imported>Chattapadhyay Suman: /* Language */Corrected the percentages of Tamil and Telugu. Also seperated Sadri from Hindi. Although the census counts Sadri as a dialect of Hindi but both are different languages and represents two different communities. While Sadri represents Sadan people who are mainly tribals and came to Andaman as labourers, Hindi on the other hand represents people from Hindi Heartland.

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Language: Corrected the percentages of Tamil and Telugu. Also seperated Sadri from Hindi. Although the census counts Sadri as a dialect of Hindi but both are different languages and represents two different communities. While Sadri represents Sadan people who are mainly tribals and came to Andaman as labourers, Hindi on the other hand represents people from Hindi Heartland.

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{{Infobox settlement
| type = [[districts of India|district of India]]
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{IND}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Union territory of India|Union territory]]
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Andaman and Nicobar Administration Banner.png}} [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]
| seat_type = Capital
| seat = [[Mayabunder]]
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'''North and Middle Andaman district''' is one of the 3 districts of the [[India]]n 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 km<sup>2</sup>.

==History==
{{historical populations|11=1901|12=6,999|13=1911|14=6,807|15=1921|16=6,874|17=1931|18=7,417|19=1941|20=8,225|21=1951|22=7,317|23=1961|24=18,901|25=1971|26=35,605|27=1981|28=58,716|29=1991|30=84,312|31=2001|32=1,05,613|33=2011|34=1,05,597|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=right}}This district was created on August 18, 2006, by bifurcating the erstwhile [[Andaman district]],<ref name='Statoids'>{{cite web | url = http://www.statoids.com/yin.html | title = Districts of India | accessdate = 2011-10-11 | last = Law | first = Gwillim | date = 2011-09-25 | work = Statoids}}</ref> which included all three tehsils of Mayabunder sub-division of this erstwhile district.

==Geography==
North and Middle Andaman district occupies an area of {{convert|3227|km2|sqmi}}.<ref name='Reference Annual'>{{cite book | last1 = Srivastava, Dayawanti et al. (ed.) | title = India 2010: A Reference Annual | chapter = States and Union Territories: Andaman Islands: Government | edition = 54th | publisher = Additional Director General, Publications Division, [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)]], [[Government of India]] | year = 2010 | location = New Delhi, India | pages = 1208 | isbn = 978-81-230-1617-7}}</ref>

==Demography==
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] North and Middle Andaman district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 105,597,<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | accessdate = 2011-09-30 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Tonga]].<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | accessdate = 2011-10-01 | quote =
Tonga 105,916 July 2011 est.
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 614th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 32 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was -0.07%.<ref name=districtcensus/> North And Middle Andaman has a [[sex ratio]] of 925 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 84.25%.<ref name=districtcensus/>
===Language===

{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = North and Middle Andaman district in 2011 census
|label1 = Bengali
|value1 = 53.79
|color1 = Red
|label2 = Sadri
|value2 = 11.06
|color2 = Orange
|label3 = Telugu
|value3 = 6.47
|color3 = Purple
|label4 = Kurukh
|value4 = 6.17
|color4 = Yellow
|label5 = Hindi
|value5 = 5.99
|color5 = Silver
|label6 = Tamil
|value6 = 5.94
|color6 = Blue
|label7 = Malalyalam
|value7 = 3.15
|color7 = Green
|label8 = S'gaw Karen
|value8 = 1.89
|color8 = Magenta
|label9 = Nicobarese
|value9 = 0.57
|color9 = Cyan
|label10 = Others
|value10 = 4.97
|color10 = Grey
}}

[[Bengali language|Bengali]] is the most spoken language in North and Middle Andaman Islands. As of 2011 census, Bengali is spoken as the first language by 53.79 per cent of the district's population followed by [[Sadri language|Sadri]] (11.06%), [[Telegu language|Telegu]] (6.47%), [[Kurukh language|Kurukh]] (6.17%), [[Hindi language|Hindi]] (5.99%), [[Tamil language|Tamil]] (5.94%), [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] (3.5%), [[nicobarese languages|Nicobarese]] (0.57%) and others.<ref name="census2011">{{cite web |title=C-16 Population By Mother Tongue |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-3500.XLSX|work=Census of India 2011 |publisher=Office of the Registrar General }}</ref>

[[Karen people in the Andaman Islands|Karen]] people, a [[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]] ethnic group from [[Kayin State]], [[Myanmar]], numbering about 2000 people are also present in eight villages in the [[Mayabunder]] and [[Diglipur]] [[tehsil]]s:<ref name=Maiti>{{citation |url=http://island.giee.ntnu.edu.tw/ISISA2004/ISISA8/115%202-2-C-4%20Sameera%20Maiti%20_India_.pdf |title=The Karen – A Lesser Known Community of the Andaman Islands |author=Sameera Maiti |year=2004 |work=ISLANDS of the WORLD VIII International Conference - “Changing Islands – Changing Worlds”, 1–7 November 2004, Kinmen Island (Quemoy), Taiwan}}</ref>

===Religion===
{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Religion in North and Middle Andaman district (2011 census)<ref name="Census">{{Cite web|url=https://www.census2011.com/data/religion/district/52-north-and-middle-andaman.html|title=North and Middle Andaman District Religion Census 2011|access-date=16 April 2021}}</ref>
|label1 = Hinduism
|value1 = 76.86
|color1 = Orange
|label2 = Christianity
|value2 = 20.71
|color2 = Blue
|label3 = Islam
|value3 = 2.05
|color3 = Green
|label4 = Buddhist
|value4 = 0.08
|color4 = Yellow
|label5 = Sikhism
|value5 = 0.07
|color5 = Purple
|label6 = Others
|value6 = 0.22
|color6 = Magenta
}}

[[Hinduism]] is followed by majority of the people in North and Middle Andaman district. Christianity is followed by a considerable population. <ref name="Census"/>

==Divisions==
The district comprises 3 tehsils, [[Diglipur]], [[Mayabunder]] and [[Rangat]].

==Economy==
As of 2010, the district's chief agricultural products were rice (about 6500 [[hectare|ha]]), [[coconut]]s (3600 ha), [[Rabi crop|rabi]] [[pulse (legume)|pulses]] (2900 ha), [[areca nut]]s (1300 ha), and [[banana]]s (650 ha).<ref name="hb2011">Government of India (2011), ''[http://www.and.nic.in/stats/2011/HBNM2007-08%20to%2009-10.pdf Andaman and Nicobar Islands Statistical Hand-Book - North and Middle Andaman, 2007-08 To 2009-10]{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}''</ref>

==See also==
*[[South Andaman district]]
==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://northmiddle.andaman.nic.in/ North and Middle Andaman district official website]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = North and Middle Andaman district
|North = ''[[Bay of Bengal]]''
|Northeast =
|East = ''[[Andaman Sea]]''
|Southeast =
|South = [[South Andaman district]]
|Southwest =
|West = ''[[Bay of Bengal]]''
|Northwest =
}}

{{Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands}}
{{North and Middle Andaman district |state=collapsed}}

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[[Category:States and territories established in 2006]]
[[Category:2006 establishments in India]]

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