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Table-1.1: District, Tehsil and Panchayati Raj Institutions iapk;r iapk;r lfefr ftyk ifj "kn ftyk District Tehsil Gram Panchayat Zilla Panchayat Samiti Parishad mRrj o e/; v.Meku fMxyhi qj Diglipur 15 1 1 North & Middle ek;kcanj Mayabunder 8 1 - Andaman jaxr Rangat 14 1 - iksVZ Cys;j 10 1 1 nf{k.k v.Meku Qjkjxat 15 1 - South Andaman fyfVy v.Meku Little 4 1 - Andaman dkj fudksckj - - - fudksckj Nicobar uudkSjh Nancowrie - - - xzsV fudksckj Great Nicobar 3 1 - Total 69 7 2

Table: 1.2- tula[;k 1901 ls Population of A & N Islands Since 1901 Census Andaman Nicobar A&N %Decadal Variation Year Islands A&N Islands Andaman Nicobar 1901 18138 6511 24649 -- - - 1911 17641 8818 26459 (+) 7.34 (-) 2.74 (-) 35.43 1921 17814 9272 27086 (+) 2.37 (+) 0.98 (+) 5.15 1931 19223 10240 29463 (+) 8.78 (+) 7.91 (+) 10.44 1941 21316 12452 33768 (+)14.61 (+) 10.89 (+) 21.60 1951 18962 12009 30971 (-) 8.28 (-) 11.04 (-) 3.56 1961 48985 14563 63548 (+)105.19 (+) 58.33 (+) 21.27 1971 93468 21665 115133 (+) 81.17 (+) 90.81 (+) 48.77 1981 158287 30454 188741 (+)63.93 (+) 69.35 (+) 40.57 1991 241453 39208 280661 (+) 48.70 (+) 52.54 (+) 28.74 2001 314084 42068 356152 (+) 26.90 (+) 30.08 (+) 7.29

2011 Census % variation South N&M A&N A&N South N&M Nicobar Andaman Islands Andaman Andaman Nicobar 238142 105597 36842 380581 6.86 14.23 (-)0.015 (-)12.42 Note :- Andaman District was bifurcated into South Andaman and North & Middle Andaman in 2006

Table:1.3- tula[;k ?kuRo Density of population of A & N Islands Year 1901 1911 1921 1931 1941 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011 Density 3 3 3 4 4 4 8 14 23 34 43 46

Table: 1.4- ftysokj /rglhyokj tula[;k District & Tehsil-wise Population(2011) District/Tehsil Male Female Total Percentage 2001 2011 2001 2011 2001 2011 Variation N&M Andaman 56057 54861 49556 50736 105613 105597 (-)0.015 Diglipur 22617 22599 20260 20584 42877 43183 0.71 Mayabunder 12748 13329 11164 12459 23912 25788 7.85 Rangat 20692 18933 18132 17693 38824 36626 (-)5.66 South Andaman 114262 127283 94209 110859 208471 238142 14.23 Port Blair 78822 89411 63495 76343 142317 165754 16.47 9540 9964 7988 8859 17528 18823 7.38 Ferrargunj 25900 27908 22726 25657 48626 53565 10.16 Nicobar 22653 20727 19415 16115 42068 36842 (-)12.42 Car Nicobar 10663 9735 9629 8106 20292 17841 (-)12.08 Nancowrie 7288 5967 6274 4667 13562 10634 (-)21.59 Great Nicobar 4702 5025 3512 3342 8214 8367 1.86 Total 192972 202871 163180 177710 356152 380 58 1 6.86 Source: Census 2011

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Table 1.5- ftysokj tula[;k o {ks=Qy District-wise Area, Households, Population & ST Population (2011Census) Total/ Area No. of Total Population vuqlwfpr tutkfr District Rural/ (sq km.) House Scheduled Tribes Urban Holds Person Male Female Person Male Female nf{k.k v.Meku Total 2672.00 59064 238142 127283 110859 4091 2118 1973 Rural 2640.03 23767 97395 52103 45292 2286 1229 1057 South Andaman Urban 31.97 35297 140747 75180 65567 1805 889 916 mRrj rFkk e/; Total 3736.00 26199 105597 54861 50736 758 415 343 v.Meku Rural 3730.05 25475 102856 53457 49399 748 410 338 N&M Andaman Urban 5.95 724 2741 1404 1337 10 5 5 Total 1841.00 9288 36842 20727 16115 23681 12198 11483 fudksckj Nicobar Rural 1841.00 9288 36842 20727 16115 23681 12198 11843 Urban ------Total 8249.00 94551 380581 202871 177710 28530 14731 13799

v.Meku fudksckj Rural 8211.08 58530 237093 126287 110806 26715 13837 12878 A&N Islands total Urban 37.92 36021 143488 76584 66904 1815 894 921

Table: 1.6 : Population of Port Blair Town Census Year Population Decadal % of Decadal Variation Variation 1951 7789 - - 1961 14075 (+) 6286 (+) 80.70 1971 26218 (+) 12143 (+) 86.27 1981 49634 (+) 23416 (+) 89.31 1991 74955 (+) 25321 (+) 51.02 2001 99984 (+) 25029 (+) 33.39

Table 1.7 – Differently-abled Population in A & N Islands (2001Census) Type of Population as pe r % to Total Disabled Disability census 2001 Population In Seeing 3321 47.1 In Speech 652 9.2 In Hearing 545 7.7 In Movement 1870 26.5 Mental 669 9.5 Total 7057 100

Table: 1.8 - Sex R atio Table: 1.9- Tehsil -wise Sex Ratio year No. of Females per 1000 Males No. of Females per 1000 Males 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011 A&N Islands Andaman Nicobar Diglipur 793 845 854 896 911 1901 318 197 841 Mayabunder 707 791 856 876 935 1911 352 197 825 Rangat 632 766 842 876 935 1921 303 146 769 Port Blair 560 708 781 809 854 1931 495 348 881 Little Andaman ------837 889 1941 574 433 891 Ferrargunj 609 786 854 877 919 1951 625 489 900 Car Nicobar 902 928 902 903 833 1961 617 554 872 Nancowrie 618 704 783 816 782 1971 644 615 784 Campbell Bay ------741 665 1981 760 750 811 1991 818 815 840 2001 846 844 857 2011 876 871* 925** 777 * South Andaman ** N & M Andaman

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Table No.1.10 - Religion wise Population in A & N Islands since 1961 Religion/Census 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 Hindu 32781 70134 121793 189521 246589 Muslim 7398 11655 16188 21354 29265 Christian 17973 30342 48274 67211 77178 Sikh 241 865 991 1350 1587 Buddhist 1707 103 127 322 421 Jain 3 14 11 17 23 Others Religion 3444 1264 231 256 238 Religion not stated 1 756 1126 630 851 Total 63548 115133 188741 280661 356152

Table: 1.11- Population by Marital Status Item Population Census 1981 1991 2001 Total Population of A&N Islands 188741 280661 356152 Total married persons 78767 118150 161737 a. Male 43846 62006 84492 b. Female 34921 56144 77245 Total Divorced or separated person 562 408 1429 a. Male 234 185 596 b. Female 328 223 833

Table: 1.12- District wise Population by Marital Status(2001 Census) UT/ District Marital Status Person Male Female A & N Total Population 356152 192972 163180 Islands Never married 182279 105638 76641 Married 161737 84492 77245 Widowed 10707 2246 8461 Divorced/separated 1429 596 833 Andaman Total Population 314084 170319 143765 Never married 160264 93254 67010 Married 143343 74791 68552 Widowed 9240 1775 7465 Divorced/separated 1237 499 738 Nicobar Total Population 42068 22653 19415 Never married 22015 12384 9631 Married 18394 9701 8693 Widowed 1467 471 996 Divorced/separated 192 97 95

Table: 1.13- Population by Age Group (2011 census) Total Rural Urban Age group Persons Males Females Persons Males Females Persons Males Females 0 to 6 40878 20770 20108 26415 13370 13045 14463 7400 7063 7 to 10 25381 12991 12390 15961 8219 7742 9420 4772 4648 11 to 14 26,416 13,510 12,906 16,790 8,460 8,330 9,626 5,050 4,576 15 to 18 26504 13864 12640 16390 8583 7807 10114 5281 4833 18 to 24 43637 22930 20707 26519 13715 12804 17118 9215 7903 25 to 29 41,722 22,230 19,492 25,558 13,675 11,883 16,164 8,555 7,609 30 to 34 35723 19359 16364 21811 11945 9866 13912 7414 6498 35 to 39 32842 17170 15672 19802 10424 9378 13040 6746 6294 40 to 44 26735 14813 11922 15959 8921 7038 10776 5892 4884 45 to 49 23861 13270 10591 14432 7991 6441 9429 5279 4150 50 to 54 17296 9710 7586 10675 5987 4688 6621 3723 2898 55 to 59 13794 7870 5924 8662 4889 3773 5132 2981 2151 60 to 64 10376 5807 4569 7102 3899 3203 3274 1908 1366 65 to 69 6226 3430 2796 4469 2477 1992 1757 953 804 7o to 79 6349 3673 2676 4511 2639 1872 1838 1034 804 80 to 89 1923 1016 907 1440 794 646 483 222 261 90 to 100+ 550 263 287 417 198 219 133 65 68 age not stated 368 195 173 180 101 79 188 94 94 380581 202871 177710 237093 126287 110806 143488 76584 66904

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Table: 1.14: Tehsil–wise Density of Population ftyk District Tehsil 1981 1991 2001 mRrj rFkk e/; v.Meku Mxyhiqj Diglipur 18 27 48 North & Middle ek;kcanj Mayabunder 10 16 18 Andaman jaxr Rangat 23 31 36 iksVZ Cys;j Port Blair 38 61 79 nf{k.k v.Meku Qjkjxat Ferrargunj 26 36 45 South Andaman fyfVy v.Meku Little Andaman -- --- 24 dkj fudksckj Car Nicobar 120 150 157 fudksckj Nicobar uudkSjh Nancowrie 8 12 13 xzsV fudkckj Great Nicobar ------7.2 A & N Islands 22 34 43

Table: 1.15:- Distribution of worker Population by Major activities( Census 2011) Population % To Total Major Activities Rural Urban (Census 2011 ) Population Total workers 152535 94469 58066 40.05 1.Main workers 125910 72366 53544 33.06 (i) Cultivators 12997 12706 291 3.41 (ii) Agricultural labourers 2680 2562 118 0.70 (iii)House hold Industry workers 1390 1017 373 0.36 (iv)Other workers 108843 56081 52762 28.58 2.Marginal workers 26625 22103 4522 6.99 (i)Cultivators 3570 3479 91 0.94 (ii)Agricultural labourers 2101 2058 43 0.08 (iii)Household Industry workers 2337 2263 74 0.61 (iv) Other workers 18617 14303 4314 4.89 Non -Workers 228046 142624 85422 59.88 Population of A&N Islands 380 581 237093 143488 100.00

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Table: 1.16:- Population of Inhabited Islands (2001 Census) UT/ District/Tahsil / Island Total/ rural /Urban Population Scheduled Tribe House Hold A & N Islands Total 356152 29469 78242 Rural 239954 28456 51866 Urban 116198 1013 26376 I. North & Middle Andaman District Total 105613 304 23732 Rural 105613 304 23732 Urban - - - (i) Diglipur Tehsil Total(Rural) 42877 23 9572 1. Narcondam Island Rural 17 2 1 2. East Island Rural 17 2 7 3. North Andaman Island Rural 42163 17 9402 4. Smith Island Rural 676 2 160 5. Stewart Island Rural 2 - 1 6. Curlew Island Rural 2 - 1 (ii) Mayabunder Tehsil Total(Rural) 23912 74 5225 7. Aves Island Rural 2 - 1 8. Interview Island Rural 16 - 3 9. Middle AndamanIsland (Part) Rural 23894 74 5221 (iii) Rangat Tehsil Total(Rural) 38824 207 8935 (Part) Rural 30491 145 7002 10. Long Island Rural 2199 1 613 11. North Passage Island Rural 11 - 8 12. Strait Island Rural 42 35 15 13. Rural 6062 7 1292 14. Spike Island Rural 19 19 5 II. Total 208471 2600 70167 Rural 92273 1587 20059 Urban 116198 1013 26376 (iv) Port Blair Tehsil Total 142317 1169 32350 Rural 32906 162 7409 Urban 109411 1007 24941 15. Havelock Island Rural 5354 6 1207 16. John Lawrance Island Rural 25 - 11 17. Neil Island Rural 2868 1 636 18. (Part) Total 133337 1123 30299 Rural 23926 116 5358 Urban 109411 1007 24941 19. Rural 688 - 194 20. Rural 39 39 2 21. Cinque Island Rural 6 - 1 (v) Little Andaman Tehsil Total 17528 1223 4093 22. Little Andaman Island Rural 17528 1223 4093 (vi) Ferrrargunj Tehsil Total 48626 208 9992 Rural 41839 202 8557 Urban 6787 6 1435 South Andaman Island (Part) Total 48612 208 9985 Rural 41825 202 8550 Urban 6787 6 1435 23. Flat Bay Island Rural 10 - 5 24. Rural 4 - 2 III . Total 42068 26565 8075 Rural 42068 26565 8075 Urban - - - (vii) Car Nicobar Tehsil 1. Car Nicobar Island Total (Rural) 20292 15899 3296 (viii) Nancowrie Tehsil Total(Rural) 13562 9087 2617 2. Rural 1385 1376 211 3. Rural 2026 1826 415 4. Bampoka Island Rural 55 55 10 5. Rural 5312 2662 1116 6. Nancowrie Island Rural 927 881 123 7. Island Rural 3412 1854 676 8. Rural 432 429 64 9. Tilong chang Rural 13 4 2 (ix) Campbell Bay Tehsil Total 8214 1579 2162 10. Pulomilo Island Rural 145 138 34 11. Little Nicobar Island Rural 353 345 64 12. Kondul Island Rural 150 141 27 Directorate of Economic & Statistics

13. Great Nicobar Rural 7566 955 2037

Table-1.17:Scheduled and Non Scheduled Language Speakers in A & N Islands S.No. Hkk"kk Name of Language Population(2001 Census) Male Female Total I. Scheduled Languages 1 Assamese 49 18 67 2 Bengali caxkyh 49803 41779 91582 3 Bodo 1 4 5 4 Dogri 29 13 42 5 Gujarati xqtjkrh 241 146 387 6 fgUnh 35215 29718 64933 7 Kannada 180 123 303 8 Kashmiri 3 3 6 9 Konkani 26 18 44 10 Maithili 34 21 55 11 Malayalam ey;kye 15091 13778 28869 12 Manipuri 11 9 20 13 Marathi ejkBh 856 438 1294 14 Nepali 479 303 782 15 Oriya mfM;k 582 285 867 16 Punjabi iatkch 1028 797 1825 17 Sanskrit - - - 18 Santali 67 10 77 19 Sindhi 10 6 16 20 Tamil rfey 34932 28029 62961 21 Telugu rsyqxq 24514 21117 45631 22 Urdu mnwZ 885 730 1615 Total Scheduled Languages 164036 137345 301381 II. Non -Scheduled Languages 1 Adi 1 - 1 2 Afghani/Kabuli/ Pashto 1 - 1 3 Ao 1 1 2 4 Arabi/Arbi 2 - 2 5 Bhili/Bhilodi 1 - 1 6 Bhumij 1 - 1 7 Chakru/Chokri 1 2 3 8 Coorgi/Kodagu 7 5 12 9 English 19 17 36 10 Garo 12 2 14 11 Gondi 1 1 2 12 Khandeshi 3 3 6 13 Kharia [kfj;k 2243 1847 4090 14 Khasi 2 2 4 15 Koda/Kora 10 4 14 16 Korwa 2 2 4 17 Kuki 1 2 3 18 Kurukh/oraon vksjkWo 7275 6484 13759 19 Lushai/Mizo 3 - 3 20 Mogh 4 1 5 21 Munda eq.Mk 2620 1962 4582 22 Mundari 131 111 242 23 Nicobarese fudksckjh 14647 14004 28651 24 Persian 5 5 10 25 Pochury 1 4 5 26 Sangtam 20 14 34 27 Tamang 1 - 1 28 Tulu 1 - 1 29 Other languages 1920 1362 3282 Total Non Scheduled Languages 28936 25835 54771 Total Population 192972 163180 356152 source: Census 2001

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Table-1.18: tula[;k 2011 Population-(as per Census 2011) fooj.k Particulars O;fDr Person xzkeh.k Rural 'kgjh Urban

tula[;k POPULATION 2011 dqy iq#Ô efgyk dqy iq#Ô efgyk dqy iq#Ô efgyk Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female

v- rFkk fu - }hilewg A&N Islands 380581 202871 177710 237093 126287 110806 143488 76584 66904

nf{k.k v.Meku South Andaman 238142 127283 110859 97395 52103 45292 140747 75180 65567

mRrj rFkk e/; v.Meku N & M 105597 54861 50736 102856 53457 49399 2741 1404 1337 Andaman fudksckj Nicobar 36842 20727 16115 36842 20727 16115 0 0 0 Decadal Growth 2001 -2011 24429 9899 14530 -2861 -2674 -187 27290 12573 14717 % decadal growth 2001 -2011 6.86 5.13 8.90 -1.19 -2.07 -0.17 23.49 19.64 28.20 vuwlwfpr tutkfr Scheduled 28530 14731 13799 26715 13837 12878 1815 894 921 Tribes

nf{k.k v. Meku South Andaman 4091 2118 1973 2286 1229 1057 1805 889 916

mRrj rFkk e/; v.Meku N & M Andaman 758 415 343 748 410 338 10 5 5

fudksckj Nicobar 23681 12198 11483 23681 12198 11483 0 0 0 Child Population ( 0-6yrs) 40878 20770 20108 26415 13370 13045 14463 7400 7063

nf{k.k v.Meku South Andaman 24661 12523 12138 10447 5241 5206 14214 7282 6932

mRrj rFkk e/;v.Meku N & M Andaman 11828 5991 5837 11579 5873 5706 249 118 131

fudksckj Nicobar 4389 2256 2133 4389 2256 2133 0 0 0 % share of child popln. to total Popln. 10.74 10.24 11.32 11.14 10.59 11.77 10.08 9.67 10.56

nf{k.k v.Meku South Andaman 10.36 9.84 10.95 10.73 10.06 11.49 10.10 9.69 10.57

mRrj rFkk e/; v.Meku N & M Andaman 11.20 10.92 11.50 11.26 10.99 11.55 9.08 8.40 9.80 fudksckj Nicobar 11.91 10.88 13.24 11.91 10.88 13.24 0.00 0.00 0.00 Population excluding 0 -6yrs 339703 182101 157602 210678 112917 97761 129025 69184 59841

nf{k.k v.Meku South Andaman 213481 114760 98721 86948 46862 40086 126533 67898 58635

mRrj rFkk e/;v.Meku N & M Andaman 93769 48870 44899 91277 47584 43693 2492 1286 1206

fudksckj Nicobar 32453 18471 13982 32453 18471 13982 0 0 0

lk{kj Literates 294281 164377 129904 178025 99960 78065 116256 64417 51839

nf{k.k v.Meku South Andaman 190266 105794 84472 76072 42507 33565 114194 63287 50907

mRrj rFkk e/; v.Meku N & M Andaman 78683 43186 35497 76621 42056 34565 2062 1130 932

fudksckj Nicobar 25332 15397 9935 25332 15397 9935 0 0 0

lk{kjrk nj Literacy rate 86.63 90.27 82.43 84.50 88.53 79.85 90.10 93.11 86.63 nf{k.k v.Meku South Andaman 89.13 92.19 85.57 87.49 90.71 83.73 90.25 93.21 86.82

mRrj rFkk e/; v.Meku N & M 83.91 88.37 79.06 83.94 88.38 79.11 82.74 87.87 77.28 Andaman

fudksckj Nicobar 78.06 83.36 71.06 78.06 83.36 71.06 0.00 0.00 0.00

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fooj.k Particulars O;fDr Person xzkeh.k Rural 'kgjh Urban

tula[;k POPULATION 2011 dqy iq#Ô efgyk dqy iq#Ô efgyk dqy iq#Ô efgyk Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female dkedkth tula[;k WORKING 152535 120889 31646 94469 74670 19799 58066 46219 11847 POPULATION 1- nh?kZdkfyd dehZ MAIN WORKERS 125910 103619 22291 72366 60411 11955 53544 43208 10336 2. vYidkfyd dehZ MARGINAL WORKERS 26625 17270 9355 22103 14259 7844 4522 3011 1511 xSj&dehZ NON-WORKERS 228046 81982 146064 142624 51617 91007 85422 30365 55057

Source: Census of 2011

Table-1.19:Rkglhyokj tula[;k Tehsil-wise Population - Census 2011 Rkglhy Tehsil dqy iq#Ô efgyk Sfy ax Rkglhy Tehsil dqy iq#Ô efgyk fyax Total Male Female vuqikr Total Male Female vuqikr Sex Ratio Sex Ratio (female per 1000 males) fMxyhiqj 911 fyfVy v.Meku 889 Diglipur 43183 22599 20584 Little Andaman 18823 9964 8859 ek;kcanj 25788 13329 12459 935 dkj fudksckj 17841 9735 8106 833 Mayabunder Car Nicobar jaxr Rangat 36626 18933 17693 935 uudkSjh 10634 5967 4667 782 Nancowrie Qjkjxat 53565 27908 25657 919 xzsV fudkckj 8367 5025 3342 665 Ferrargunj Great Nicobar iksVZ Cys;j 165754 89411 76343 854 Port Blair

dqy ifjokj Households – (as per Census 2011 ) UT/Distric t dqy xzkeh.k 'kgj h Total Rural Urban v- rFkk fu - }hilewg A&N Islands 94551 58530 36021 nf{k.k v.Meku South Andaman 59064 23767 35297 mRrj rFkk e/; v.Meku N & M Andaman 26199 25475 724 fudksckj Nicobar 9288 9288 0 Source: census 2011

Table-1.20:A & N Islands : Indicators as per Census 2011

fyax vuqikr Sex Ratio (female per 1000 males) fyax vuqikr Child Sex Ratio Sex Ratio tula[;k ?kuRo (0-6yrs) ST Population Density Population (per Sq km.) fooj.k Particulars 2011 2001 2011 2001 UT/District dqy xzkeh.k 'kgjh dqy dqy xzkeh.k 'kgjh dqy 2011 2011 2001 Total Rural Urban Total Total Rural Urban Total v- rFkk fu- }hilewg 876 877 874 846 968 976 954 957 937 46 43 A&N Islands nf{k.k v.Meku 871 869 872 841 969 993 952 949 932 89 67 South Andaman mRrj rFkk e/; v.Meku 925 924 952 883 974 972 1110 977 827 28 32 North & Middle Andaman fudksckj Nicobar 777 777 0 857 945 945 0 937 941 20 23 Source: Census of India 2011- Primary Census Abstract (series I)

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