Andaman and Nicobar Island

The Andaman and the Nicobar Islands deceive the southeast of the Indian central area in the Bay of Bengal. Andaman and Nicobar have their own rich culture and customs. The island has a huge number of sea shores and sightseers are drawn in by these. In 2004 the islands drew worldwide consideration when they were seriously harmed by an enormous torrent that had been set off by a seismic tremor in the Indian Ocean close to Indonesia. Region 3,185 square miles (8,249 square km). Pop. (2011) 379,944.

The Andamans contain in excess of 300 islands. North, Middle, and South Andaman referred to by and large as Great Andaman, are the principal islands; others incorporate Landfall Island, Interview Island, the Sentinel Islands, Ritchie’s Archipelago, and Rutland Island. Little Andaman in the south is isolated from the Nicobar Islands by the Ten Degree Channel, which is around 90 miles (145 km) wide.

The Nicobars comprises 19 islands. Among the most unmistakable are Car Nicobar in the north; Camorta, Katchall, and Nancowry in the focal point of the chain; and Great Nicobar in the south. Around 90 miles toward the southwest of Great Nicobar lies the northwestern tip of Sumatra, Indonesia.

Environment

The environment of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands is tropical, however, is directed via ocean breezes. Temperatures regularly increase from the low 70s F (around 23 °C) into the mid-80s F (around 30 °C) day to day over time. The domain gets approximately 120 inches (3,000 mm) of downpour yearly, brought principally by the southwest storm, which blows from May through September, and by the hurricanes that continue in October and November. In the Nicobars, Great Nicobar gets extensively more downpours than different islands. The Andamans have long given meteorological information to delivery in the Bay of Bengal; a revealing station was in activity at Port Blair as soon as 1868.

Highlights

• Port Blair is the capital of the Andaman Nicobar Islands.
• Well known for the famous cell prison
• Port Blair has a tropical rainstorm environment
• The most normal religion is Hinduism trailed by Christianity and Islam
• Bengali is the most well-known language. Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu are different dialects spoken by individuals
• The travel industry is the real driving economy.

In India, there are two groups of islands. Lakshwadeep islands which are located in the Arabian Sea and are close to the Malabar coast of Kerala and are referred to as the smaller groups of coral islands. The administrative capital of Lakshadweep is Kavaratti Island. Andaman and Nicobar Islands are located in the Bay of Bengal and are in an elevated portion of submerged mountains as they lie close to the equator, they remain hot and wet throughout the year and have dense forests in it.

Islands are little parcels encompassed by water, on all sides. They can be in the middle between oceans, seas, and lakes, or in the middle between waterways. At the point when there is a gathering of islands at a similar spot, they are called an archipelago. India is politically separated into 28 states and 8 Union Territories. The public capital of India is Delhi. Among these association domains, two are the island gatherings of India. Lakshadweep and Andaman and Nicobar Islands are the two island gatherings of India.