अंडमान निकोबार द्वीप के चौंकाने वाला तथ्य | Shocking Facts Of Andaman Nicobar island In Hindi

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भारत का सबसे रहस्यमय राज्य // Andaman India ka sabse anokha State

The Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a Union territory of India comprising 572 islands of which 37 are inhabited, are a group of islands at the juncture of the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea.[5]

The territory is about 150 km (93 mi) north of Aceh in Indonesia and separated from Thailand and Myanmar by the Andaman Sea. It comprises two island groups, the Andaman Islands (partly) and the Nicobar Islands, separated by the 150 km wide Ten Degree Channel (on the 10°N parallel), with the Andamans to the north of this latitude, and the Nicobars to the south (or by 179 km). The Andaman Sea lies to the east and the Bay of Bengal to the west.

The territory's capital is the city of Port Blair. The total land area of the islands is approximately 8,249 km2 (3,185 sq mi). The territory is divided into three districts: Nicobar District with Car Nicobar as capital, South Andaman district with Port Blair as capital and North and Middle Andaman district with Mayabunder as capital.

The islands host the Andaman and Nicobar Command, the only tri-service geographical command of the Indian Armed Forces.

The Andaman Islands are home to the Sentinelese people, an uncontacted people. The Sentinelese are the only people currently known to not have reached further than a Paleolithic level of technology.



From 1 June 1778 to 1784, Austria mistakenly assumed that Denmark had abandoned its claims to the Nicobar Islands and attempted to establish a colony on them,[10] renaming them Theresia Islands.[9]

In 1789 the British set up a naval base and penal colony on Chatham Island next to Great Andaman, where now lies the town of Port Blair. Two years later the colony was moved to Port Cornwallis on Great Andaman, but it was abandoned in 1796 due to disease.

Denmark's presence in the territory ended formally on 16 October 1868 when it sold the rights to the Nicobar Islands to Britain,[10] which made them part of British India in 1869.

Andaman and Nicobar Islands are developing into a major tourism hub with exotic-looking beaches and pristine islands having equally exotic names, wonderful opportunities for adventure sports like snorkelling and sea-walking.[28] Plans to develop various islands under NITI (National Institute of Transforming India) Aayog is also in progress. Luxury resorts with participation from the Government are set up to plan in Avis Island, Smith Island and Long Island.[29]


A statue of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar at Cellular Jail.
In Port Blair, the main places to visit are the Cellular Jail, Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park, Andaman Water sports complex, Chatham Saw Mill, Mini Zoo, Corbyn's cove, Chidiya Tapu, Wandoor Beach, Forest Museum, Anthropological Museum, Fisheries Museum, Naval Museum (Samudrika), Ross Island and North Bay Island. Viper Island which was earlier visited is now kept closed by the administration. Other places include Havelock island famous for Radhanagar Beach, Neil Island for Scuba diving/snorkeling/sea walking, Cinque Island, Saddle peak, Mt Harriet and Mud Volcano. Diglipur, located at North Andaman is also getting popular in 2018 and many tourists have started visiting North Andaman as well. The southern group (Nicobar islands) is mostly inaccessible to tourists.

Indian tourists do not require a permit to visit the Andaman Islands, but if they wish to visit any tribal areas they need a special permit from the Deputy Commissioner in Port Blair. Permits are required for foreign nationals. For foreign nationals arriving by air, these are granted upon arrival at Port Blair.

According to official estimates, the flow of tourists tripled to nearly 430,000 in 2016-17 from 130,000 in 2008–09. The Radha Nagar beach was chosen as Asia's best beach in 2004.

अण्डमान और निकोबार द्वीपसमूह (बंगाली:আন্দামান ও নিকোবর দ্বীপপুঞ্জ) भारत का एक केन्द्र शासित प्रदेश है। ये बंगाल की खाड़ी के दक्षिण में हिन्द महासागर में स्थित है।[2] अण्डमान और निकोबार द्वीप समूह लगभग 572 छोटे बड़े द्वीपों से मिलकर बना है जिनमें से सिर्फ कुछ ही द्वीपों पर लोग रहते हैं। इसकी राजधानी पोर्ट ब्लेयर है।

भारत का यह केन्द्र शासित प्रदेश हिंद महासागर में स्थित है और भौगोलिक दृष्टि से दक्षिण पूर्व एशिया का हिस्सा है। यह इंडोनेशिया के आचेह के उत्तर में 150 किमी पर स्थित है तथा अंडमान सागर इसे थाईलैंड और म्यांमार से अलग करता है।[3] दो प्रमुख द्वीपसमूहों से मिलकर बने इस द्वीपसमूह को 10° उ अक्षांश पृथक करती है, जिसके उत्तर में अंडमान द्वीप समूह और दक्षिण में निकोबार द्वीप समूह स्थित हैं। इस द्वीपसमूह के पूर्व में अंडमान सागर और पश्चिम में बंगाल की खाड़ी स्थित है।

द्वीपसमूह की राजधानी पोर्ट ब्लेयर एक अंडमानी शहर है।2011 की भारत की जनगणना के अनुसार यहाँ की जनसंख्या 379,944 है।जिसमें 202,330 (53.25%) पुरुष तथा 177,614 (46.75%) महिला है। लिेगानुपात प्रति 1,000 पुरूषोंं में में 878 महिला है।केवल 10% आबादी हीं निकोबार द्वीप में रहती है।[4]पूरे क्षेत्र का कुल भूमि क्षेत्र लगभग 8249 किमी² या 2508 वर्ग मील है।