Mayabunder is a town and a

tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a Zila (country subdivision), district including the designated populated place that ser ...

in the northern part of Middle Andaman Island, Andaman Archipelago,

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

. 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.Government of India (2001),
2001 Census - Population Finder
'. (Select "Mayabunder") Accessed on 2012-07-19. It was settled in the

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colonial period by immigrants from

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and ex-convicts from Mainland India. Administratively, Mayabunder is the headquarters of the North and Middle Andaman district, which is part of the

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territory.Government of India (2011),
Andaman and Nicobar islands, Administrative divisions 2011
'. Accessed on 2012-07-29.

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

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2,343 Telugu 2,224 Kurukh 1,686 Tamil 1,735

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

718 Kharia 665 Munda 520.

Geography

Mayabunder is linked with

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by the Andaman Trunk Road (242 km) and by ferry (136 km).

Economy and facilities

Mayabunder is a waystation for several tourist attractions, such as mangrove lined

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s, the beach at Aves Island (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) (30 minutes by boat), and Karamatang Beach (13 km), a

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nesting ground.

and Mayabunder are the only ports that can harbour passenger ships from mainland India. Mayabunder has a public

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named Mahatma Gandhi Government College. On 24 December 2012,

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Station Mayabunder, the first CG Station in the North

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was commissioned by the Defence Secretary, Shri Shashi Kant Sharma.

Villages

According to the 2001 census, 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)

References

{{North and Middle Andaman district , state=collapsed Cities and towns in North and Middle Andaman district