Great Andaman

Great Andaman Location of Great Andaman
Geography
Location	Bay of Bengal
Coordinates	11°23′42″N 92°33′18″E / 11.395°N 92.555°E / 11.395; 92.555
Archipelago	Andaman Islands
Adjacent to	Indian Ocean
Total islands	200
Major islands	North South Middle
Area	4,823.5 km2 (1,862.4 sq mi)[1]
Highest elevation	731 m (2398 ft)[2]
Highest point	Saddle Peak
Administration
India
District	South Andaman
Island group	Andaman Islands
Largest settlement	Port Blair
Demographics
Population	315,540 (2011)
Pop. density	65.4/km2 (169.4/sq mi)
Ethnic groups	Andamanese
Additional information
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	744202[3]
Telephone code	031927 [4]
ISO code	IN-AN-00[5]
Official website	www.and.nic.in
Literacy	84.4%
Avg. summer temperature	30.2 °C (86.4 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	23.0 °C (73.4 °F)
Sex ratio	1.2♂/♀
Census Code	35.639.0004
Official Languages	Hindi, English

Great Andaman is the main archipelago of the Andaman Islands of India. It comprises seven major islands. From north to south, these are North Andaman, Interview Island, Middle Andaman, Long Island, Baratang Island, South Andaman, and Rutland Island.

Geography

South, Middle and North islands are the largest of the entire island group. The islands' capital, Port Blair, is located on South Andaman.

Great Andaman group is often considered the counterpart to Little Andaman Group, another group of islands in the Andaman's.

The Andaman islands consist of four groups:

• Great Andaman
• Little Andaman
• Ritchie's Archipelago
• East Volcano Islands

Narrow creeks split Great Andaman into North Andaman, Middle Andaman, South Andaman and the other major islands. All of these islands are in the form of peaks of a submerged mountain chain. Each island has a central highland surrounded by bordering flat lands sloping in all directions and finally merged into coastal tracts.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census of India, the archipelago had 315,530 inhabitants.