28 Vaccinators 9 9 9 9 9 Hoalth Vieitore. 17 19 19 19 19

♦Registered Compounders only. MEDICAL & PUBLIC HEALTH

TABLE 16.6

Registered Births and Deaths in Andaman & Nicobar Islands

______Year ^ Births Deaths

1980-81 2580 379 1981-82 2503 289 1982-83 2079 411 1983-84 3853 661 1984-85 4002 710 1985-86 4642 798 00 CO ^ MEDICAL & PUBLIC HEALTH :

TABLE-16.7

Average No. of Daily in-patients and out-patient at Port Blair Hospital

(No.)

Year Daily average in-patients Daily average out-patlente

1980-81 ' m 319 1200 1981-82 331 1283 1982-83 370 1309 1983-84 281 925 1984-85 283 797 1985-86 290 784 MEDICAL & PUBLIC HEALTH

TA B L E -1 6 .8

Patients treated in Govt Hospitals 8 Ditpensaries

(No.)

Diseases 1984— 85 1 9 8 5 -8 6

Malaria 8320 7456 Dispepsia & Diarrhoea 64551 61892 Dytentry 26230 23842 Filarla 168 156 T. B. 1379 1474 Rheumatic fever 2861 2431

CO Others 6,43,003 7,01862 MEDICAL & PUBLIC HEALTH CD lO TA B LE — 16.9 Deaths in Hospitals according to Causes.

Diseases 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 84-85 8B-86

Cholera SmaU Pox Malaria 22 24 2 1 Other Fevers 7 9 11 14 8 Dysentry & Diarrhoea 11 12 10 13 11 Respiratory Diseases } 26 30 35 28 injuries 12 14 18 19 21 Deaths from Child Birth 2 2 12 8 13 All other Causes 309 320 573 627 709

Total 389 411 661 710 762 MEDICAL & PUBLIC HEALTH

TABLE-16.10

Maternity Cases attended

Year Labour cases conducted

1980-81 2580

1981-82 2503

1982-83 2679

1983-84 2808

1984-85 2968

1985-86 3386

193 MEDICAL & PUBLIC HEALTH CD 4^ TABLE 16.11

Sterilisation Operations Performed

Sterilisation Operations Performed (No,)

Months 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86

April 30 43 66 66 98 May 47 62 67 154 147 June 27 56 79 96 July 92 36 47 59 78 85 August 26 107 86 117 100 September 45 48 63 72 65 October 88 76 62 105 93 November 39 112 119 101 151 December 69 108 109 89 138 MEDICAL & PUBLIC HEALTH

1 2 3 . 4 5 6

January 109 73 138 151 134 February 96 128 172 98 155 March 41 88 144 230 238

Total 653 948 1164 1357 1496

CO ^ MEDICAL & PUBLIC HEALTH CD Gi TABLE 16.12

Tubectomy Operations & iUD Insertions (N o )

Year Loop Insertions Tubectomy Operations performed

1980-81 646 346 1981-82 475 506 1982-83 340 688 1983-84 930 945 1984-85 1059 1164 1985-86 843 1127 MEDICAL & PUBLIC HEALTH

TABLE-16.13

Month-wise Tubectomy Operations Performed

(No.)

Month Loop Insertions Tubectomy oper­ ations performed

1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 - 1-, . - . ______«------

April 54 73 115 57 53 89 May 73 95 86 59 135 137 June 91 107 50 64 89 83 CO July 90 86 52 50 67 78 ^ August 101 90 50 74 1q 2 83 MEDICAL & PUBLIC HEALTH

CX3

September 67 71 47 44 66 59 October 77 74 68 48 94 81 November 83 88 69 91 88 131 December 70 87 65 86 79 118 January 89 82 103 110 132 121 February 65 92 69 139 73 133 March 70 114 69 123 186 213

Total 930 1059 843 945 1164 1327 17. PLANNING & DE^J LOPMENT

TABLE— 17.1

New 20 Point Programme— Progress Under Selected Items

items Units 1985-86 1986-87 - —I------— , Target Achi­ Target Achieve­ evement ment upto Jan, '87

Point No. 3 (i) IRDP families (No) 600 715 1800 188 benefitted (ii) NRDP Employment( Thousands '165 B64 250 235 generation Mandays) (iii) RLEGP Employment (" ) 148 63 75 54 CO PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT

1 2 3 4 5 6

Point No. 7 Economic assistance to S T families (No) 675 1059 675 399 Point No. 8 Supply of drinlcing water to problem villages (") 32 34 35 29 Point No. 9 (i) Allotment of liouse sites (No.) 1500 791 1500 -- (ii) Assistance provid­ ed to (Beneficiaries) 100 84 85 40 (iii) Amount of Loan disbursed (Rs. in lakhs) 5.00 5.00 500 2.62 PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

1

Point No. 10 Houses for E.W.S. (No.) 20 — 20 — Point No, 11 Electrification of Villages (N o ) ,19 19 33 32 Point No 12 (No. in) (i) Planting of saplings thousands) 9500 9501 12000 134,75 (ii) Biogas plants to be set up (N o ) 10 12 40 28 Point No 13 (I) Performance of sterilisation (No.) 1400 1496 1500 1121 Point No. 14. (i) P.H.C, established (No.) 2 — 2 — Point No. 17 Opening of FPS {N o ) 5 7 5 19 Point No 18 Setting up of village & small g Scale Units (No.) 100 102 75 64 PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT o ro TABLE 17.2

Plan outlay and Expenditure

(Rs. in lakhs)

Plan period Outlay Expenditure %

f First Five Year Plan 558.050 85.472 15 Second Five Year Plan 603.135 364.876 60 Third Five Year Plan 979.320 636 202 66 Annual Plans 687.702 525878 77 Fourth Five Year Plan 1400.000 1469.999 105 Fifth Five Year Plan 3372.000 2120.702 63 Sixth Five Year Plan 9660.500 10006.439 104 Seventh Plan(1985— 90) Annual Plan (1985— 86) 3350.000 2257.195 67 Pl a n n in g & development

TAB LE-17.3

Community Development Blocks— 1986.

Name of CD Block Jurisdiction Stage of Operation Head Quar­ ters

South Andaman Port Blair Tahsil & Post Stage-ll Ferrargunj Ferrargunj Tahsil Middle Andaman Uttara Village in Rangat Tahsil To 1 Mayabunder }- Post Stage-ll Rangat Tahsil (except • Kalighat area j

CO ^ PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT o

4

North Andaman Diglipur Tahsil 1 and Kaiighat, 1 Ramanagar and Post Stage-11 Diglipur KIshorinagar area of Maya- bunder Tahsil J Car Nicobar Car Nicobar Post Stage-11 Big Lapathi Tahsil Nancowrie Nancowrie Tahsil Post Stage-11 Kamorta including Great Nicobar Island PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT

TABLE— 17.4

Panchayats in Andaman & Nicobar Islands

(No.)

NameofTahsil 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86

Port Blair 6 7 7 8 8 8 Fen'arguni 9 9 9 9 9 9 Diglipur 7 8 8 8 8 8 Mayabunderl 6 6 6 6 6 6 Rangat^ 10 10 10 10 10 10 Car Nicobar — ——— — — Nancowrie — . — 2 2 2

Total 38 40 40 43 43 43 § ^ 18-POSTS & TELEGRAPHS o ^ TABLE 18.1

Postal Facilities In Andaman & Nicobar Islands (No.)

Year Post OfBces/ Branch Letter Sub-post Offices Offices Boxes

1980-81 26 51 195 1981-82 34 44 197 1982-83 34 45 199 1983-84 34 45 198 1984-85 34 45 201 1985-86 34 45 201 POSTS & TELEGRAPHS

TABLE 18 2

•Region-wise Postal Facilities (No.)

Region Post OiBces/ Branch Tel^raph Letter Sub-post OflBces Offices OCces Boxes

South Andaman 23 19 23 117 Middle Andaman 5 8 5 31 North Andaman 2 1« 3 23 Nicobar group of Islands 4 8 5 30

*As on 31-3-1986 POSTS & TELEGRAPHS TABLE 18 3 Postal TraflSc in Andaman & Nicobar Islands

Particulars Year

(1984-85 1985-86)

1. Postal Orders a) (1) Sold (No ) 4086 4880 (ii) Value (Rs.) 42,465 46,206 b) (i) Paid (No.) 1095 665 (Ii) Value (Rs.) 12,013 4595 2. Money Orders a) (i) Issued (No.) 50,211 68,348 (ii) Value (R s) ‘511,61 787 467,24,380 b) (1) Payment 'No.) 32.833 48,341 (ii) Value (Rs ) 40,20,005 47,17,921 Posts & Telegraphs

TABLE 18.4

Telephone Facilities (No.)

* Year Telephone Extensions Telephone connections Exchanges

1981 751 207 6 1982 752 221 6 1983 931 -}59 6 1984 1019 177 6 1985 1058 MA 7 1986 1128 174 8

* As an 31st March. N> O CO ro Post & Telegraphs TABLE-18.5 o ♦Region wise Telephone connections (No)

Region Telephone connections Extensions

Govt. Private Total

Port Blair 623 276 899 159 Wimberlygunj 28 9 37 3 Rangat 35 5 40 3 Mayabunder 23 1 24 2 Diglipur 11 3 14 - Gar Nicobar 41 8 49 5 Nancowary 22 - 22 2 Campbell bay 40 3 43 -

Total 823 305 1128 174

*As on 31-3-1986 POSTS & TELEGRAPHS

TABLE 18.6

Telephone connections in Port Blair Wlunicipal Area

(No.)

Year Govt Private Total Extensions

1981-82 397 201 598 206 1982-83 547 224 771 144 1983-84 593 263 856 162 1984-85 594 263 857 156 1988-86 619 275 894 157

N5 19 POWER

TABLE— 19 1

Electricity Installed Capacity and Generation in Andaman & Nicobar Islands

Ya r Installed Cncacity *Generation {in K. Wo (in K W.H)

1910-81 74^5 108,39 496

1981-82 8765 126,35,244

1882-83 8830 148 99,782

1983-84 9258 170,99.453

1984 85 1C666 195,30,046

1985-86 10955 2,15 24,059

* Including power pufchastd from Na>/al Power House.

212 Power

TABLE— 192

District wise Instalied Capacity 8: Generation.

District Inatalled Capacity Generation (KW)(KW.H.)

Andamans 9448.0 197,96354*

N^cobars 1507.0 17,27,705

10955.0 21524059

* Including power purchased from Naval Power House.

213 Power

TABLE— 19.3

Electricity Generation in Headquarter Area

Months generation (K.W.H.) 1 1984-85 1985-86

April 1053.147 1249881 May 981,939 1242291 June 1013,624 1127933 July 10,00,701 1192729 August 10,56,574 1231321 Sept. 10,58,037 1232241 Oct. 11,54,572 1350914 Nov. 11,87,742 1285133 Dec. 12,19,247 1419783 Jan. 12,24,850 1284176 Feb. 10,95,321 1162903 March 12,49,715 1399250

TO TAL 132,95,469 1,51,78,555 Purchased Irom Naval Power House 23,05.860 19,53,380

1,56,01,329 171,31,935

214 POWER

TABLE|f19 4

Electricity Generation in Rural Area

Months Generation (K.W.H.) 1984-85 1985-86

April' 294898 342325 May 285403 317796 June 300381 297425 July 316211 332860 August 349277 352311 September 346756 363548 to October 364905 390745 CJ1 POWER CD

1

November 351218 393665

December 349516 396191

January 379437 404564

February 250535 380623

March 340180 420071

TO TAL 3928717 4392124 POWER

TABLE 19.5

Electricity Consumption in Andaman & Nicobar islands

(KWH.)

Year Consumption

1980-81 76.91,473 1981-82 95,88,364 1982-83 113,96,699 1983 84 132,70,407 1984-85 153,40,319 1985 86 175,65,667 lO •a lO POWER 00 TABLE 19.6

Electricity Consumption in Headquarter Areas

Months Consumption (K.W.H.) 1984-85 1985-86

April 1017156 1127817 May 933352 1106726 June 938097 1118485 July 1057924 1067756 August 1002025 1103536 September 996155 1142747 October 1020541 1181070 POWER

1 2 3

November 1010395 1262680

December 1058839 1265666

January 1043901 1220048

February 1034835 1147649

March 1110061 1205375

Total 122,23,281 139.49,555 ro

TABLE 19.7

Electricity consumption in Rural Areas

Months Consumption (K.H.W.) 1984-85 1985-86

April 343841 272013 May 230942 260718 June 233488 261828 July 246436 271218 August 262606 288204 September 374686 290207 October 276784 314594 November 278249 304326 POWER

1 2 3

December 274813 338991

January 278607 343579

February 239626 326706

March 276960 343728

Total 3117038 3611112

lo N) POWER

TABLE 19.8

Electricity Consumers in Andaman & Nicobar Islands

Name of Tahsil No. of Consumers as on

31-3-83 31-3.84 31-3-85 31-3-86

Port Blair 11543 12203 13261 13991 Ferrargun] 2407 2491 2903 3290 Rangat 2679 2749 3105 3793 Mayabunder Diglipur 670 832 908 980 Car Nicobar 851 1025 1112 1442 Nancowrie 575 694 1106 1164

Total 18725 19994 22395 24660 POWER

TA BLE 19 9

Sector-wise Electricity Consumption for 1985-86 in Andaman & Nicobar islands

(K.W H.)

Region Domestic Non- Indus- Street Public Misce- Total dome­ trial light water llane- stic works ous

Port Blair 5248092 5123126 2715117 730190 — 13303® 13949555 Sitanagar 207106 140266 10876 10312 36192 6333 411085 Rangat 643078 447950 86066 33793 39143 9785 1259815 Neil Island 34663 19568 — — ’ — — 54231 Havelock 34857 29738 — — - 380 64975 Baratang 49141 37781 — 1501 — — 88423 N) fO L. Andaman 80215 64593 800 10853 — 4053 160514 CO lO POWER K

8

Long Island 36817 21236 — 5698 1i03 64754 Car Nicobar 367174 325383 26804 41177 30029 2870 793537 Kamorta 63186 40241 - 3083 527 107037 Champion 26059 12833 - 1975 40867 Kakana 12786 1477 — 14263 Pilpilo 3346 1010 — 4356 Katchal 110333 34554 — 2623 147510 Campbell- bay 137115 186702 51082 23100 3870 2643 404513 Chowra 208 24 232

Total 7054176 6486482 2890846 864305 109234 1606624 17565667 TABLE—19.10 POWER

Sectorwise Electricity Consumption in H. Q. Area 1986-86.

Month Domestic Nont Dome- Industrial Street Public Misc Total Stic light water works

April 432246 424492 213496 48365 - 9218 1127817 May 418109 416765 213235 49166 — 9451 1106726 June 405365 421124 219941 60418 — 11637 1118485 July 394693 408076 204068 50608 - 10311 1067756 August 422034 411072 207540 52288 — 10602 1103536 Sept 430564 424632 221413 53723 - 12415 1142747 Oct. 447043 429071 237581 54378 12997 1181070 N) Nov. 474864 439690 259963 76480 — 11683 1262680 FO C71 POWER ro O)

1 8

Dec. 465112 428615 253132 108200 - 10607 1265666

Jan. 456566 443894 245160 62533 - 11795 1220048

Feb, 444683 429666 206951 55316 - 11033 1147649

March 456713 446029 232637 58715 ~ 11281 1205375

Total 5248092 5123126 2715117 730190 — 13303013949555 TABIL—19.11 POWER

Sector wise Electricity Consumption in Rural Areas— 1985-86.

(K.W . H.)

Month Domestic Non Industrial Public Street Miscel- Total domestic water light laneous works

April 136977 101526 11733 7824 10484 3469 272013 May 131643 93268 12591 9280 11905 2031 260718 June 130508 99292 12447 7127 11081 1373 261828 July 134654 105359 10821 7499 11276 1609 271218 August 145650 110194 10402 9184 10973 1801 288204 Sept 142620 112825 10988 11283 10756 1735 290207 Oct. 156563 118432 17496 8581 11531 1991 314594 Nov. 159415 109516 15111 7996 10068 1220 304326 a hJ POWER 00

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Dec. 169443 128419 16538 11080 11228 2283 338991

Jan 171543 127942 19450 10745 11814 2085 343579

Feb. 157741 125382 17968 9439 10889 5286 326706

March 169327 131201 20184 9196 12110 1710 343728

Total 1806084 1363356 175729 109234 134115 27594 3616112 POWER

TABEL— 19.12

Electrification of Villages

Tahsil No. of Villages Electrified as on

31-3-82 31-3-83 31-3-84 31 3.85 31-386

Port Blair 29 36 49 53 64 Ferrargunj 44 51 55 55 70 Rangat 30 36 43 48 54 Mayabunder 14 17 20 20 22 Diglipur 11 16 18 19 26 Car Nicobar 12 13 15 15 16 Nancowrie 8 15 20 32 39

TOTAL 148 184 220 242 291 CP fo ROADS O TABLE-20.1 Road Length in A & N Islands

(KMS)

Year Black Topped Others Roads In progress

1980-81 581 51 16 1981-82 632 51 21 1982-83 644 51 37 1983-84 700 19 12 1984-85 710 25 10 1985-86 710 30 12 ROADS

TA B LE -2 0 .2

Important Roads in A & N Islands 1985*86

Region Name of Roads Length (Kms)

South Andaman Trunk road 87 Roads in Port Blair H. Q. Area. 65 Otiier roads outside Port Blair 129 Havelock Other roads 6 Baratang Trunk road 25 116 ro Middle Andaman Trunk road CO Other roads 33 ro ROADS CO lo

North Andaman Trunk road 22 Other roads 45

Car Nicobar Circular road 45 Other roads 8 Katchal Other roads 23 Little Andaman Other roads 22 Great Nicobar Trunk road 84 ROADS

TABLE 20.3

Length of Andaman Trunk Road

Period Road completed (Kms) - - Up-to 31-3-1980 246 Up-to 31-3-1981 246 Up-to 31-3-1982 246 Up-to 31-3-1983 246 Up-to 31-3-1984 246 Up-to 31-3-1985 250 Up-to 31-3-1986 250

N3 OJ CO 21/Social Welfare K > r-t TABLE 21,1

Welfare Extension/Border Area Projects

(No.)

Items As on • 31^-83 31-3-84 31-3-85 31-3-86

Project Implementing Committees 5 5 5 5 Centres 25 25 25 25 Sanctioned Staff 98 114 114 114 Beneficiaries 1126 1175 1655 1800 ------f...... SOCIAL WELFARE

TAB LE-21 2

Grant-in-aid Sanctioned

S. No Item Unit 1984-85 1985-86

A. Grant-in-aid (1) Institutions (No.) 105 105 (II) Amount (Rs.) 3,19,888 361,823 (111) Beneficiaries (No.) 5138 5458 B. Socio Economic programme. 1. (1) Dairy Units (No.) 43 43 (II) Amount (Rs.) 22,71,700 2271,700 (III) Beneficiaries (No.) 710 710 1. (1) Goatary Units (No.) 4 4 (II) Amount (Rs.) 1,34,760 134760 70 CO (III) Beneficiaries (No.) 70 SOCIAL WELFARE

1 2 3 4 5

3 Self Employment Units (No.) 9 10 Amount (Rs.) 1.40,000 1.60.000 Beneficiaries

1 2 3 4 5

2. Family Welfare Camps (No.) 40 — Amount (Rs.) 8000 Beneficiaries (No.) 1,6000 — 3. Training Camps for Rural Women's (No.) 3 2 Amount (Rs.) 13.500 900 Beneficiaries (No.) 60 40 D. Working Women's Hostel (No.) 1 1 Amount (Rs.) 5100 7000 lo Beneficiaries (No.) 15 23 SJ N3 SOCIAL WELFARE Ca3 00 TAB LE-21.3 Institutions Benefitted by State Social Welfare Advisory Board

Year Institu- Amount Amount Balwadies/ Craft tions of Grant of Grant Nursery/ Centres Sanction- released Pre-Primary ed Rs. Rs. Schools

No. Benefi­ No. Benefi­ ciaries ciaries

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1981-82 111 3.25,000 275,276 87 3742 61 1210 1982-83 113 3,31,500 278.872 89 3704 62 1300 1983^4 106 3,40.400 303,879 82 3449 56 1651 1984-85 105 3,65,700 319,888 83 3431 59 1687 1985-86 105 4,14,000 361,823 82 3254 73 1128 SUUIAL WtLpAKE

TABLE— 21.4

Enrolment In Seva-Niketan, Port Blair

Year Boys Girls Total

1980-81 40 19 S9

19BV62 47 20 67

1982-83 55 19 74

1983-84 68 * 21 79

1984-85 57 25 82

1885-86 53 22 75

23d 22. TOURISM

TABLE 22.1

Places of Tourist Interest

Historical Places:

Cellular Jail National Memorial South Andaman Shahid Bedi South Andaman Ross Island South Andaman Viper Island Soutn Andaman Beaches: Carbyn's Cove South Andaman North Bay South Andaman Wandoor South Andaman Loha Bari South Andaman HaveJ-ock South Andaman Cinque Island South Andaman Neil Island South Andaman Jolly Buoy Island South Andaman Ross Island South Andaman Long Island Middle Andaman Guitar Island North Andaman Smith Island North Andaman Table Island North Andaman

240 TOURISM

1 2

Creeks: Wrightmyo South Andaman Baratang South Andaman Uttara Middle Andaman Yeratta Middle Andaman Kalighat Middle Andaman Parangara Middle Andaman Trekking: Mount Harriet South Andaman Saddle peak North Andaman Museum, Emporium etc: Anthropological Museum Port Blair Cottage Industries Emporium Port Blair Khadi Gramodyog Emporium Port Blair Fisheries Museum Port Blair Gardens/Parks; Haddo Zoological Garden Port Blair Marina Park Port Blair Other Attractions: Chidiatapu South Andaman Agricultural Farm, Sipighat/Jirkatang South Andaman

241 TOURISM TA B L E -2 2 .2

Govt. Guest Houses in Andaman & NIcobar Islands.

Maintained by A. P. W. D.

Tourist Homes: Megapode Nest, Port Blair South Andaman Haddo, Port Blair Carbyn's Cove Nicobari Cottage(2 No.) Marine Hill

Circuit Houses: Haddo, Port Blair South Andaman Mayabunder North Andaman Car Nicobar Car Nicobar Annexure House, Malacca.

Guest Houses: Haddo, Port Blair South Andaman Poona Nallah Neil Island Rangat Middle Andaman Betapur Kadamtala

242 TOURISM

1 2

Malacca Car Nicobar Campbell Bay Campbell Bay

Rest Houses:

Haddo, Port Blair. South Andaman Mayabunder North Andaman Digiipur t! Kalighat

Rest Houses;

Kishorinagar North Andaman Aerial Bay ft

Inspection Bungalows:

Wrightmyo South Andaman Havelock Ferrargunj if Baratang Tee Top Car Nicobar West Bay Katchal Katchal

243 TOURISM

Maintained by Forest Department: Rest Houses Nllambur South Andaman Wandoor Chidiatapu Long Island Middle Ardaiman Elphinstone Harbour Bakultala Aerial Bay North Andaiman

244 TOURISM TABLE— 22.3 •Indian Airlines— Calcutta/Port Blair Schedule

ITEM PARTICULARS

Airciraft Boeing 737 Flight Number (Calcutta/Port Blair) 1C— 285 Days of operation Tuesday, Thursday 8- Saturday Departure from Calcutta 0620 Hrs. Arriv/al at Port Blair 0820 Hrs. Flight Number {Port Blair/Calcutta) 1C— 286 Days of operation Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday Departure from Port Blair 0900 Hrs. An’iv.ai at Calcutta 1100 Hrs.

♦AS ON 31-3-86.

245 TOURISM

TABLE 22.4

♦Indian Airlines— Madras/Port Blair Schedule

Item Particulars

Aircraft B-737 Flight Number (Madras/Port Blair) IC-549 Days of Operatipn Sunday, Wednesday & Friday Departure from Madras 0625 hrs. Arrival at Port Blair 0825 hrs. Flight Number (Port Blair/Madras) IC.550 Days of operation Sunday, Wednesday & Friday Departure from Port Blair 09 25 Hrs Arrival at Madras 1125 Hrs.

*March, 1986 TOURISM

TABLE 22.5

* Indian Airlines-'TraflBc Rates

Sector Route Length Single Excess (Kms) fare (Rs.) Baggage (Rs. per Kg.)

Calcutta/Port Blair 1320 -1166 8.05 Calcutta/Delhi 1362 1142 7.90 Calcutta/Bombay 1686 1370 9.50 Calcutta/Madras 1412 1201 8 30 Madras/Port Blair 1365 1178 8.15

§ ♦March 1986 TOURISM

" TABLE 22.6

Passenger fares for Mainland/Islands Shipping Services

Name of Ship Class of Accommodation Fare per berth (in Rs.)

M.V. Harshavardhana Delux Cabin 558 First Class 513 Second Class 'A' Grade 389 Second Class 'B' Gade 355 A C Bunk 100 M.V. Andamans Delux Cabin 513 ■ First Class Cabin 500 Second Class 'A* Grade 488 Second Class 'B' Grade 389 TOURISM

1 3

Bunk Class 69 TSS Nancowry Deluxe Cabin 558 First Class Cabin 500 Second Class 'A' Grade 389 Second Class 'B' Grade 355 AC Bunk lo a Ordinary Bunk, 69 M.V Akbar Deluxe Cabin ' First Clas^Cabin goo AC Speciaf Dormitory Class 250 Special Bunk (non-AC) %00 OrdiiWfV\Bunk (non-AC) 69 ro TOURISM ui o TABLE 22.7

Distance by S«a Bttweon important Places.

From To Distance* (Nautical Miles) 1 2 3

Port Blair Diglipur 100 Port Blair Mayabunder 85 Port Blair Rangat 50 Port Blair Long Island 46 port Blair Have-Lock 21 Port Blair Oralkatcha 35 Port Blair Wraftercreeck 27 Port Blair Long Island via Oralkatcha 45 p o r i B Id ir Mayabundor via Lony l«I«iiU 7 4 Port Blair Mayabunder via Havtlock 76 Port Blair Little Andanfian 66 1

Port Blair Car Nicobar ISO Port Blair Narcondam 140^ Port Blair Nancowrie 235 Port Blair Nancowrie via Car Nicsbar 230 Port Blair Barren Island 75 Bort Blair Neil Island 20 Port Blair Baratang 35 Port Blair Kadamt^a (Uttara Jetty) 50 Port Blair East Island 120 Fort Blair Katchal 228 Port Blair Campbell Bay 294 Port Blair South Bay (Great Nicobar) 300 Port Blair Tenressa 55 Port Blair Chowra 45 Car Nicobar Katchal 80 do. Nancowrie 82 ro do. Campbell Bay 155 C71 Nancowrie Kondul 50 do. WB Katchal 20 lO CJl 1 lO 2 3

Nancowrie Pulomilo 35 do. NB Katchal 15 do. East Island 75 Narcondom DIglipur 7 do. Mayabunder 85 do. North Seminal 198 do. Hut Bay 200 Terressa Nancowrie 30 Campbell Bay Kondul 30 Kondul Pulomilo 20 Barren Island Mayabunder 66 do. Long Island 55 do. Nancowrie 255

* Nautical Mile = 1852,000 Mtrs. 1 Ordinary Mile — 1609.344- Mtrs, TOURISM

TABLE— 22.8

Passenger Fares for Inter-lsland Shipping Services.

From To Deluxe Cabin Bunk Spl. Deck Deck

Soutliern Group of Islands;

Port Blair Hut Bay 57.90 2895 12.40 12.40 7.20 do Car Nicobar 115.90 58.00 24.90 24.90 14.50 do Katchal 177.90 88.95 38.15 38.15 22.20 do Nancowrle 177,90 88.95 38.15 38.15 22.20 do Campbell Bay 235.80 117,90 52 55 52.55 32.60 ' ■ i N5 H/Bay Car Nicobar 57.90 2895 1240 12.40 ~ T 2 0 oi do Nancowrie 132.45 66 25 29.00 29.00? 17 5 ^ CO do Campbell Bay 190,50 95J5 43.50 -43.50 27.95 to CJl 1 2 3 4 5 •Ch 6 f

Car Nicobar Terressa 54.15 2710 11.60 11160 6.80 do Katchal 77.25 38.65 1655 16.55 9 7 0 do Nancowrie 74.55 37.30 16.55 t6.55 10.38 do Campbell Bay 132.45 66 25 31.10 31.10 20.75

Nancowrie Pulomilo 37.00 18.60 8 3 0 B.30 ^.20 do Campbell Bay 57.90 28.95 14.50 14 50 10.S5

Pulomilo Kondul 20.70 10.35 620 6 20 4.15

Katchal Nancowrie 16.20 810 4.30 4.30 2.10

Terressa Katchal 38.80 17.40 7.50 7.50 4.15

Northern Group of Islands:

Port Blair Baratang 112S 3.15 do Kadamtatala *_ 18.15 4.7Q 1 2 3 4 5 I 7

Port Blair Long Island 20 25 5.20 do Strait island — 20.25 — — 5.20

Port Blair Rangat Bay _ 24.60 11.10 _ 6.35 do Neil Island — 10.45 4.80 ------2.75 do Havelock — 12.25 5.00 ------3.15 do Mayabunder 80.30 40.15 18 20 16.20 10.35 do Diglipur 104 70 52.35 23.70 23 70 13.55

Baratang Kadamtala 1 ■ 6.30 _ mmm 1.60 do Long Island 8.05 — 2.10 do Rangat Bay — 14.35 — 3,70

Kadamtala Long Island 2.2® 0.55 do Rangat Bay — 9,15 — ------2.35 __ Long Island Rangat Bay 7.05 3 M S.15 1.80 do Mayabur.der — 20.25 9.20 — &.20 to Ol 1 2 3 4 S 6 7 tOi

Long Island Diglipur — 32.10 14.50 — 8.30

RangatBay Mayabunder — 1675 7.55 — - 4.35 do Diglipuf — 28.95 13.10 7.50

Mayabunder Diglipur 24 50 12.25 5;60 5.60 3.15

Neil Island Heve lock - 9.45 4.20 __ 2.40 do Long Island — 91.25 960 — 5.50 do Rangat Bay — 23.70 10.75 — ' 6,20 do Mayabunder — 36 30 16.40 — 9 35 do Diglipur — 49.90 22.55 — 12.90

Have lock Long Island — 16.15 7.30 — •• 4M5 do Rangat Bay — 22.65 10.00 ■ — 5^90 dc> Mayabunder - 36.ao 16.40 — 9 35 do Diglipur - 48.15 21,80 — r : 12.40 iTOURlSM

TABLE 22.9

Passengers Fares for Harbour Ferry Services

From To Ferry rate (Rs)

Port Blair Harbour Ferry Services

Fisheries Jetty Hope Town 0.20 Bambooflat 0.40 Haddo Jetty 0 6 0 Dundus Point 0 80 Viper Islands 0.80 Jungllghat 1.35 IS) s

Mithakhari 1.35

Haddo Jetty Dundas Point 0.20 Viper Island 0.20 Junglighat 0.50

Hope Town Mithakhari 0.40 Bambooflat 0.20 Haddo Jetty 0.40 Dundas Point 0.60 Viper Island 0.60 Junglighat 1.00 Mithakhari O.iQ 1 2 3

Viper Island/Dundas Point Junglighat 0.60 Mithakhari 0.20 Junglighat Mithakhari 0.60 Mayabunder Harbour Ferry Services Mayabunder Kallghat 0.80 Parangara 0.80 Bajota 0.80 Diglipur Harbour Ferry Services Arial Bay Sagardweep 0 8 0 Gandhinagar 1.60 Sagardweep Gandhinagar 0.80 Nancowrie Harbour Ferry Services

Kamorta Champion 0.60 v> ^ TOURISM O TABLE 22.10

Distance by road and bus fares

From To Distance Fare (Kms.) (Rs.)

Port Blair Bus Terminus Jirkatang 64 3.70 Bambooflat Jetty 46 3.15 Wandoor 30 2.00 Wimberiygunj 42 2.90 Manjeri 24 1.60 Chidiyatappu 28 1.85 Tirur 36 2.70 Dundas Point 32 2.30 Namunaghar 30 2.00 Chouidari 20 t.* a 2 3 4

Portmout 24 1.60 Shippighat 14 1.10 10 0.70 Tylerabad 0;85 Dollygunj 10 0 7 0 Calicut 14 4.00 Burdline 10 0.70 School Line 6 040 Shadipur School 5 0.35 Diary Farm Village 5 0.35 Chatham 5 0.40 Haddo Jetty 5 0.40 Buniyada Bad 5 0.35 03 TOURISM

TABLE;—22.11

Taxi Fans

Distance Taxi Rate (Rs)

FlT8t2 Km 4.10 Every additional 200 Mtrs 040

Waiting Charges (per hour) 3.50 luggage Charges for 45 Kgs. NIL For every additional 25 Kmsor part thereof 100 T0VRt9M

TABLR-.21.12 Pcreign Tourist Arrivab in Andflmans

Ytar N».

1980-81 845

1981-82 1808

1982-S3 1721

1983-84 2025

1984-85 976

1985-86 2635

263 TOU^JSM

TABt£:-^2.13

Arrival of Domestic Tburists

Years No.

1979 4050

1980 7500

1981 8835

1982 12721

1983 14020

1984 16000

1985 20291

1986 22400 23. TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS

TABLE 23.1

Motor Vehicles in Andaman & Nicobar Islands (No.)

■ Years Motor cycles/ Lorries Taxles Buses Car & Others Scooters jeeps

1981-82 1348 507 90 94 391 253

1982-83 1426 534 92 105 415 269

1983-84 1571 574 102 115 464 294

1984-85 1620 627 105 121 509 297

N3 05 1985-86 1839 680 115 121 595 320 (J1 ^5 TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS o> ^ TABLE 23.2

District-wise Motor Vehicles as on 31-3-1986 (No.)

Type Andamans Nicobars A. &N. Islands District District

Motor cycles/Scooters 1597 242, 1839 Lorries 618 62 680 Taxies 115 — 115 Buses 118 3 121 Car/Jeeps 561 34 595 Others 272 48 320 TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS

TABLE 23.3 New Registration of Motor Vehicles in Andaman & Nicobar Islands (No.)

Motor vehicles New Registration during

1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86

Motor cycles 44 35 ^ 110 119 Scooters 51 81 96 100 Cars 17 28 25 56 Jeeps 9 28 27 30 Vehicles of Public 17 11 8 11 conveyance Goods Vehicles 28 32 71 53 Other Vehicles 13 27 20 23 o> Total 179 242 357 392 ^ TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS o> TABLE— 23.4

Driving Licences in Andaman & Nicobar Islands

Yaer Driving Licences issued (Nos.) Road tax and other fees realised (Rs.)

198C-81 203 1,01,613 1981-82 221 1,14,854 1982-83 209 1,19,108 1983-84 391 1,21,905 ' 1984-85 258 138,714 1985-86 761 1,87,148 TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS

TABLE— 23.5

Motor Transport in Andaman & Nicobar Islands

SI. Item 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-8i 1985-86 No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

1. Buses owned by State Transport Department 99 107 94 94 89

2. Buses on road 48 56 60 62 59 ro O) 3. No of routes 93 95 95 98 98 ^ operated O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

4. Route length 1852 1950 1950 1975 1975 (Kms)

5 Distance 16,32,444 2136000 3123503 3435146 3259000 covered (kms)

6. Average daily km. travelled 4,473 5,933 8,676 9,744 9,844

7. Revenue receipts (Rs. in 000) 23,94 3,7,84 60,28 69,28 80,30 TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS

TABLE— 23.6

Buses Plying in Different Stations

S, No. Name of S. T. S. Stations Buses (No.)

(1983-84 1984-85 1985-86)

1. Port Blair 32 31 26 2. Wimbelygunj 7 7 8 3. Baratang 1 1 1 4. Rangat 8 8 7 5. Mayabunder 3 4 4 6. Diglipur 2 3 4 7. Hut Bay 2 2 2 8. Car Nicobar 2 2 3 9. Katchal 1 1 1 10. Campbell Bay 2 3 3 TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS

TABLE— 23.7

^Navigational Aids in Andaman & Nicobar Islands-

Navigational Aids No.

Light Houses 17

Local Lights 14

Radio Beacons 2

Unlighted Buoys 8

Beacons under construction 2 Lighted Buoys 1 Port Signal Station 1

*As on 31-2-1986.

272 TftANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONb

TABLE=238

Voyages Performed by Maindland/Island ships

Name of the Ship No. of Voyages made

1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 T985-86

Passenger*cum-cargo ships 1. MV Andaman 16 15 8 15 II. MV Harshavardana 21 15 18 22 iii. TSS Nancowry 18 15 17 15 iv. MV Akbar 11 11 8 10 Cargo Ships I. MV Shompen 9 8 7 — ii. MV Diglipur 5 5 5 8 iii. MV Vishva Shakti ——— 1 iv MV Vishva Nadhi — — — 1 CO ^3 t r a n s p o r t & COMMUNICATIONS

TABLE— 23.9

Passenger Traffic by sea between Mainland and Islands

Total Year No. of Passengers _JL Embarked Disembarked

1980-8t 36286 40361 76647 1981-82 36738 40478 77216 1982-83 40258 45250 85508 1983-84 37353 38548 75901 1Q84-85 3574B 38189 73934 1985-86 40706 47695 88401 TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS

TABLE— 23.10

Cairgo Traffic by sea between Mainland & Islands

(in DW T)

Year Imports Exports Total

1 9 8 0 -8 1 40622 78180 1,18,802

1 9 8 1 -8 2 45735 69815 1,15,550

1 98 1 — 83 S3315 71439 1,24,754

1 9 8 3 -8 4 65044 53211 1,18,255

1984— 85 58102 64382 1,22,484

1 9 8 5 -8 6 81426 63610 1,45,036

275 TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS

TABLE~23.11

Passenger Traffic by Inter-Island Vessels

Passengers (No.)

From Port Blair 13 To Port Bla? fr©m

Places 1984-851985-8^ 1984-85 1985-86

Baratang 8,266 9,102 8,620 9,738 Kadamtala 7.195 7,932 10,035 11,465 Long Island 2,828 3,499 2,887 3,785 Neil Island 5,728 6,646 8,249 9,591 Havelock 5,700 6,580 ' 7.115 8,336 Strait Island 52 96 52 101 Rangat 14,493 16,235 15,227 16,990 Mayabunder 7 911 9,021 6,727 7,624 Diglipur 10,833 12,069 10,201 11,565 Hut Bay 10,358 11,412 12,319 13,858 Car Nicobar 9,050 10,029 6,389 7,382 Teressa 717 1,023 373 705 Katchal 3,046 4,029 3,495 4,539 Nancowry 4,256 5,202 4,254 5,0>79 Campbell Bay 6 i67 7,521 6,222 7,2.94

276 TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS

TABLE— 23.12

Cargo Traffic by Inter-Island Vessels

Cargo (Tonne) Cargo (Tonne) Frcm Port Blair to To Port Blair from

Places 1984-85 1985-8^ 1984-85 1985-86

Baratang 1.123 1,165 133 181 Kadamtala 725 744 121 147 Long Island 545 571 21 33 Neil Island 648 685 765 822 Rangat 4124 4,176 642 695 Havalock 1482 1,503 464 493 Mayabunder 2,229 2,254 635 684 Digllpur 1,795 1,816 658 692 Hut Bay 1,022 1,035 722 743 Car Nicobar 1,983 2,011 724 749 Katchal 275 278 290 298 Nancowry 545 552 78 83 Campbail Bay 2451 2,331 188 201

277 TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS

TABLE 23.13

Cargo handled by Stevedoring Workers at Port Bilair Harbours

Year Total cargo handled (Tonne)

1980-81 54,265

1981-82 71,930

1982-83 76,674

1983-84 83,942

1984-85 67,841

1985-86 72,253

278 TRAnbPORT’a COMMUNICATIONS

TABLE 23.14

Monthwise Cargo handled by Stevedoring Workers at Port Blair Harbours 1985-86

Months Cargo handled (Tonne)

Inward Outward Total

AprH'85 6555.5 789.5 7345.0

May'85 4907.0 1430.0 6337.0

June'85 3766.0 1250.0 . 5016.0

July'85 4890.0 1698.5 6588.5 (O Aug'85 4034.0 1879.0 5913.0 N3 § 1 2 3 4

Sept'85 40930 1527.0 5620.0

Oct'85 3811.0 1221.5 5032.5

Nov'85 2536.0 1468.0 4004.0

Dec'8B 4927.0 736.0 5663.0

Jan'86 5164.0 1135.0 6299.0

Feb'86 6237.0 1150.0 7387.0

March'86 6125 0 923.0 70480

Total 57045.5 15207,5 72253.0 t r a n s p o r t & COMMUNICATIONS

TABLE 23.15

Air Tratfic between Calcutta/Port Blair & Port Blair/Calcutta

Year Passengers carrie.d Freight carried Mail can'ied (No.) (Kgs.) (Kgs.)

1980-81 13,192 126801 60116

1981-82 15,705 143645 61089

1982-83 17,306 165,082 66,041

1983-84 16,031 1,87,077 68449

1984-85 16,776 1,63,943 60,432 to 2,39,166 67,145 00 1985-86 21, 696 TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS .00 ^ TABLE— 23.16

Indian Airlines Operations between Calcutta/Port Blair and Port Blair/ Calcutta 1985-86.

Arrival Departure 1 f— - x_ Months Passengers Mail Freight Passengers Mail Freight (No.) (Kgs) (Kgs) (No.) (Kgs) (Kgs)

1 2 3 ' 4 5 6 7

April, 85 663 3313 15583 944 1663 132

May. 85 856 4536 11335 1060 1739 601

June. 85 1097 3107 11734 987 1613 410 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

July, 85 1417 4519 14457 597 1863 462 Aug, 85 597 4372 20671 551 1977 481 Sep, 85 520 4444 18779 527 1577 149 Oct, 85 1027 3606 19191 1111 1928 482 Nov, 85 804 2812 22428 1020 1740 1046 Dec, 85 1214 3627 12725 1052 1737 258 Jan, 86 1045 3804 27121 1246 2142 670 Feb, 86 896 3636 26855 802 1496 506 Mar, 86 766 3610 32609 897 2284 481

Total 10902 45386 233488 10794 21759 5678 TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS

TABLE— 23.17

Air Traffic between Madras/Port Blair & Port Blair/Madras.

Year Passengers Freight carried Mail carried (No.) Kgs. kgs.

1982— 83 2,915 20,171 217

1983— 84 9,875 108,746 4,901

1984— 85 10,450 2,64,421 19304

1985— 86 22,951 3,03,218 23,591

Note:— Air service between Madras and Port B|air was introduced during 1982-83. TRANSPORT &:COMMUNlCATION

TABLE 2318

Indian Airlines operations between Madras/Port Blair and Port Blair/Madras— 1985-86.

Months Arrival Departure

Passengers Mail Freight Passengers Mail Freight (No.) (Kgs.) (Kgs.) (N o ) (Kgs) (Kgs.)

April, 85 679 1274 22965 972 386 314 May, 85 936 857 19492 1043 381 502 June, 85 1080 520 14066 943 379 164 July. 85 1086 1456 15697 686 461 263 00 C7I Aug, 85 728 663 20522 702 434 416 s

Sept. 85 833 1332 21545 825 461 229 Oct. 85 1026 .985 16834 1008 726 341 Nov. 85 835 1179 28041 913 487 377 Dec. 85 1092 2663 36310 1215 608 480 Jan. 86 1036 1436 37542 1320 732 1386 Feb. 86 1110 2951 30260 1007 579 770 Mar. 86 939 1503 34058 937 1139 644

Total 11380 16819 297332 11571 6772 5886 TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS

TABLE 23.19

Programme composition of AIR, Port Blair. Frequency : Khz 648 Metres ; 438.5 Reception 65 Kmt Range (Radio) Primary Service

Type of Programme Broadcasting Time 1-7-84 to 30-6-85 1-7-85 to 30-6-86 (Hrs. Mts ) (Hrs. Mts)

Classical Music 485-41 336-00 Folk Music 31-30 60-00 Light Music including instrumental 860-11 600-00 ^ Devotionel Music 338-29 252-00 < l ______to 00 CO 1 2 3

Talks and Discussion 521-18 564^0 Drama and Features 296-10 108-00 News 797-12 918-00 Farm and Home 324-12 324-00 Cliiidrens Programme 47-19 44-00 Yuva Vani 87-35 90-00 Womens, Programme 26-24 24-00 Nicobari Programme 188-27 192-00 Programme for Armed Forces 178-25 180-00 Pducational Broadcasts 103-24 104-00 Miscellaneous 194-27 416-10 24. MISCELUNEOUS

TABLE— 24.1

* Municipalities in Andaman & Nicobar Islands. (No.)

Items Particulars

Municipalities 1

Location Port Blair Town

Area (Sq Km) 14.14

Population within Municipal Limits (1981 Census) 49,634

MunicipafMembers (No.) 15

Classification of Members: (a) Elected 11 (b) Nominated 4

*As in March 1986.

289 MISCELLANEOUS

TABLE— 24,2

Revenue & Expenditure of Municipal Board.

(Rs)

Year Revenue Expenditure

1980-81 66,78,348 66,18,158

1981— 82 94,86,799 94,71,140

1982— 83 100,32.861 99,86,144

1983— 84 114,39,094 126,82,988

1984— 85 119,35,967 1,50,64,405

1985-86 1,25,16,123 1,76,92,599

290 MISCELLANEOUS

TABLE 24.3

Entertainment Tax Collected by Municipal Boards Port Blair

Year Tax Collected (Rs. 000)

1980 81 42

1981-82 39

1982-83 34

1983-84 34

1984-85 34

1985-86 34

291 MISCELLANEOUS to CD TABLE 24.4 NO Allotment of House sites in Andamans

House Sites Allotted Tahsil 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985^6

Benefi- Area Benefi Area Benefi- Area Benefi- Area ciaries allot­ claries allot­ ciaries allot- ciaries alfot* ted ted ted ted (No.) (Hect.) (No ) (Hect.) (No.) (Hect.) No.) (Hett.)

Port Blair 504 17.13 1553 NR 38 1.27 19 0.38 Ferrargunj NIL NIL NR 177 6.04 144 2.88 Mayabunder — NR 269 8.02 187 3.72 Rangat — NR 764 24.64 392 8.14 Diglipur 201 6.03 173 NR 25 0.75 49 0.98

Total 705 23.16 1726 NR 1273 40.72 791 16.10

N.R. 1 Net Reported. MISCELLANEOUS

TABLE 24.#

Loans Sanctioned Under Low Income Group Housing Scheme

Year Loans Sanctioned (Rs.)

1979-80 1,25.000

1980-81 1,50,000

1981-82 2,00,000

1982-83 2,00,000

1983-84 3,00.000

1984-85 4,50,000

1985-86 5.00.000

293 MISCELLANEOUS I TA B LE -2 4 .e

♦Resettlement of Families by Rehabilitation Department

Project Area Reclaimed Land Allotted Families Settled (Hect.) (Hect.) No.

Betapur (Middle Andaman) 828.20 672 66 339 erstwhile east Pakistan Migrants

Rubber Research-cum-Deve lopment Station (South Andamam) 202.00 - 37 Burma repatriates

Neil island 440,36 288.38 99 §f§twhiie Ea§t Pakistan Migrants 1 2 3 4

Little Andaman 1117.64 816.00 399 erst while East Pakistan Migrants & Sri Lanka and Burnrta Repatriates

Katchal 756.29 9.70 47 Ceylone Repariates

Great Nicobar 1499.66 1455.00 330 Ex-Service­ men families.

♦Position till end of March 86.

i< ri K3 miscellaneous g TABLE-24 7

News Papers Published in Andaman & Nicobar Islands as on 31-3-1986.

Name of the Newspapers Periodicity Language

The Daily Telegrams Daily English V* Dweep Samachar Daily Hindi

Andaman Time Weekly English

Light Of Andaman Weekly English

The Paravatham Weekly Tamil

Andaman Express Weekly Tamil Andaman Alai Weekly Tamil

contd. % 2 3

Andaman Herald Fortnightly English

Dweep VanI Fortnightly Bengali

Andaman Wave Weekly English

Andaman Chaithi Weekly Tamil

Dweep Manthan Weekly Hindi

Dweep Katha Monthly Hindi

Information Bulletin Fortnightly English

People Crusade Weekly English lO Andaman Murasu Weekly Tamil s N) CO 00 1 2 3

Andaman Dhiravida Mani Weekly Tamil Andaman Bhanu Kiranalu Weekly Tamil Andaman Karmachari Monthly English Andaman Express Weekly Telugu Andaman Kullar Weekly Tamil Andaman Elangar Kuralakkam Weekly Tamil Tamil Gandipabam Weekly Tamil A & N Islands Sun Times Weekly Tamil MiSCEUANEOqS

TABLE— 24.8

♦Religious Places in Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

Tahsil Temples Mosques Churches Gurudwaras Others Port Blair 42 8 23 3 1 Ferrargunj 9 4 1 Rangat 16 3 17 __ Mayabunder 11 1 17 1 Diglipur 10 1 6 Car Nicobar 3 3 10 ■■ __ — Nancowrie 22 4 33 2 f

CO ♦As on Dec. 1986. MISCELLANEOUS CO o o TABLE^24.9

*Cinema Houses.

No. of Seats

Name Balcony 1st Class 2nd Class 3rd Class 4th Class Total

1, Light House Port Blair. 203 377 232 83 895 2. Mountbatten Talkies Port Blair. 60 95 135 185 65 540

3. Ellon Cinema — 192 158 131 — 481 4. Anand Paradise 302 402 • 215 167 — 1086

*Perm§n§nt— in March, 1986, MI§eiLUNEOU§ TABLE-24,10

Films Exhibited in ♦ Cinemas. (No.)

FILMS SHOWN DURING

Language of Film 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986

Hindi/Hindustani 69 81 138 143 145 English 10 8 9 6 8 Bengali 8 —- 3 2 2 Tamil 22 19 15 23 26 Te4ugu 10 8 9 4 5 Malayalam 3 7 2 3 7

122 123 176 181 193 o Relates to pennanent Cinema Houses only. MISCELLANEOUS o TABLE-24.11

Exhibitions organised by Field Exhibition OfiSce

Items 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86

No. of Exhibitions organised 13 13 12 18

No. of Viewers (in hundred) Men 607 400 855 470 Women 540 350 760 280 Chi Idem 203 130 285 200

Total 1350 880 1900 950 ------MISSELLANIOOS

TABLE-~24.t2

Distribution of Petroleum Products

(in K .L)

Particulars Motor Spirit Higii. Speed Dietei

Stock as on 1st January 1984 650 3912 1985 795 3479 1986 895 1654 % Shipmeiit from iVlainland during:-^ 1983 1146 12121 CO o 1984 1732 17365 1985 • 2013 19487 2

Distribution to R e gistere d Dealers/Private Consumers:— 1983 730 2835 1984 930 3548 1985 1206 4248

Defence/Govt. Departments:— 1983 710 12931 1984 670 14250 1985 692 17154 25. ALL INDIA STATISTICS

TABLE 25.1

India at a Glance

Item Unit 1970-71 1980-81 1984-8E

Geographical area M. Sq. Kms 3.27 3.29 3.29

Population: Total Million 548 685 745

Rural it 439 525 ' 560 Urban ft 109 160 185

Birth Rate: Combined Per '000 36.9 33.9 33.8

Rural II 38.9 35.6 35.1 OI Urban 30.1 27.0 29.2 CO 0 1 2 3 4 01 5

Death Rate: Combined per '000 14.5 12.8 12.5 Rural 16.4 13.7 13.7 Urban if 9.7 7.8 8.5

National income

Net National Product

at Current prices Rs. '000 342 1058 1732 million at 1970-71 prices Rs.’OOO 342 475 5?0 million increase over previous years per cent 5.6 7 .« 3.9 1 2 3 4 9

Share in Net domestic product (at current prices) Agriculture. Forestry and Fisheries per cent 49 39 34 Mining and Manufacturing 14 18 19 Per capita income at Current prices Rs. 633 1558 2344

at 1970-71 prices ^ M 633 700 772 Increase over previous years per cent 3.3 5.2 1.4

Net saving (domestic) rate II 12.0 17.6 16.1

Net Investment (domestic) rate 11 13.0 19.3 17.4 Share of Public tector in gross

domestic product ,, 14.9 20.7 25.4

Public Revenue receipts and Expenditure : Revenue receipts Rs. million 58,581 236,250 433,785 CjO Tax 47,524 198,436 359,946 Non Tax 11,057 37,814 73,84Q 1 2 3 4 5 00i

Public expenditure Rs. Million, 80,665 353,794 671,203 Defence 11,993 38,668 71,750 Education and Science 9,616 37,605 73,756 Medical, Public health and Family Welfare » 3,498 17,640 34,204 Agriculture, irrigation and

Electricity. n 7,3C0 45,694 91,934

Industry and Minerals it 4,629 17.730 47,970 Civil work M 4,645 2,866 5,396 Agriculture: Net area Sown Million 141 140 142 Hecters.

Area Sown more than once. 99 25 33 31 Net irrigated area 99 31 39 40 Consumption of fertilizers 000 tonne 2,257 5,516 8,211 Production of foodgrains Million tonne 108 130 146 1 2 3 4 5

Index of agricultural produc­ tion (triennium ending 1969-70=100) 111.5 135.3 155:0 Primary agricultural Credit Cooperatives; Number Lakhs 1.16 0.94 0.S2 Membership Million 31 58 67 Loans advanced (ST & M T) Rs. Million 5,779 17,461 24,993 Loans Overdue (as % outs­ tanding Loans). 41 42 45 Industry & Mining: Production of Coal M. Tonne 76 114 147 Petroleum (Crude) 000 „ 6,809 10,461 29,064 Iron Ore M. „ 31 41 43 Manganese ore 000 „ 1,702 1,606 1,163

Mica (crude) '000' Tonne 17 8 6 Aluminium 161 200 276 Sugar 4,289 4,898 6,152 Tea Million Kg. 410 574 641 Coffee 000 tonne 73 139 141 Machine tools Rs. Million 453 2,034 3,028 Paper and paper board 000 tonne 754 1,146 1,362 Tyres (Cycle, tractor & aero) Million 19 28 33 Nitrogenous fertilizers 000 tonne 830 2,168 3917 Phosphatic fertilizers 229 851 1264 Electricity Generated 000 Kwh. 56 107 157 Index of Industrial production 100 154 197 (1976-100) Villages electrified 000 105 272 370 Manufacturing Industries: Registered factories 000 65 97 93 Productive capital Rs. 000 million 117 431 §73 1 2 § 4 f

Workers employed million 4.3 6.0 6.? Motor Vehicles on road ' 000 1865 5,173 8,878 Foreign tourists 281 800 1,184 Prices & Money

Stock measures J

Index of wholesale prices 100 257 33ft (1970-71-10®) Index of consumer prices Industrial 186 401 B8t workers (1960-100) Agricultural Labourers (July, 1960- 192 409 5 ^ June 1961-000) Urban non-Manual employees 174 369 53£ (1960-100) CO Money stock measures M 3± Rs. 000 million 110 554 102Q fo 1 2 3 4 5

Foreign Exchange Reserves:

Gold Rs. million 1,825 2256 2458 Foreign exchange Rs. million 4,381 48,221 68,168 SDRs MiilioaSDRS 148.9 490.5 146.5 Foreign Trade: Exports (including Re-exports) Rs. million 15,352 67,107 116,569 imports tf 16,342 125,491 170,92'! ALL INDIA STATISTICS

TABLE 25.2

Population of India since 1901

Year Persons Males Females

1901 + 238,337,313* 120,760,506 117,330,453 1911 252,005,470 128,340,309 123,665,161 1921 251.239,492 128,504,733 122,734.759 1931 278,867,430* 142,873,854 135,734,938 1941 318,539,060* 162,622,013 154,632,036 1951 360,950,365 185,456,252 175,494,113 Ca ) ------

1961 439,072,582 226,208,008 212.864.574

1971 548,159,652 284,049,276 264,110,376

1981 685,184,692 354.397,884 330,786.808

*The distribution of population by sex of pondlcherry for 1901 (246, 354). 1931 (258,628), 1941 (285,011) is not available. The figures for these years are therefore, exclusive of these population as far as distrubution by sex is concerned. 4 In 1901, sex wise distribution of Chandinagar (26,831) West Bengal and Gonda (18,810) of Uttar Prdaesh is not available. ALL INDIA STATISTICS TABLE 2i.3 Population, Birth and Death rates

Year Estimated mid­ Birth rate Death rate year population (Per 000 population) (Per 000 population)

(Crores) Rural Urban Combined1 Rural Urban Combined

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1975 60.3 36.7 28.5 35.2 17.3 10.2 15.9 1976 61.7 35.8 28 4 34.4 16.3 9.5 15.0 1977 63.1 34.3 27 8 33.0 160 9.4 14.7 1978 64.5 34.3 27.8 33.3 15.3 9 4 14.2 1979 65.9 34.4 28.0 33.2 13.9 8 4 12.8 1980 67.4 35.0 27.6 33.5 13.7 7 8 12,5 1981 68.5 (b) 35.6 27.0 33.9 13.7 7.8 12.5

(b) Relates to 1981 Census, Data are provisional and include C l estimated figures for Assam. ALL INDIA STATISTICS

TABLE 25.4

Population of India— Changes in sex ratio.

Census Year Sex Ratio (Females) Per 1000 (Males)

1901 972

1911 964

1921 955

1931 950

1941 945

1951 946

1961 941

1971 931

1981 934

316 ALL INDIA STATISTICS

TABLE 25 5

Expectation of life in India

Expection of life at Birth (in Years)

Period Males Females

1901— 1911 2Z6 233 1811-1921 19.4 20.9 1921-1931 26,9 .26.6 1931-1941 32,1 31.4 1941— 1951 32.4 31,7 1951— 1961 ■ 41 9 40.6 1961— 1971 47.1 45.6 1971 -1976 (P) 50.1 43.8 1976-1981 (P) 52.6 51.7

317 ALL INDIA STATISTICS 00 TABLE — 25.6 Progress of Literacy in India 1901— 81.

Census Percentage of literate Percentage of Percentagf^ of literate Population to total literate males females to female Population to total male population population

1901 ♦ 53.5 9.83. 0.69 1911=^ 5.92 10.56 1.05 1921* 7.1G 12 21 1.81 1931* 950 15.59 2.93 1951** 16 67 2495 7.95 196i 24 02 34 44 1295 1971 39 48 3952 18.70 1981 36.23 46,89 24.82

For undivided Ifidia ** Excludes J & K. ALL INDIA ST/^TTFTTCS^

TAR I F __ 9R 7

National Income of India

Year National Income Population Per Capita at Current Prices (in Million) National Income (In Rs Crores) (in Rs)

1 2 3 4

1970-71 34235 541 633 1976-77 66924 620 1079 1977-78 75706 634 1194 1978-79 81321 649 1253 w 1979-80 88716 664 1336 CO ----- S 1

1980-81 105804 679 1558

1981-82 120691 694 ■ 1739

1982-83 133457 709 1882

1983-84 157830 724 2180

1984-85 173207 739 2344

Source;— National/ Accounts Statistics:— Issued by C.S.O.i n Jan. 1986 ALL INDIA STATISTICS

TABLE — 25.8

All India Average Consumers Price Index Number for Agicultural Labours (Base ;-Ju ly 1960=100)

Undiex February March 1936 1986

Gseneral 553 552

Ffood 597 596

FFuel and Light 188 190

Clothing, Bedding & Footwear 511 513

fMiscelianeous 509 513

321 ALL INDIA STATISTICS

T A B L E 25 9

All India Average Consumers Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers (Base:— 1960=100)

Index December January 1986 1986

Ganeral 630 629

Food 650 645

Pan Supari, Tobacco & Fuel & Light 688 699

Housing 339 356

Clothing Bedding & Footwear 636 632

Miscelleneous 553 554

Monthly moving everage of General Index 608 611

322 CONVERSION TABLES

1. Standard of Weights.

1 Grain 0.065 Gram 0.000064799 Kilogram 1 Ounce 28.350 Gram 0.0283495 Kilogram 1 Pound 0.4535924 Kilogram 1 Stone 6.350 Kilogram 1 Cwt 50102 Kilogram Ton 101605 Kilogram 1.016 Tonnes Tola 0.0116638 Kilogram 1 Chattak 0 05832 Kilogram 1 Seer 0.933110 Kilogram 1 Maund 37 3242 Kilogram 1 Kilogram 2.20462 Pounds 1,071 9 Seera 11 Metric Tonne 098420 Ton 267928 Maund 11 Ton 1 01605 Metric Tonnes 1100 Kilogram 1 Quintal 110 Quintals 1 Tonne H Quintal 220.4622 Pounds

323 CONVERSION TABLE

II. Standard of Length and Capacity

1 Inch = 0.0254 Metre (Exact)

1 Feet = 0.3048 Metre (Exact)

1 Yard = 0 9144 Metre (Exact)

1 Mile = 1609.344 Metre (Exact) 1.609344 Kilometres

1 imperial Gallen = 4.54596 Litres (Exact)

1 Metre = 1.09361 Yards

1 Kilometre = 062137 Mile

1 Litre = 0.219976 Imperial Gallon

324 CONVERSION TABLE

Standard of Area

Square Inch = 6.41626 Square Centimetres Square Feet = 0.092803 Square Metre Square Yard = 0.836131 Square Metre Acre (4804 Sq. Yard) = 0 404686 Hectares Square Mile = 2.68999 Square Kilometre = 640 Acres 1 Hectare - 2.47105 Acres 1 : Square Kilometre = 0 386101 Square Mile 1 ! Square Metre =- 1 19599 Square Yard

IV Metric Units

(A) Length 1 Kilometre 1.000 Metres 1 Metre 1.000 Millimetres (B) Area 1 Sq. K. Metre 100 Hectares 1 Hectare 10,000 Sq. Metres (C) Weight 1 Metric Tonne 1.000 Kilograms 10 Quintals 1.000 Grams V. Temperature C° (Centigrade) = 5/9 (F-32) F" (Fahrenheit) - 9/5 (C+32)

M G P P B -^116 Sectt/86~5-5-87 - 1 ,OOoBks.

ERRATA

P^agje Line Column For Read NVJo). No. No. 1 2 3 4 5

2! 7 2 7200 1200 5) 2 2 31614 316,16 5) 8 2 556 51.56 65 7 2 184 172 77 5 2 195,70,679 2,15,24,059 I t 7 4 4.382 403.82 12 t — 5 2 59884 598.84 14 —— Table 1.6 Table 1.5 14 2 4 57.382 57380 14 3 4 138402 138450

IE — — TBble 1..5 Table 1.6 2e Year — 1883.84 1983.84 41 5 4 342 34 1 2 3 4 5

56 8 1 1 98:3 1988 64 5 4 2161.7 2167.2 66 8 5 24.S 24.1 68 6 7 15.2 1H.9 74 2 4 410911 410590 77 6 2 .33.62 33.52 121 2 5 1i9793 19783 132 1 3 37,3J8,G)00 87,38,000 138 2 3 388.1 38.8!1 145 7 3 316,14 316,1 6 199 1 6, 188 1 881 201 4 4 12 1(0 228 3 7 5286 5287 266 4 3 3 1 266 4 4 121 125 313 6 2 360,950.,365 369,950,365 318 1 2 S3..5 5..3t"