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'''Sri Vijaya Puram tehsil''', previously known as '''Port Blair'''<ref name="x412">{{cite web | title=Port Blair gets renamed as ‘Sri Vijaya Puram’ to shed colonial legacy | website=Times of India Travel | date=13 September 2024 | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/travel-news/port-blair-gets-renamed-as-sri-vijaya-puram-to-shed-colonial-legacy/articleshow/113328016.cms | access-date=5 January 2025}}</ref> is one of 5 local administrative divisions of the [[Districts of India|Indian district]] of [[South Andaman district|South Andaman]], part of the [[India]]n [[union territory]] of [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]].<ref name=dist>{{cite web |url=https://southandaman.nic.in/tehsil/ |title=South Andaman District-Tehsils |access-date= 10 October 2021}}</ref><br />
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It is a division known locally as a ''[[tehsil]]'', roughly equivalent to a [[county]] in its range of administrative powers. Located in the [[Indian Ocean]] [[Andaman Islands]], the tehsil of Sri Vijaya Puram is the largest tehsil in terms of both area and number of inhabitants, accounting for half of the district's overall population. Its headquarters is the township also called [[Port Blair]], the district's major [[urbanization|urban]] centre and capital of the Union Territory.<br />
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Port Blair tehsil's population according to 2011 [[Census of India]] figures was {{formatnum:165754}}.<ref name=dist/><br />
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