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Demographics: Updated as per 2011 census data. 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 = Headquarter
| seat = [[Port Blair]]
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
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| website = {{URL|https://southandaman.nic.in/}}
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'''South 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]]. [[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]].<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>

==Geography==
South Andaman district occupies an area of {{convert|3181|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> comparatively equivalent to [[Canada]]'s [[Mansel Island]].<ref name='Islands'>{{cite web | url = http://islands.unep.ch/Tiarea.htm | title = Island Directory Tables: Islands by Land Area | accessdate = 2011-10-11 | date = 1998-02-18 | publisher = [[United Nations Environment Program]] | quote = Mansel Island 2,640km2

}}</ref>

==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] South Andaman district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 238,142,<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 [[Vanuatu]].<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 =
Vanuatu 224,564 July 2011 est.
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 584th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 80 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 13.97%.<ref name=districtcensus/> South Andaman has a [[sex ratio]] of 874 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 88.49%.<ref name=districtcensus/>

Four of the indigenous [[Andamanese peoples]], namely, [[Onge people|Onges]], [[Jarawa people (Andaman Islands)|Jarawas]], [[Great Andamanese]] and [[Sentinelese]] live in this district.
===Language===
{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = South Andaman district in 2011 census
|label3 = Hindi
|value3 = 18.40
|color3 = Red
|label1 = Bengali
|value1 = 21.07
|color1 = Orange
|label2 = Tamil
|value2 = 20.70
|color2 = Blue
|label4 = Telugu
|value4 = 17.66
|color4 = Yellow
|label5 = Malayalam
|value5 = 9.85
|color5 = Purple
|label6 = Sadri
|value6 = 3.35
|color6 = orchid
|label7 = Kurukh
|value7 = 3.07
|color7 = Green
|label8 = Nicobarese
|value8 = 1.67
|color8 = Cyan
|label9 = Others
|value9 = 4.24
|color9 = Grey
}}

As of 2011 census, [[Bengali language|Bengali]] is spoken as the first language by 21.07 per cent of the district's population followed by [[Tamil language|Tamil]] (20.70%), [[Hindi language|Hindi]] (18.40%), [[Telugu language|Telugu]] (17.66%), [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] (9.85%), [[Sadri language|Sadri]] (3.34%),[[Kurukh language|Kurukh]] (3.07%), [[nicobarese languages|Nicobarese]] (1.67%) 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>

===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/53-south-andaman.html|title=South Andaman District Religion Census 2011|access-date=16 April 2021}}</ref>
|label1 = Hinduism
|value1 = 73.26
|color1 = Orange
|label2 = Christianity
|value2 = 13.87
|color2 = Blue
|label3 = Islam
|value3 = 12.14
|color3 = Green
|label5 = Buddhist
|value5 = 0.06
|color5= Yellow
|label4 = Sikhism
|value4 = 0.36
|color4 = Purple
|label6 = Others
|value6 = 0.31
|color6 = Magenta
}}

[[File:Sri Vettimalai Mutugan temple in Andaman.jpg|thumb|Sri Vettimalai Mutugan temple in [[Port Blair]]]]

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

==Divisions==
The district comprises 3 tehsils, [[Port Blair]], [[Ferrargunj]] and [[Little Andaman]].

{{Weather box
|collapsed =
|location = Port Blair
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
|Jan high C = 29.4
|Feb high C = 30.2
|Mar high C = 31.5
|Apr high C = 32.5
|May high C = 31.1
|Jun high C = 29.6
|Jul high C = 29.2
|Aug high C = 29.1
|Sep high C = 29.1
|Oct high C = 29.6
|Nov high C = 29.7
|Dec high C = 29.4
|Year high C =
|Jan low C = 23.1
|Feb low C = 22.5
|Mar low C = 23.2
|Apr low C = 24.7
|May low C = 24.7
|Jun low C = 24.4
|Jul low C = 24.3
|Aug low C = 24.2
|Sep low C = 23.7
|Oct low C = 23.7
|Nov low C = 23.9
|Dec low C = 23.6
|Year low C =
|Jan precipitation mm = 46.4
|Feb precipitation mm = 26.5
|Mar precipitation mm = 29.3
|Apr precipitation mm = 69.0
|May precipitation mm = 360.4
|Jun precipitation mm = 501.1
|Jul precipitation mm = 423.7
|Aug precipitation mm = 425.1
|Sep precipitation mm = 463.0
|Oct precipitation mm = 300.7
|Nov precipitation mm = 235.0
|Dec precipitation mm = 154.6
|Year precipitation mm =
|date=November 2010}}

==See also==
* [[Nicobar district]]
* [[North and Middle Andaman district]]
==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://southandaman.nic.in/ South Andaman district official website]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = South Andaman district
|North = [[North and Middle Andaman district]]
|Northeast =
|East = ''[[Andaman Sea]]''
|Southeast =
|South = ''[[Ten Degree Channel]]''
|Southwest =
|West = ''[[Bay of Bengal]]''
|Northwest =
}}
{{South Andaman district}}
{{Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:South Andaman District}}
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[[Category:Districts of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]
[[Category:2006 establishments in India]]

South Andaman district - Revision history