North and Middle Andaman district


North and Middle Andaman district is one of the 3 districts of the Indian Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands located in the Bay of Bengal. Mayabunder town is the district headquarters. The area covered by this district is 3251.85 km2.

History

This district was created on August 18, 2006, by bifurcating the erstwhile Andaman district, which included all three tehsils of Mayabunder sub-division of this erstwhile district.

Geography

North and Middle Andaman district occupies an area of.

Demography

According to the 2011 census North and Middle Andaman district has a population of 105,597, roughly equal to the nation of Tonga. This gives it a ranking of 614th in India. The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was -0.07%. North And Middle Andaman has a sex ratio of 925 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 84.25%.
The majority of the population of this district are Bengalis.

Economy

As of 2010, the district's chief agricultural products were rice, coconuts, rabi pulses, areca nuts, and bananas.

Divisions

The district comprises 3 tehsils, Diglipur, Mayabunder and Rangat.