Man Island (Nicobar Islands) Explained

Man Island
Native Name Link:Nicobarese language
Sobriquet:Laouk
Map:India Andaman and Nicobar Islands#Bay of Bengal
Pushpin Label Position:left
Coordinates:8.39°N 93.65°W
Location:Bay of Bengal
Archipelago:Nicobar Islands
Waterbody:Indian Ocean
Total Islands:1
Area Km2:0.37
Area Footnotes:[1]
Length Km:1.3
Width Km:0.5
Coastline Km:3.9
Elevation M:111
Highest Mount:Man Rock[2]
Country: India
Country Admin Divisions Title:District
Country Admin Divisions:Nicobar
Country Admin Divisions Title 1:Island group
Country Admin Divisions 1:Nicobar Islands
Country Admin Divisions Title 2:Subdivisions of India
Country Admin Divisions 2:Nancowry Subdivision
Country Admin Divisions Title 3:Taluk
Country Admin Divisions 3:Teressa tehsil
Population:0
Population As Of:2011
Density Km2:0
Ethnic Groups:Hindu, Nicobarese People
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code:744301
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Area Code:03192
Iso Code Type:ISO code
Iso Code:IN-AN-00[3]
Additional Info:
Child:yes
Label2:Literacy
Data2:84.4%
Label3:Avg. summer temperature
Data3:32°C
Label4:Avg. winter temperature
Data4:28°C
Label5:Sex ratio
Data5:/
Label7:Census Code
Data7:35.638.0002.645033
Label8:Official Languages
Data8:Hindi, English, Tamil
Car (regional)

Man is an uninhabited island in the Nicobar district of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India.

Administration

The island belongs to the township of Nancowry of Teressa Taluk.[4] [5]

Geography

The island is a part of the Nicobar Islands chain, located in the northeast Indian Ocean between the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. It is located 4km (02miles) SSE of Cape Winifred of Tillangchong island.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Islandwise Area and Population - 2011 Census. Government of Andaman.
  2. http://www.sea-seek.com/ebook/Andaman_sea.pdf Info
  3. Registration Plate Numbers added to ISO Code
  4. http://andssw1.and.nic.in/ecostat/basicstatPDF2013_14/1.Demogrpahy.pdf Tehsils
  5. Web site: Andaman and Nicobar Islands villages . Land Records Information Systems Division, NIC . 2015-07-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095346/http://dolr.nic.in/dolr/mpr/revenuevillagedirectorypdf/Andaman%20Nicobar.pdf . 2016-03-04 .