Neil Island
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| Geography | |
| Location | Bay of Bengal |
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| Archipelago | Andaman Islands |
| Adjacent to | Indian Ocean |
| Area | 13.7 km2 (5.3 sq mi)[1] |
| Length | 3.7 km (2.3 mi) |
| Width | 6.3 km (3.91 mi) |
| Coastline | 19.4 km (12.05 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 101 m (331 ft)[2] |
| Highest point | Nipple Hill |
| Administration | |
| District | South Andaman |
| Island group | Andaman Islands |
| Island sub-group | Ritchie's Archipelago |
| Tehsil | Port Blair Tehsil |
| Largest settlement | Neil Kendra (pop. 1000) |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 3040 (in 2011) |
| Pop. density | 222.00/km2 (574.98/sq mi) |
| Ethnic groups | Hindu, Andamanese |
| Additional information | |
| Time zone | |
| PIN | 744104[3] |
| Telephone code | 031927[4] |
| ISO code | IN-AN-00[5] |
| Official website | www |
| Literacy | 84.4% |
| Avg. summer temperature | 30.2 °C (86.4 °F) |
| Avg. winter temperature | 23.0 °C (73.4 °F) |
| Sex ratio | 1.2♂/♀ |
| Census code | 35.639.0004 |
| Official languages | Hindi, English |
Neil Island, officially known as Shaheed Dweep (transl. Martyr's Island), is an island of the Andaman Islands, located in Ritchie's Archipelago. It belongs to the South Andaman administrative district, part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.[6] The island is located 36 km (22 mi) northeast from Port Blair.
Etymology
[edit | edit source]Neil Island was named after British Brigadier general James Neill, who had fought on the side of the British East Indian company in the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857.
In December 2018, it was renamed as Shaheed Dweep as a tribute to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. Bose had hoisted the Indian flag at Port Blair on 30 December 1943 and proclaimed the Andaman and Nicobar Islands as territories liberated from British rule. He had subsequently named Andaman Island as Shaheed and Nicobar Island as Swaraj.[7]
History
[edit | edit source]Shaheed Dweep, then Neil Island, was uninhabited until the arrival of settlers in the late 1960s. Like Swaraj Dweep, then Havelock, the vast majority of settlers at Shaheed Dweep were refugees from erstwhile East-Pakistan, following the exodus of Hindu Bangladeshis prior to that country's war of independence in 1971.
Geography
[edit | edit source]The island belongs to the Ritchie's Archipelago and is located between Swaraj Dweep and Rose Island. It is a comparatively flat island, and much of the landmass was deemed suitable for paddy cultivation. Unfortunately, as a result of this, very little forest cover remains at Shaheed, and almost all of it is concentrated in the reserve forest on Shaheed's north-western side. Shaheed Dweep tends to remain a degree or two warmer than Havelock as a result of the lack of forest cover.[citation needed]
Administration
[edit | edit source]Politically, Shaheed Dweep is part of Neil Kendra panchayat, of Port Blair Taluk.[8]
Demographics
[edit | edit source]The population of 3040 lives in five villages, listed below, with population at 2011 census in parentheses:[9]
- Sitapur (274)
- Bharatpur (629)
- Neil Kendra (1000)
- Lakshmanpur (382)
- Ram Nagar (755)
Transport
[edit | edit source]There is a jetty at Neil Kendra, which serves as the only access point of the island. There are regular Government ferry from Port Blair to Shaheed Dweep. There are private cruise ships such as Makruzz, Green Ocean, Nautika and ITT Majestic.
Economy
[edit | edit source]Agriculture is the primary occupation of the villagers, and the island supplies vegetables to the rest of Andaman. Neil Island is known for its organic cultivation and provides much of the organic produce to remaining part of the islands.
Image gallery
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Natural Bridge, Neil Island.
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Mangrove trees
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Tropical beach
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Bharatpur beach as seen from jetty
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Interior forest
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Forest by the sea at night
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Entry to Neil Island from Bharatpur Jetty.
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Bharathpur Jetty
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Ritchie's Archipelago within the Andaman Islands
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Neil Island within Ritchie's Archipelago
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Neil Island on 26 December 2004, after earthquake and tsunami
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
