ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS 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* 4* •i* W ♦ •I* 4 k 4* '# ' •# 4* 4. «l> 4> Lt. Governor ^ Andaman & Nicobar Islands ^ | ; L t. Gen. (Rtd.) T. S. Oberoi * 4* •f* 4* # *1* '4 * 4* ♦ ♦ 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 (PW D) (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 Union Territory. 3. Shri Swaroop Lall, Chairman, Municipal Boards Port Blair 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<aran Principal Engineer, APWD Shri Hayat Singh Superintending Engineer Construction Circle I APWD, Port Blair. Shri Ashok Kapoor Director of Education & Social Welfare. Lt. Col. PK Eapen Commander, NCC Dr. AK Das Director of Health Services. Dr Raunaq Hussain Director of Animal Husbandry & Vety. Ser­ vices Dr. RK$ Rathore . Principal, Govt. College r Raminc yr Keur Principal TTI & B Ed. Training Institute. S hri AIVl Gedam Director rf Industries & General Manager, DIC. Shri EK Raveendran Director of Fisheries. [ 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, Rangat. ■ Shri P Kishori Lall Executive Engineer, Construction Division, Car Nicobar. Shri NL Saha Executive Engineer, Construction Division, Diglipur. 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, Mayabunder. 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