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It presents in a handy form important Statistical Information relating to the North & Middle Andaman District. The Directorate acknowledges with gratitude the co- operation extended by various Government Departments/Agencies in making available the statistical data presented in this publication . The publication is the result of hard work put in by Shri Martin Ekka, Shri M.P.Muthappa and Smti. D.Susaiammal, Senior Investigators, under the guidance of Shri. B.Mohan, Statistical Officer. I hope that this publication will be useful to Administrators Planners, Research Scholars and others who are in need of information relating to various sectors of the UT of North & Middle Andaman District . Any error or omission and suggestions for further improvement of the publication may be brought to the notice of the under signed. Gaurang Mishra Port Blair Director of Economics & Statistics NORTH & MIDDLE ANDAMAN DISTRICT GENERAL INFORMATION Sl. Unit No. Item Particulars 1. Location Bay of Bengal 2. Area (Sq. Km.) a Total Area Sq. Km. 3302 b Rural Area Sq. Km. 3302 3. Forests . a) Total Forest Area Sq. Km. 3602.19 b) Reserved Forest Sq. Km. 1014.23 c) Protected Forest Sq. Km. 2587.96 4. Climate during 2010 a) Actual Rainfall at Mayabunder mm 4441.1 b) Actual Rainfall at Long Island mm 2366.6 5. Inhabited Islands 14 6. Biggest Inhabited Island in N & M Andaman Dist. Middle Andaman Island Sq.Km. 1536 7. Smallest Inhabited Island in N & M Andaman Dist . Curlew Island Sq. Km. 0.03 8. Southern most Island Baratang 9. Northern Most Island East Island 10. Altitude (Highest Point) Saddle Peak (North Andaman Island) Mtr. 732 11.A Distance by Sea Between Port Blair & Diglipur Km. 185 Between Port Blair & Mayabunder Km. 159 Between Port Blair & Rangat Km. 92 B. Distance by Road Between Port Blair & Diglipur Km. 265 Between Port Blair & Mayabunder Km. 245 Between Port Blair & Rangat Km. 175 12. Island/Village (No.) a. Revenue Villages No. 98 b. Census Villages No. 188 (i) Inhabited No. 170 (ii) Un-inhabited No. 18 13. Population (2001 Census) No. 105613 Male No. 56057 Female No. 49556 14. Density of Population Per Sq.Km. 32 15. Tehsil-wise Population 2001 census Diglipur No. 42877 Mayabunder No. 23912 Rangat No. 38824 Total North & Middle Andaman District No. 105613 16. Sex Ratio (Females per 1000 males) 883 17. Tribal Population 2001 Census No. 304 18. Working Tribal Population No. 72 Male No 62 Female No 10 19. Administrative Units I) District No. 1 Ii) Sub-Division No. 2 Iii) Tehsil No. 3 Iv) Town No. Nil (a) Statutory Town No. Nil (b) Census Town No. Nil V) Developmental Block No. 3 Vi) Municipal Council No. Nil Vii) Gram Panchayat No. 35 Viii) Panchayat Samiti No. 3 Ix) Zilla Parishad No. 1 x) Police Station No. 7 xi) Fire Station No. 6 Inhabited Islands Sl.No. Islands 1. Aves Island 2. Baratang Island 3. Curlew Island 4. East Island 5. Interview Island 6. Long Island 7. Middle Andaman Island 8. North Passage Island 9. North Andaman Island 10. Narcondum Island 11. Spike Island 12. Smith Island 13. Stewart Island 14. Strait Island 1. AREA & POPULATION Table - 1.1 Tehsil, Sub-Divisions, Area & Census Villages (2001 Census) Sl. Sub-Division Tehsils included in Area No. of Census No. of No the sub- division (Sq. Villages Revenue Km.) village 1. Middle & North a. Mayabunder 1348 71 26 Andaman b. Rangat 1070 75 42 c. Diglipur 884 42 30 Total 3302 188 98 Table – 1.2 Tehsil-wise Density of Population Sl. Tehsil Density (No. of Persons per sq. kms.) No. 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 1. Diglipur 5 11 18 27 48 2. Mayabunder 4 6 10 16 18 3. Rangat 7 14 23 31 36 Table - 1.3 District-wise Developmental Blocks Sl.No. Name of District Developmental Blocks 1. North & Middle Andaman 1. Diglipur District 2.Mayabunder 3.Rangat Table – 1.4 Island-wise Houses & Household (2001 Census) Sl. Households Tehsil/Island No. (No.) 1. Diglipur Tehsil 9572 Narcondum Island 1 East Island 7 North Andaman (Part) 9402 Smith Island 160 Stewart Island 1 Curlew Island 1 2. Mayabunder Tehsil 5225 North Andaman (Part) 5221 Aves Island 1 Interview Island 3 3. Rangat Tehsil 8935 Middle Andaman (Part) 7002 North Passage Island 8 Long Island 613 Baratang Island 1292 Spike Island 5 Strait Island 15 Table – 1.5 Literate Scheduled Tribe Population (2001 Census) (No.) Sl. Tehsil Male Female Total No. 1. Diglipur 20 1 21 2. Mayabunder 31 20 51 3. Rangat 49 30 79 Total 100 51 151 Table – 1.6 Working Tribal Population by Category 2001 Census(No.) Sl.No. Tehsil Main workers Marginal Total Total Non workers Workers Workers 1 2 3 4 5 (3+4) 6 1. Diglipur 16 2 18 5 Mayabunder 22 2 24 50 2 Rangat 27 3 30 177 Total 65 7 72 232 Table – 1.7 Tehsil-wise/Island-wise Population of Inhabited Islands ( 2001Census) Sl. Tehsil Island Population Scheduled No. Tribe 1. Diglipur 42877 23 1. Narcondum Island 17 2 2. East Island 17 2 3. North Andaman Island 42163 17 4. Smith Island 676 2 5. Curlew Island 2 - 6. Stewart Island 2 - 2. Mayabunder 23912 74 7. Aves Island 2 - 8. Interview Island 16 - 9. Middle Andaman Island 23894 74 (Part) 3. Rangat 38824 207 10.Middle Andaman Island 30491 145 Part) 11. Long Island 2199 1 12. North Passage Island 11 - 13. Baratang Island 6062 7 14. Strait Island 42 35 15. Spike Island 19 19 Total 105613 304 Table – 1.8 Tehsil-wise No. of Census villages and Average Population (2001 Census) Tehsil Census village Average Population per village Diglipur 42 1021 Mayabunder 71 337 Rangat 75 518 Total 188 562 Table – 1.9 Tehsil-wise Sex Ratio (Females per 1000 males) S.No. Tehsil Year 1971 1981 1991 2001 1. Diglipur 793 845 854 896 2. Mayabunder 707 791 856 876 3. Rangat 632 766 842 876 Table – 1.1. Block wise Gram Panchayats, Panchayat Samities and Zilla Parishad (No.) Block Gram Panchayat Panchayat Zilla Samities Parishad Diglipur 13 1 -- Mayabunder 8 1 1 Rangat 14 1 -- Table – 1.11 Distribution of Working Population (2001 Census) Total Main workers Marginal Workers Cultiva Agricultur House others workers Tehsil/islands Tors al Hold labourers industry workers Diglipur 16947 6700 514 63 6439 3231 Narcomdum Island 17 - - - 17 - East Island 17 -- - - 17 - North Andaman 16494 6522 513 63 6360 3036 Smith 415 178 1 0 43 193 Curlew Island 2 0 0 0 1 1 Stewart 2 0 0 0 1 1 Mayabunder 9534 2388 213 53 4437 2443 Interview 16 0 0 0 16 0 Aves 2 0 2 0 0 Middle Andaman 9516 2388 211 53 4421 2443 (Part) Rangat 13655 2112 345 97 8106 2995 Middle 10700 1611 316 68 6441 2264 Andaman(Part) Long island 849 38 0 1 663 147 North passage 11 0 0 0 8 3 Strait 6 0 0 0 6 2 Baratang 2079 463 29 28 980 579 spike 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 40136 11200 1072 213 18982 8669 2. AGRICULTURE Table – 2.1 Land Utilization (Agriculture Statistics) of N&M Andaman District Item 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 Total Geographical Area 330200.00 330200.00 330200.00 Reporting Area for land utilization 315729.14 315729.14 318153.96 Forest area 295568.00 295568.00 295568.00 Not available for Cultivation 3476.51 4411.91 4419.05 Other uncultivated land excluding follow land 7169.60 7587.98 7580.98 Current fallow 623.75 1818.56 1818.57 Fallow lands other than current fallows 1378.10 1227.26 1228.66 Net area sown 7513.18 8003.35 7538.70 Area sown more than once 1490.69 1585.78 1468.30 Total cropped area 9003.87 9589.13 9007.00 Table - 2.2 Area and Production of various Crops Name of 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 Crops Area Production Area (in Production Area (in Production (in Hectare) (in MT) Hectare) (in MT) Hectare) (in MT) Rice 6749.20 20234.40 7259.7 20298.85 6533.85 20732.93 Banana 747.74 7190.6 748.24 7834.10 649.50 6127.50 Sweet 62.30 285.23 62.87 286.56 107.00 488.52 Potato Tapioca 133.10 729.20 134.30 1227.25 183.10 1339.65 Papaya 90.80 640.00 93.80 723.38 80.00 850.00 Cashew nut 32.70 34.92 32.90 24.5 67.40 33.13 Sugarcane 43.53 871.35 51.40 959.01 61.25 542.00 Rabi 1964.70 932.94 2012.87 1080.5 2884.09 1687.26 Pulses Arecanut 1261.70 2200.08 1291.7 2227.6 1295.74 2325.93 Coconut 3600.28 13.49 3613.63 13.08 3620.90 13.50 (M/Nuts) (M/Nuts) (M/Nuts) Table - 2.3 Distribution of Seeds Year Paddy Seeds Vegetable Seeds (In Tones) (In Tones) 2007-08 10.57 5.82 2008-09 12.22 7.8 2009-10 20.47 7.2 Table - 2.4 Distribution of Seedlings (In Nos.) Items 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 Seeding Coconut Seedlings 18117 27620 7000 Arecanut Seedlings 8390 15600 19505 Vegetable Seedlings (NUT/MT) 25840 12630 - Fruit Plant Suckers 16819 2210 8120 Banana Suckers 9178 35220 25816 Pineapple Suckers 15247 48500 3127 Ornamentals NA 120 Table - 2.5 Distribution of Pesticides (In Nos.) Items 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 Pesticide Dry type (MT) 24.73 24.50 11.52 Liquid type (litrs) 984.83 1280.50 1483.86 Table - 2.6 Distribution of Fertilizer (In Nos.) Items 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 Fertilizers Nitrogenous 273.343 181.41 238.6 Phosphatic 250.48 120.28 189.5 Potassic 82.53 59.39 112.98 Table – 2.