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| name                    = Anderson Island
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| map              = India Andaman and Nicobar Islands
| map_caption      = Location of Anderson Island
| coordinates      = {{coord|12.79|N|92.71|E|region:IN-AN_type:isle_dim:50000_source:GNS-enwiki|display=inline,title}}
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| location        = [[Bay of Bengal]]
| archipelago      = [[Andaman Islands]]
| waterbody        = [[Indian Ocean]]
| area_km2        = 13.15
| 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|access-date=27 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828015509/http://andssw1.and.nic.in/ecostat/basicstatPDF2013_14/1.Demogrpahy.pdf|archive-date=28 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| length_km        = 12.2
| width_km        = 1.8
| coastline_km    = 33.5
| elevation_m      = 0
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| country          = {{flag|India}}
| country_admin_divisions_title    = [[List of districts in India#Andaman and Nicobar (AN)|District]]
| country_admin_divisions          = [[North and Middle Andaman district|North and Middle 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          = [[Interview Group]]
| country_admin_divisions_title_3    = [[Tehsils of India|Taluk]]
| country_admin_divisions_3          = [[Mayabunder|Mayabunder Taluk]]
| population      = 0
| population_as_of = 2011
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| ethnic_groups    = [[Hindu]], [[Andamanese people|Andamanese]]
| timezone1        = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1      = +5:30
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| postal_code_type        = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] 
| postal_code            = 744202<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 |df=dmy }}</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 = 35.639.0004
| label8 = Official Languages| data8 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]], [[English language|English]]
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'''Anderson Island''' is an island of the [[Andaman Islands]].  It belongs to the [[North and Middle Andaman district|North and Middle 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>
the island lies {{convert|117|km|0|abbr=on}} north from [[Port Blair]].
==Geography==
The island belongs to the [[Interview Group]] and is situated to the west of [[Austen Strait]] which separates [[North Andaman Island]] and [[Middle Andaman Island]].
The island is low and with a rectangular shape.
==Administration==
Politically, Anderson Island, along neighboring [[Interview Group]] Islands, is part of [[Mayabunder]] [[Tehsils of India|Taluk]].<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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828015509/http://andssw1.and.nic.in/ecostat/basicstatPDF2013_14/1.Demogrpahy.pdf |archive-date=28 August 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== References ==
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==External links==
{{Portal|India}}
*{{wikivoyage-inline|Andaman and Nicobar Islands}}
{{North and Middle Andaman district |state=collapsed}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson Island}}
[[Category:Islands of North and Middle Andaman district]]
[[Category:Islands of the Bay of Bengal]]
[[Category:Interview Group]]
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