South Andaman district


South Andaman district is one of the 3 districts of the Indian Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands located in the Bay of Bengal. Port Blair town, the capital of the Union Territory is the district headquarters. The area covered by this district is 2,640 km².

History

This district was created on August 18, 2006, by bifurcating the erstwhile Andaman district.

Geography

South Andaman district occupies an area of, comparatively equivalent to Canada's Mansel Island.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census South Andaman district has a population of 238,142, roughly equal to the nation of Vanuatu. This gives it a ranking of 584th in India. The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 13.97%. South Andaman has a sex ratio of 874 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 88.49%.
Four Andamanese indigenous peoples, namely, Onges, Jarawas, Great Andamanese and Sentinelese live in this district.

Divisions

The district comprises 3 tehsils, Port Blair, Ferrargunj and Little Andaman.