# Andaman and Nicobar Islands – Districts List & Cities

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Union territory · India 

# Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Andaman and Nicobar Islands is a union territory of India with its capital at Srivijayapuram. At the 2011 Census it was home to **380,581 people** — 0.0% of India and 34th of 36 states and union territories — in 3 districts, 5 towns and 555 villages. 38% lived in towns, and literacy was 86.6% (above the national 73.0%).

- 380,581people (2011)
- 3districts (2011)
- 5towns
- 86.6%literacy

## Who lives in Andaman and Nicobar Islands?

Andaman and Nicobar Islands had **380,581 people** at the 2011 Census — 0.0% of India's population and 34th of 36 states and union territories by population. There were 876 women for every 1,000 men (below the India figure of 943; 32nd of 36 states and union territories). Among children under 7 the ratio was 968 girls per 1,000 boys (the India figure is 918). An average household had 4.0 people, against 4.9 across India.

## How literate is Andaman and Nicobar Islands?

86.6% of people aged 7 and over could read and write in 2011 (above India's 73.0%), 6th of 36 states and union territories. Men were at 90.3% and women at 82.4% — a gap of 7.8 points (it is 16.2 points across India). Among its districts, literacy is highest in [South Andaman](https://wherepedia.org/india/andaman-and-nicobar-islands/south-andaman/) (89.1%) and lowest in [Nicobars](https://wherepedia.org/india/andaman-and-nicobar-islands/nicobars/) (78.1%).

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What do people in Andaman and Nicobar Islands do for a living?

40.1% of people worked in 2011 (women: 17.8%). Of all workers, 9% farmed their own land, 2% were farm labourers, 1% worked in household industry and 71% in other work such as services, trade and factories; 17% were marginal workers with less than six months' work. Farming employs 10% of workers here, against 38% across India. The most farm-dependent of its districts is [North & Middle Andaman](https://wherepedia.org/india/andaman-and-nicobar-islands/north-middle-andaman/) (24% of workers in farming) and the least is [Nicobars](https://wherepedia.org/india/andaman-and-nicobar-islands/nicobars/) (2% of workers in farming).

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**■** Cultivators 9 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (2%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 71 (71%) · **■** Marginal 17 (17%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Cities and towns of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

37.7% of people lived in towns and cities (above India's 31.1%), 14th of 36 states and union territories. The Census counted 5 towns: 1 statutory towns with a municipality and 4 census towns — places urban in character but still governed as villages. 1 city has 1 lakh (100,000) people or more. The largest is [Port Blair](https://wherepedia.org/india/andaman-and-nicobar-islands/south-andaman/port-blair/port-blair/) with 108,058 people, home to 75% of the urban population.

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Villages of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Andaman and Nicobar Islands had 555 census villages, 396 of them inhabited. The average inhabited village had 599 people; 2 villages had 5,000 people or more. The largest: [Hut Bay](https://wherepedia.org/india/andaman-and-nicobar-islands/south-andaman/little-andaman/hut-bay/) (7,075), [Campbell Bay](https://wherepedia.org/india/andaman-and-nicobar-islands/nicobars/great-nicobar/campbell-bay/) (5,736), [Ramakrishnapur](https://wherepedia.org/india/andaman-and-nicobar-islands/south-andaman/little-andaman/ramakrishnapur/) (4,248), [Calicut](https://wherepedia.org/india/andaman-and-nicobar-islands/south-andaman/port-blair/calicut/) (4,033) and [Wimberlygunj](https://wherepedia.org/india/andaman-and-nicobar-islands/south-andaman/ferrargunj/wimberlygunj/) (4,010).

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Where is Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and what is it like?

The capital is Srivijayapuram. It covers 8,249 km², so in 2011 there were about 46 people per km². Official languages: Hindi, Nicobarese languages and Tamil.

Source: [Wikidata (CC0) — capital, area, languages, neighbours; retrieved 2026-10-29](https://www.wikidata.org/).

### Weather and best time to visit

At Srivijayapuram, the hottest month is Apr (average 29 °C), the coldest Jan (27 °C), and the wettest Sep (410 mm of rain). The most comfortable months are **January**.

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Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/).

## Andaman Islands (today's Andaman and Nicobar Islands) in history

The 11th edition of the *Encyclopaedia Britannica* (1911) described Andaman Islands (today's Andaman and Nicobar Islands) as follows. Its wording reflects its time; spellings are as printed.

> ANDAMAN ISLANDS, a group of islands in the Bay of Bengal. Large and small, they number 204, and lie 590 m. from the mouth of the Hugli, 120 m. from Cape Negrais in Burma, the nearest point of the mainland, and 340 m. from the northern extremity of Sumatra. Between the Andamans and Cape Negrais intervene two small groups, Preparis and Cocos; between the Andamans and Sumatra lie the Nicobar Islands, the whole group stretching in a curve, to which the meridian forms a tangent between Cape Negrais and Sumatra; and though this curved line measures 700 m., the widest sea space is about 91 m. The extreme length of the Andaman group is 219 m. with an extreme width of 32 m. The main part of it consists of a band of five chief islands, so closely adjoining and overlapping each other that they have long been known collectively as “the great Andaman.” The axis of this band, almost a meridian line, is 156 statute miles long. The five islands are in order from north to south: North Andaman (51 m. long); Baratang, running parallel to the east of the South Andaman for 17 m. from the Middle Andaman; and Rutland Island (11 m.). Four narrow straits part these islands: Austin Strait, between North and Middle Andaman; Homfray’s Strait between Middle Andaman and Baratang, and the north extremity of South Andaman; Middle (or Andaman) Strait between Baratang and South Andaman; and Macpherson Strait between South Andaman and Rutland Island. Of these only the last is navigable by ocean-going vessels. Attached to the chief islands are, on the extreme N., Landfall Islands, separated by the navigable Cleugh Passage; Interview Island, separated by the very narrow but navigable Interview Passage, off the W. coast of the Middle Andaman; the Labyrinth Island off the S.W. coast of the South Andaman, through which is the safe navigable Elphinstone Passage;

Source: [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th edition (1911) — public domain; transcription via Wikisource](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica).

Boundaries in 1901 may differ from today's; sentences describing castes or communities are omitted.

## Population of Andaman and Nicobar Islands compared with India

■ Andaman and Nicobar Islands · ■ India

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.6%**

**73.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****876**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****968**

**918

Working population ****40.1%**

**39.8%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Districts of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

District People Sub-districts Towns Literacy 

[South Andaman](https://wherepedia.org/india/andaman-and-nicobar-islands/south-andaman/) 238,142 3 4 89.1% 

[North & Middle Andaman](https://wherepedia.org/india/andaman-and-nicobar-islands/north-middle-andaman/) 105,597 3 1 83.9% 

[Nicobars](https://wherepedia.org/india/andaman-and-nicobar-islands/nicobars/) 36,842 3 0 78.1% 

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Boundaries and names as at the 2011 Census; districts created since then are not shown separately.

## Largest cities and towns in Andaman and Nicobar Islands

- Port Blair · 108,058
- Garacharma · 14,419
- Prothrapur · 10,308
- Bambooflat · 7,962
- Bakultala · 2,741

## Quick answers

- What is the capital of Andaman and Nicobar Islands?Srivijayapuram
- What is the area of Andaman and Nicobar Islands?8,249 km²
- What language is spoken in Andaman and Nicobar Islands?Hindi, Nicobarese languages and Tamil (official)
- When is the best time to visit Andaman and Nicobar Islands?January
- What is the literacy rate of Andaman and Nicobar Islands?86.6% (Census 2011)
- What is the sex ratio of Andaman and Nicobar Islands?876 women per 1,000 men (Census 2011)
- How many districts are in Andaman and Nicobar Islands?3 (Census 2011)
- What is the population of Andaman and Nicobar Islands?380,581 (Census 2011)
- Which is the most populous district of Andaman and Nicobar Islands?South Andaman
- Which is the largest city in Andaman and Nicobar Islands?Port Blair