East Baratang Group

East Baratang Islands
East Baratang Islands
Location of Belle Island
Geography
Location Bay of Bengal
Coordinates 12°19′N 92°54′E / 12.31°N 92.90°E / 12.31; 92.90Coordinates: 12°19′N 92°54′E / 12.31°N 92.90°E / 12.31; 92.90
Archipelago Andaman Islands
Adjacent bodies of water Indian Ocean
Total islands 20
Major islands
Area 53.87 km2 (20.80 sq mi)[1]
Highest elevation 0 m (0 ft)[2]
Administration
District North and Middle Andaman
Island group Andaman Islands
Island sub-group Great Andaman
Taluk Rangat Taluk
Demographics
Population 1074 (2011)
Pop. density 20.00 /km2 (51.8 /sq mi)
Ethnic groups Hindu, Andamanese
Additional information
Time zone
PIN 744203[3]
Telephone code 031927 [4]
ISO code IN-AN-00[5]
Official website www.and.nic.in
Literacy 84.4%
Avg. summer temperature 30.2 °C (86.4 °F)
Avg. winter temperature 23.0 °C (73.4 °F)
Sex ratio 1.2♂/♀
Census Code 35.639.0004
Official Languages Hindi, English

East Baratang Group are an island group of the Andaman Islands, located east of Baratang Island.

Geography

major islands in the group: Long, Strait, North Passage, Colebrooke, Guitar [6]

Administration

Politically, the East Baratang Islands are part of Rangat Taluk.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Islandwise Area and Population - 2011 Census" (PDF). Government of Andaman.
  2. ↑ "Sailing Directions (enroute) | India and the Bay of Bengal" (PDF) (173). National Geospatial-intelligence Agency, United States Government. 2014. Retrieved 2016-09-23.
  3. ↑ "A&N Islands - Pincodes". 22 September 2016. Archived from the original on 23 March 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "STD Codes of Andaman and Nicobar". allcodesindia.in. Retrieved 2016-09-23.
  5. ↑ Registration Plate Numbers added to ISO Code
  6. ↑ visit to guitar island
  7. ↑ "DEMOGRAPHIC – A&N ISLANDS" (PDF). andssw1.and.nic.in. Retrieved 2016-09-23.


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