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Adding local short description: "Island in India", overriding Wikidata description "Island in India" (Shortdesc helper)

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{{Short description|Island in India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox islands
| name = Little Andaman Island
| native_name = Gaubolambe
| native_name_link = Onge language
| native_name_lang =
| sobriquet =
| image_name =
| image_size =
| image_caption =
| image_alt =
| map = India Andaman and Nicobar Islands#Bay of Bengal
| map_caption = Location in the [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]] and in the [[Bay of Bengal]]
| pushpin_label_position = left
| map_alt =
| map_width =
| coordinates = {{coord|10.65|N|92.49|E|region:IN-AN_type:isle_dim:50000_source:GNS-enwiki|display=inline,title}}
| etymology =
| location = [[Bay of Bengal]]
| archipelago = [[Andaman Islands]]
| waterbody = [[Indian Ocean]]
| area_km2 = 707
| area_footnotes = <ref name="cit">{{cite web|url=http://andssw1.and.nic.in/ecostat/basicstatPDF2013_14/1.Demogrpahy.pdf|title=Islandwise Area and Population - 2011 Census|publisher=Government of Andaman}}</ref>
| rank =
| length_km = 24
| width_km = 43
| coastline_km = 132
| elevation_m = 183
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name="nga">{{cite enroute|173|2017|288}}</ref>
| highest_mount =
| country = {{flag|India}}
| country_admin_divisions_title = [[List of districts in India#Andaman and Nicobar (AN)|District]]
| country_admin_divisions = [[South Andaman district|South Andaman]]
| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = [[Island group]]
| country_admin_divisions_1 = [[Andaman Islands]]
| country_admin_divisions_title_2 = Island sub-group
| country_admin_divisions_2 = [[Little Andaman Group]]
| country_admin_divisions_title_3 = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsil]]
| country_admin_divisions_3 = [[Little Andaman Group|Little Andaman Tehsil]]
| country_largest_city = Kwate-tu-Kwage (Hut Bay)
| population = 18,823
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_footnotes =
| population_rank =
| population_rank_max =
| density_km2 = 26.6
| density_rank =
| density_footnotes =
| ethnic_groups = [[Onge people|Onge]], other [[Demographics of India|Indians]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| timezone1_DST =
| utc_offset1_DST =
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 744207<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.india-codes.com/pincodes/a-n-islands-pin-code |title=A&N Islands - Pincodes |date=22 September 2016 |accessdate=22 September 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140323224041/http://www.india-codes.com/pincodes/a-n-islands-pin-code |archivedate=23 March 2014 }}</ref>
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 031927<ref name="allcodesindia">{{cite web|url=http://allcodesindia.in/stdcode/andaman+and+nicobar.php |publisher=allcodesindia.in|title=STD Codes of Andaman and Nicobar|accessdate=2016-09-23}}</ref>
| website = {{URL|http://www.and.nic.in/}}
| iso_code_type = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|ISO code]]
| iso_code = IN-AN-00<ref>Registration Plate Numbers added to ISO Code</ref>
|additional_info = {{Infobox|child=yes
| label2 = Literacy | data2 = 84.4%
| label3 = Avg. summer temperature| data3 ={{convert|30.2|°C|°F}}
| label4 = Avg. winter temperature| data4 ={{convert|23.0|°C|°F}}
| label5 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]| data5 =1.2[[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
| label7 = Census Code| data7 = 35.640.0009
| label8 = Official Languages| data8 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]], [[English language|English]]
}}
}}
'''Little Andaman Island''' ([[Onge language|Onge]]: ''Gaubolambe'') is the fourth largest of the [[Andaman Islands]] of [[India]] with an area of 707 km², lying at the southern end of the [[archipelago]]. It belongs to the [[South Andaman district|South Andaman]] administrative [[Districts of India|district]], part of the [[India]]n [[union territory]] of [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]].<ref name="census">{{Cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-VillageDirectory/Directory/short_code_rural_35.pdf|title=Village Code Directory: Andaman & Nicobar Islands|publisher=Census of India|accessdate=2011-01-16}}</ref> It lies {{convert|88|km|0|abbr=on}} south of [[Port Blair]], the capital of [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]].

==Geography==
The island is in the [[Bay of Bengal]] and belongs to the [[Little Andaman Group]], and is separated from [[Rutland Island]] in [[Great Andaman]] by the [[Duncan Passage]]. The [[Little Andaman Group]] is the counterpart of the [[Great Andaman]] island group.

The low-lying island has widespread [[rainforest]] and several rare species of [[marine turtle]].
Little Andaman Island has white sandy beaches and bewitching waterfalls.
The Little Andaman Lighthouse (a.k.a. Richardson's Lighthouse) is located 14 km south by road from Hut Bay port and is situated on the Southern tip of Little Andaman Island.<ref name="light">{{cite web|url=http://www.dgll.nic.in/LightHouse.aspx?Consent_id=166&Module_id=16&LocationId=10&LangId=1|publisher=www.dgll.nic.in|title=Government of India, Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships.|accessdate=2016-10-18}}</ref>

===Climate===
{{Weather box
| location = Little Andaman (Hut Bay) 1981–2010, extremes 1969–2012
| metric first = Yes
| single line = Yes
| width = auto
| Jan record high C = 34.4
| Feb record high C = 35.2
| Mar record high C = 36.4
| Apr record high C = 36.4
| May record high C = 35.8
| Jun record high C = 36.3
| Jul record high C = 36.4
| Aug record high C = 35.6
| Sep record high C = 33.6
| Oct record high C = 34.8
| Nov record high C = 34.0
| Dec record high C = 34.4
|year record high C = 36.4
| Jan high C = 30.9
| Feb high C = 31.5
| Mar high C = 32.5
| Apr high C = 33.2
| May high C = 31.9
| Jun high C = 30.9
| Jul high C = 30.6
| Aug high C = 30.3
| Sep high C = 30.2
| Oct high C = 30.7
| Nov high C = 30.9
| Dec high C = 30.7
| year high C = 31.2
| Jan low C = 22.6
| Feb low C = 21.3
| Mar low C = 21.8
| Apr low C = 23.0
| May low C = 24.1
| Jun low C = 24.9
| Jul low C = 24.2
| Aug low C = 24.5
| Sep low C = 23.9
| Oct low C = 23.1
| Nov low C = 23.3
| Dec low C = 23.3
| year low C = 23.3
| Jan record low C = 14.1
| Feb record low C = 13.6
| Mar record low C = 16.3
| Apr record low C = 15.0
| May record low C = 18.2
| Jun record low C = 16.4
| Jul record low C = 17.8
| Aug record low C = 18.6
| Sep record low C = 15.8
| Oct record low C = 15.7
| Nov record low C = 16.6
| Dec record low C = 15.4
|year record low C = 13.6
| rain colour = green
| Jan rain mm = 32.7
| Feb rain mm = 40.4
| Mar rain mm = 50.8
| Apr rain mm = 104.8
| May rain mm = 376.7
| Jun rain mm = 305.2
| Jul rain mm = 330.7
| Aug rain mm = 312.3
| Sep rain mm = 439.1
| Oct rain mm = 316.7
| Nov rain mm = 270.9
| Dec rain mm = 78.3
|year rain mm = 2658.6
| Jan rain days = 1.8
| Feb rain days = 1.6
| Mar rain days = 2.5
| Apr rain days = 5.2
| May rain days = 15.8
| Jun rain days = 14.5
| Jul rain days = 14.4
| Aug rain days = 15.9
| Sep rain days = 16.8
| Oct rain days = 14.3
| Nov rain days = 11.6
| Dec rain days = 4.5
|year rain days = 118.9
|time day = 17:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| Jan humidity = 77
| Feb humidity = 75
| Mar humidity = 75
| Apr humidity = 76
| May humidity = 83
| Jun humidity = 85
| Jul humidity = 85
| Aug humidity = 85
| Sep humidity = 87
| Oct humidity = 87
| Nov humidity = 85
| Dec humidity = 80
|year humidity = 82
|source 1 = [[India Meteorological Department]]<ref name=IMDnormals>
{{cite web
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205040301/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| archivedate = 5 February 2020
| url = http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| title = Station: Hut Bay Climatological Table 1981–2010
| work = Climatological Normals 1981–2010
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = January 2015
| pages = 329–330
| accessdate = 8 February 2020}}</ref><ref name=IMDextremes>
{{cite web
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205042509/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| archivedate = 5 February 2020
| url = http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| title = Extremes of Temperature & Rainfall for Indian Stations (Up to 2012)
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = December 2016
| page = M1
| accessdate = 8 February 2020}}</ref>
}}

==Administration==
Administratively, Little Andaman Island is part of [[Little Andaman Group|Little Andaman Tehsil]].<ref name="and">{{cite web|url=http://andssw1.and.nic.in/ecostat/basicstatPDF2013_14/1.Demogrpahy.pdf |publisher=andssw1.and.nic.in|title=DEMOGRAPHIC – A&N ISLANDS |accessdate=2016-09-23}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
The island is home to the [[Onge people|Onge]] aboriginal tribe, who call the island ''Egu Belong'', and has been a tribal reserve since 1957. Settlers from Bengal and other places also live here. As per the census of 2011, the population was 18,823 in 4,093 households, spread among 18 villages.
The main village of Kwate-tu-Kwage is located on Hut Bay.

==Transportation==
Hut Bay wharf, a deep water [[wharf]] that can be approached through a gap in the [[coral reef]], on the east coast of the island is the entry point of Little Andaman Island. Daily boat services connect Hut Bay wharf with Port Blair in seven hours voyage.
Additionally, there are a helicopter services by Pavan Hans Ltd. and a sea plane connection available between Port Blair and Hut Bay. The flight time by helicopter or sea plane is approximately 40 minutes.
{{Airport-dest-list
|[[Jal Hans]]| [[Veer Savarkar International Airport|Port Blair]]
}}
There is a road alongside the east coastal line.

==Tourism==
Little Andaman offers surfing, boating through the creeks, and visits to an elephant logging plantation.
Butler Bay, 14 km from the Hut Bay Jetty, is a beach popular among tourists due to coral viewing, surfing and other marine activities. Tourist huts are available on the seashore itself flanked by the coconut plantation. Netaji Nagar Beach is 11 km from the Hut Bay jetty.<ref>[http://www.andamans.gov.in/html/hutbay.html guide]</ref>

==Image gallery==
<gallery widths=180>
File:Little Andaman locale.png|Outline map of the [[Andaman Islands]], with the location of Little Andaman highlighted (in red).
File:Little Andaman STS032-72-64.jpg|1990 Space Shuttle image of Little Andaman
</gallery>

== References ==
{{reflist|2}}
{{Portal|India}}
*{{wikivoyage-inline|Little Andaman}}
{{South Andaman district |state=collapsed}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Little Andaman Island}}
[[Category:Cities and towns in South Andaman district]]
[[Category:Islands of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]

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