Districts

Currently, the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands comprises 3 districts:

Code[1] Official name Headquarters Sub
divisions 		Talukas Population[2] Area
(in sq.km) 		Density
(per sq.km)[2] 		Map
NI Nicobar Malacca 3 7 36,819 1,841 20
NA North and Middle Andaman Mayabunder 2 3 105,539 3,227 32
SA South Andaman Port Blair 3 5 237,586 3,181 80

History

On 1 August 1974 Nicobar district was separated from Andaman district. On 18 August 2006, Andaman district was bifurcated into two districts: North and Middle Andaman district and South Andaman district.

References

  1. ^ "NIC Policy on format of e-mail Address: Appendix (2): Districts Abbreviations as per ISO 3166–2" (PDF). Ministry Of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India. 18 August 2004. pp. 5–10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 September 2008. Retrieved 24 November 2008.
  2. ^ a b "Indian Districts by Population, Growth Rate, Sex Ratio 2011 Census". 2011 census of India. Retrieved 27 December 2012.

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