Mayabunder

Mayabunder is a town and a tehsil in the northern part of Middle Andaman Island, Andaman Archipelago, India. The name is also spelled Maya Bunder or Maya Bandar. As of 2001, the county had 23,912 inhabitants, of which 3182 were in the town.^[2] It was settled in the British colonial period by immigrants from Myanmar and ex-convicts from Mainland India.

Mayabunder Ret Phor[1] Mayabandar
Mayabunder Location in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and in the Bay of Bengal Show map of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Mayabunder Mayabunder (Bay of Bengal) Show map of Bay of Bengal
Coordinates: 12.9333°N 92.9333°E / 12.9333; 92.9333
Country	India
Union Territory	Andaman and Nicobar Islands
District	North and Middle Andaman
Population  (2001)
• Total	23,912
Languages
• Official	English and Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	744204
Vehicle registration	AN 01
Sex ratio	925 ♂/♀
Literacy	84.25%
Climate	Am

Administratively, Mayabunder is the headquarters of the North and Middle Andaman district, which is part of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands territory.^[3]

Demographics

Bengali is the most spoken language in Mayabunder tehsil. As of 2011 census, Bengali is spoken as the first language by 41.42 per cent of the tehsil's population. Largest language's population are

Bengali 10,682

Sadri 2,787

Hindi 2,343

Telugu 2,224

Kurukh 1,686

Tamil 1,735

Malayalam 718

Kharia 665

Munda 520. ^[4]

Mayabunder tehsil in 2011 census

1. Bengali (41.42%)
2. Sadri (10.81%)
3. Hindi (9.08%)
4. Telugu (8.62%)
5. Tamil (6.73%)
6. Kurukh (6.54%)
7. Malalyalam (2.78%)
8. Kharia (2.58%)
9. Munda (2.02%)
10. others (9.42%)

Geography

Mayabunder is linked with Port Blair by the Andaman Trunk Road (242 km) and by ferry (136 km).^[5]

Climate data for Mayabunder (1991–2020, extremes 1952–2020)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	33.9 (93.0)	34.7 (94.5)	35.6 (96.1)	39.0 (102.2)	38.8 (101.8)	36.2 (97.2)	35.4 (95.7)	35.6 (96.1)	35.2 (95.4)	33.6 (92.5)	37.5 (99.5)	38.5 (101.3)	39.0 (102.2)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	29.2 (84.6)	29.8 (85.6)	31.4 (88.5)	32.7 (90.9)	31.7 (89.1)	30.0 (86.0)	29.8 (85.6)	29.5 (85.1)	29.3 (84.7)	30.1 (86.2)	30.3 (86.5)	29.4 (84.9)	30.3 (86.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	22.2 (72.0)	22.3 (72.1)	23.1 (73.6)	24.9 (76.8)	24.9 (76.8)	24.4 (75.9)	24.0 (75.2)	24.3 (75.7)	23.8 (74.8)	23.9 (75.0)	24.3 (75.7)	23.5 (74.3)	23.8 (74.8)
Record low °C (°F)	16.8 (62.2)	16.7 (62.1)	18.2 (64.8)	18.8 (65.8)	17.2 (63.0)	19.4 (66.9)	19.2 (66.6)	20.1 (68.2)	20.5 (68.9)	20.0 (68.0)	19.8 (67.6)	19.3 (66.7)	16.7 (62.1)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	37.4 (1.47)	1.7 (0.07)	10.6 (0.42)	71.6 (2.82)	343.4 (13.52)	541.8 (21.33)	511.3 (20.13)	540.6 (21.28)	568.6 (22.39)	306.2 (12.06)	175.2 (6.90)	76.9 (3.03)	3,185.5 (125.41)
Average rainy days	0.9	0.4	1.1	2.5	13.0	18.0	18.8	19.3	18.3	12.8	7.2	3.2	115.5
Average relative humidity (%) (at 17:30 IST)	79	77	74	76	82	87	87	88	89	87	84	81	83
Source: India Meteorological Department[6][7][8]

Economy and facilities

Mayabunder is a waystation for several tourist attractions, such as mangrove lined tidal creeks, the beach at Aves Island (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) (30 minutes by boat), and Karamatang Beach (13 km), a sea turtle nesting ground. Port Blair and Mayabunder are the only ports that can harbour passenger ships from mainland India.

Mayabunder has a public college named Mahatma Gandhi Government College.

On 24 December 2012, Indian Coast Guard Station Mayabunder, the first CG Station in the North Andaman Islands was commissioned by the Defence Secretary, Shri Shashi Kant Sharma.

Villages

According to the 2001 census,^[2] Mayabunder county includes the following villages:

• Asha Nagar (83 inhabitants)
• Bajato (74)
• Bamboo Nallaha (67)
• Basantipur (370)
• Birsa Nagar (180)
• Buddha Nallaha (179)
• Chainpur (452)
• Chappa Nali (29)
• Chuglum Gum (140)
• Danpur (592)
• Devpur (450)
• Dukennagar (691)
• Ganeshpur (56)
• Govindpur (664)
• Hanspuri (280)
• Harinagar (1809)
• Jaipur (461)
• Kamalapur (241)
• Kanchi Nallaha & Bamboo Nallaha (77)
• Karanch Khari (68)
• Karmatang (1637)
• Khukari Tabla (70)
• Lataw (179)
• Lauki Nallaha (847)
• Lucknow (686)
• Luis-in-Let-Bay (6)
• Mayabunder (3182)
• Pahalgaon (1326)
• Paiket Bay (226)
• Paresh Nagar (516)
• Pinakinagar (829)
• Pokadera (1840)
• Profullya Nagar (377)
• Pudumadurai (391)
• Rampur (765)
• Santipur (882)
• Shippi Tikry (118)
• Sundari Khari (79)
• Swadesh Nagar (766)
• Tugapur (1733)
• Webi (476)