Mayabunder

Mayabunder Maya Bunder
Mayabunder Location in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
Coordinates: 12°56′00″N 92°56′00″E / 12.9333°N 92.9333°E / 12.9333; 92.9333Coordinates: 12°56′00″N 92°56′00″E / 12.9333°N 92.9333°E / 12.9333; 92.9333
Country	India
State	Andaman and Nicobar Islands
District	North and Middle Andaman
Population
• Total	105,539
Languages
• Official	Hindi, English, Tamil
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	744204
Vehicle registration	AN 01
Sex ratio	925 ♂/♀
Literacy	84.25%

Mayabunder is a town and a county (tehsil) in the northern part of Middle Andaman Island, Andaman Archipelago, India. The name is also spelled Maya Bunder or Maya Bandar. As of 2001, the county had 23.912 inhabitants, of which 3182 were in the town.^[1] It was settled in the British colonial period by immigrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh and ex-convicts.

Administratively, Mayabunder is the headquarters of the North and Middle Andaman district, which is part of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands territory.^[2]

Geography

Mayabunder is linked with Port Blair by the Andaman Trunk Road (242 km) and by ferry (136 km).

Economy and facilities

Mayabunder is a waystation for several tourist attractions, such as mangrove lined tidal creeks, the beach at Avis Island (30 minutes by boat), and Karamatang Beach (13 km), a sea turtle nesting ground. Port Blair and Mayabunder are the only ports that can harbour passenger ships from mainland India.

Mayabunder has a public college named Mahatma Gandhi Government College.

On 24 December 2012, Indian Coast Guard Station Mayabunder, the first CG Station in the North Andaman Islands was commissioned by the Defence Secretary, Shri Shashi Kant Sharma.

Villages

According to the 2001 census,^[1] Mayabunder county includes the following villages:

Asha Nagar (83 inhabitants)
Bajato (74)
Bamboo Nallaha (67)
Basantipur (370)
Birsa Nagar (180)
Buddha Nallaha (179)
Chainpur (452)
Chappa Nali (29)
Chuglum Gum (140)
Danpur (592)
Devpur (450)
Dukennagar (691)
Ganeshpur (56)
Govindpur (664)
Hanspuri (280)
Harinagar (1809)
Jaipur (461)
Kamalapur (241)
Kanchi Nallaha & Bamboo Nallaha (77)
Karanch Khari (68)
Karmatang (1637)
Khukari Tabla (70)
Lataw (179)
Lauki Nallaha (847)
Lucknow (686)
Luis-in-Let-Bay (6)
Mayabunder (3182)
Pahalgaon (1326)
Paiket Bay (226)
Paresh Nagar (516)
Pinakinagar (829)
Pokadera (1840)
Profullya Nagar (377)
Pudumadurai (391)
Rampur (765)
Santipur (882)
Shippi Tikry (118)
Sundari Khari (79)
Swadesh Nagar (766)
Tugapur (1733)
Webi (476)

References

1 2 Government of India (2001), 2001 Census - Population Finder. (Select "Mayabunder") Accessed on 2012-07-19.
↑ Government of India (2011), Andaman and Nicobar islands, Administrative divisions 2011. Accessed on 2012-07-29.

North and Middle Andaman district

Cities and towns

Bakultala

Tehsils
and
villages

Diglipur	Aerial Bay Amber Chad Austin II Bandhan Nallaha Bara Dabla Baskata Nallaha Beach Dera Borang Burmachad Coffe Dera Curlew Island (FCPA) Deshbandhugram Diglipur Durgapur East Island (Police post & Light house) Elezabeth Bay Gandhi Nagar Gandhi Nagar (Forest Beat) Ganesh Nagar Ganna Dabla Ganna Level Hara Tikry Haran Nallaha Haridas Kattai Hoari Bay Jagannath Dera Kalighat Kalipur Karen Basti Keralapuram Khudirampur (EFA) Khudirampur Kishori Nagar Krishnapuri Lamiya Bay Lamiya Bay (WLS) Land Fall Island (Police post) Laxmipur (EFA) Laxmipur Madhupur Madhyamgram Milangram Mohanpur Mutha Nallaha Nabagram Narayan Tikri Narcondam Island (Police post) Nischintapur Paranghara Paschimsagar Pathi Level Pilone Nallaha (FDCA) Rabindrapalli Radha Nagar (EFA) Radha Nagar Ramakrishnagram Ramnagar Sagar Dweep Santi Nagar Shibpur Shyam Nagar (EFA) Shyam Nagar Sitanagar (EFA) Sitanagar Smith Smith (Timber Export Depot) Srinagar Stewart Island Subhashgram Swarajgram Tal Bagan Vidyasagarpalli

Mayabunder	Asha Nagar Aves Island Bajato (EFA & 40 acre plot) Bamboo Nallaha Basantipur Birsa Nagar Buddha Nallaha Chainpur (EFA) Chainpur Chappa Nali Chuglum Gum Danpur Devpur Dukennagar Ganesh Nagar I & II Govindpur Hanspuri (including JPP Camps) Harinagar Interview Island (WLS) Jaipur Kamalapur Kanchi Nallaha & Bamboo Nallaha Karanch Khari Karmatang Karmatang IX Karmatang X incl.Bihari Plot Khukari Tabla Lataw Lauki Nallaha Lucknow Luis-in-Let-Bay (JPPC) Mayabunder Pahalgaon Paiket Bay Paresh Nagar Pather Tikry Pinakinagar Pokadera Profullya Nagar Pudumadurai Rampur Santipur Shippi Tikry Sundari Khari Swadesh Nagar Tugapur Webi

Rangat	Abaygarh Adojig (including EFA) Amkunj Bamboo Tikry (JPPC) Bangaon Bejoygarh Between Chotaligbang and Foul Bay (JA) Bharatpur Bolcha Boroinyol II (FC) Charlungta (FC) Charlungta II (FC) Chotaligbang (JA) Cutbert Bay Desharatpur Dhani Nallaha Dhani Nallaha (JA) Dharmapur Foster Valley Foul Bay (JA) Gol Pahar Janakpur Kadamtala Kalsi Kanchangarh Kaushalyanagar Khatta Khari (EFA) Khatta Khari Lakra Lungta (JA) Lalajig Bay (AC) Laxmanpur Long Island Lorrojig (FC) & Vishnu Nallaha (APWDC) Macarthy Valley Merk Bay (AC) Mithila Nayagarh Nilambur (EFA) Nilambur Nimbutala Padmanabhapuram Panchawati (EFA) Panchawati Papita Dera (FC) Parnasala Pawajig (FC) Porlobjig No. 15 (FC, APWDC & JPPC) Porlobjig No. 3 (JPPC, APWDC & ANIFPDC) Raglachang (Nayadera) (FC) Raglachang Rajatgarh (EFA) Rajatgarh Ramachandra Nagar Rampur Rangat Sabari Sagwan Nallaha (FC) Saktigarh Sanker Nallaha (PWDC) Santanu Shivapuram Shyamkund Sippi Tikry Sitapur South Creek (EFA, FC & APWDC) Strait Island (AS) Sukha Nallaha Sundergarh (including EFA) Thiruvanchikulam Thoraktang (FC) Udhaygarh Urmilapur Uttara Vishnupur Wrafter's Creek (EFA) Wrafter's Creek Yeratiljig Yeratiljig No. 11 (JPPC) Yeratiljig No. 9 (JPPC)

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