Brief About South Andaman District
South Andaman (The east while Andaman District divided into two
districts - South Andaman and North & Middle Andaman on 18th
August 2006.)
South Andaman is one of the three districts of Andaman Nicobar
Islands located in the Bay of Bengal Region. The Total Area of
the District is 2980 Sq.Km. There are four primitive tribes in
the South Andamans District and they have been recognised as belonging
to the Negrito stock, namely Onges,Jarawas,Great Andamanese and
sentinalese. The District of South Andaman has three tehsils namely
"Port Blair"," Ferrargunj","Little Andaman".
The steps to make the district an e-District include:-
1. Progressive modernization and transformation of administration
in form and content keeping in mind the centrality there of in
regulating, facilitating and delivering services at the grass
root level.
2. Bring about systematic changes to infuse and sustain vibrancy
and responsiveness.
3. Promote knowledge sharing to realize continuous improvement
in the quality of governance.
District of South Andamans is one of the three Districts of Andaman
& Nicobar Islands is located in between logitude E 92°
to E 94°’ and latitude N 6°’ to N 14°’
in the Bay of Bengal Region . The Total Area of South Andamans
District is 2980 Sq.Km . There are four primitive tribes in the
South Andamans District and they have been recognised as belonging
to the Negrito stock, namely Onges,Jarawas,Great Andamanese and
Sentinalese besides Nicobarese have been settled at Harminder
Bay. The District of South Andaman has three tehsils namely "Port
Blair"," Ferrargunj","Little Andaman".
The Geographical,educational,economical and few other details
are given below........
Demographic Profile of whole Andaman And Nicobar Islands
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Education
EDUCATIONAL FACILITY
NUMBER OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
ENROLMENT OF STUDENTS
TEACHING STAFF
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Health
INSTITUTION
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Local
Self Government Functioning Since 1995 In Three-Tier Structure
South Andaman : People And Culture
The People of Andaman can be broadly categorized into two groups
viz. Indigenous or Aborigines and Immigrants or Settlers. Prior
to 1858, the Andaman Islands were inhabited by Autochthons only
and with the founding of Penal Settlement at Port Blair after
Indian Mutiny, Non-autochthons came to inhabit these Islands.
Indigeneous People of South Andaman
The Aborigines of Andaman Island consist of the following four
tribes:-Great Andamanese, Onges, Jarwas, Sentinalese
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Tehsil Statistical Details
The District of South Andaman consists of three tehsils namely
PortBlair, Ferrargunj and Little Andaman.Each Tehsil is divided
into villages. Port Blair Tehsil having 41 villages, Ferrargunj
tehsils having 53 villages and little andaman tehsil have 5 villages.
Each tehsil is administratively functions under Tehsildars is
assisted with Revenue Inspectors, patwaries and other staffs to
maintain the office activities.
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Status of the Relief Work done in South Andaman District
1. Number
of Permanent Shelters in the District
2. List
of Beneficiaries for Permanent Shelters in the District online
DDMCR:-DISTRICT
DISASTER MANAGEMENT CONTROL ROOM
Relief
Works by the Administration and Details of some of the Relief
Godowns.
DO’S AND DON’TS
The District Administration is involved in awareness generation
programme by providing Valuable information to the public about
various disaster such as Cyclones, Earthquake etc.
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