Little Andaman

Little Andaman Island (Onge: Gaubolambe) is the fourth largest of the Andaman Islands of India with an area of 707 km², lying at the southern end of the archipelago. It belongs to the South Andaman administrative district, part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.^[6] It lies 88 km (55 mi) south of Port Blair, the capital of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Little Andaman Island

Native name: Gaubolambe
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Geography
Location	Bay of Bengal
Coordinates	10.65°N 92.49°E / 10.65; 92.49
Archipelago	Andaman Islands
Adjacent to	Indian Ocean
Area	707 km2 (273 sq mi)[1]
Area rank	1
Length	24 km (14.9 mi)
Width	43 km (26.7 mi)
Coastline	132 km (82 mi)
Highest elevation	183 m (600 ft)[2]
Administration
India
District	South Andaman
Island group	Andaman Islands
Island sub-group	Little Andaman Group
Tehsil	Little Andaman Tehsil
Largest settlement	Kwate-tu-Kwage (Hut Bay)
Demographics
Population	18,823 (2011)
Pop. density	26.6/km2 (68.9/sq mi)
Ethnic groups	Onge, other Indians
Additional information
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	744207[3]
Telephone code	031927[4]
ISO code	IN-AN-00[5]
Official website	www.and.nic.in
Literacy	84.4%
Avg. summer temperature	30.2 °C (86.4 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	23.0 °C (73.4 °F)
Sex ratio	1.2♂/♀
Census Code	35.640.0009
Official Languages	Hindi, English

Geography

The island is in the Bay of Bengal and belongs to the Little Andaman Group, and is separated from Rutland Island in Great Andaman by the Duncan Passage. The Little Andaman Group is the counterpart of the Great Andaman island group.

The low-lying island has widespread rainforest and several rare species of marine turtle. Little Andaman Island has white sandy beaches and bewitching waterfalls. The Little Andaman Lighthouse (a.k.a. Richardson's Lighthouse) is located 14 km south by road from Hut Bay port and is situated on the Southern tip of Little Andaman Island.^[7]

Climate

Climate data for Little Andaman (Hut Bay) 1991–2020, extremes 1969–2020
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	34.4 (93.9)	35.2 (95.4)	36.4 (97.5)	36.4 (97.5)	35.8 (96.4)	36.3 (97.3)	36.4 (97.5)	35.6 (96.1)	33.6 (92.5)	35.6 (96.1)	34.0 (93.2)	34.4 (93.9)	36.4 (97.5)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	31.4 (88.5)	32.2 (90.0)	33.1 (91.6)	33.6 (92.5)	32.1 (89.8)	31.1 (88.0)	30.8 (87.4)	30.6 (87.1)	30.3 (86.5)	31.1 (88.0)	31.4 (88.5)	31.1 (88.0)	31.6 (88.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	22.9 (73.2)	21.9 (71.4)	22.0 (71.6)	23.5 (74.3)	24.4 (75.9)	24.5 (76.1)	24.5 (76.1)	24.4 (75.9)	24.2 (75.6)	23.9 (75.0)	23.8 (74.8)	23.3 (73.9)	23.6 (74.5)
Record low °C (°F)	14.1 (57.4)	13.6 (56.5)	16.3 (61.3)	15.0 (59.0)	18.2 (64.8)	16.4 (61.5)	17.8 (64.0)	18.6 (65.5)	15.8 (60.4)	15.7 (60.3)	16.6 (61.9)	15.4 (59.7)	13.6 (56.5)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	69.8 (2.75)	20.3 (0.80)	58.4 (2.30)	88.1 (3.47)	341.0 (13.43)	336.1 (13.23)	328.6 (12.94)	291.9 (11.49)	438.6 (17.27)	308.3 (12.14)	231.2 (9.10)	148.4 (5.84)	2,660.8 (104.76)
Average rainy days	2.9	1.3	2.5	4.8	15.5	15.6	16.8	16.6	19.0	14.6	11.8	6.4	127.8
Average relative humidity (%) (at 17:30 IST)	78	75	74	75	83	86	86	85	88	88	86	82	82
Source: India Meteorological Department[8][9][10]

Administration

Administratively, Little Andaman Island is part of Little Andaman Tehsil.^[11]

Demographics

Bengali is the most spoken language in Ferrargunj tehsil. As of 2011 census, Bengali is spoken as the first language by 48.60 percent of the district's population. Largest language's population are

Bengali 9,148

Telugu 2,413

Kurukh 1,444

Necobarese 1,403

Tamil 1,349

Sadri 1,123

Hindi 780

Malayalam 595

Kharia 152. ^[12]

Ferrarganj tehsil in 2011 census

1. Bengali (48.6%)
2. Telugu (12.8%)
3. Kurukh (7.67%)
4. Nicobarese (7.45%)
5. Tamil (7.17%)
6. Sadri (5.97%)
7. Hindi (4.14%)
8. Malalyalam (3.16%)
9. Kharia (0.81%)
10. Others (2.21%)

Transportation

Hut Bay wharf, a deep water wharf that can be approached through a gap in the coral reef, on the east coast of the island is the entry point of Little Andaman Island. Daily boat services connect Hut Bay wharf with Port Blair in seven hours voyage. Additionally, there are a helicopter services by Pavan Hans Ltd. and a sea plane connection available between Port Blair and Hut Bay. The flight time by helicopter or sea plane is approximately 40 minutes.

Airlines	Destinations
Jal Hans	Port Blair

There is a road alongside the east coastal line.

Tourism

Little Andaman offers surfing, boating through the creeks, and visits to an elephant logging plantation. Butler Bay, 14 km from the Hut Bay Jetty, is a beach popular among tourists due to coral viewing, surfing and other marine activities. Tourist huts are available on the seashore itself flanked by the coconut plantation. Netaji Nagar Beach is 11 km from the Hut Bay jetty.^[13]

Image gallery

• 
  Outline map of the Andaman Islands, with the location of Little Andaman highlighted (in red).
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  1990 Space Shuttle image of Little Andaman

See also

• Administrative divisions of India