Little Andaman Island (
Onge: ''Gaubolambe'') is the fourth largest of the
Andaman Islands
The Andaman Islands () are an archipelago, made up of 200 islands, in the northeastern Indian Ocean about southwest off the coasts of Myanmar's Ayeyarwady Region. Together with the Nicobar Islands to their south, the Andamans serve as a mari ...
of
India
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with an area of 707 km
2, lying at the southern end of the
archipelago
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. It belongs to the
South Andaman administrative
district
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, part of the
India
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n
union territory
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of
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands is a union territory of India comprising 572 islands, of which only 38 are inhabited. The islands are grouped into two main clusters: the northern Andaman Islands and the southern Nicobar Islands, separated by a ...
.
It lies south of
Port Blair
Port Blair (), officially named Sri Vijaya Puram, is the capital city of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a union territory of India in the Bay of Bengal. It is also the local administrative sub-division (''tehsil'') of the islands, the headqu ...
, the capital of
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands is a union territory of India comprising 572 islands, of which only 38 are inhabited. The islands are grouped into two main clusters: the northern Andaman Islands and the southern Nicobar Islands, separated by a ...
.
Geography
The island is in the
Bay of Bengal
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Many South Asian and Southe ...
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
Rainforests are forests characterized by a closed and continuous tree Canopy (biology), canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation, the presence of epiphytes and lianas and the absence of wildfire. Rainforests can be generally classified as tropi ...
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.
Climate
Administration
Administratively, Little Andaman Island is part of
Little Andaman Tehsil.
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
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People, culture and language
* Tamils, an ethno-linguistic group native to India, Sri Lanka, and some other parts of Asia
**Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka
** Myanmar or Burmese Tamils, Tamil people of Ind ...
1,349
Sadri 1,123
Hindi
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780
Malayalam
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595
Kharia 152.
Transportation
Hut Bay wharf, a deep water
wharf
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that can be approached through a gap in the
coral reef
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, 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.
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.
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Image gallery
File:Little Andaman locale.png, Outline map of the Andaman Islands
The Andaman Islands () are an archipelago, made up of 200 islands, in the northeastern Indian Ocean about southwest off the coasts of Myanmar's Ayeyarwady Region. Together with the Nicobar Islands to their south, the Andamans serve as a mari ...
, with the location of Little Andaman highlighted (in red).
File:Little Andaman STS032-72-64.jpg, 1990 Space Shuttle image of Little Andaman
See also
* Administrative divisions of India
The administrative divisions of India are subnational administrative units of India; they are composed of a nested hierarchy of administrative divisions.
Indian states and territories frequently use different local titles for the same level ...
References
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Cities and towns in South Andaman district
Islands of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands