Neill Island
| Nickname: James Neill Island | |
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 Neill Island
Neill Island
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| Geography | |
| Location | Bay of Bengal |
| Coordinates | 11°50′N 93°02′E / 11.83°N 93.04°ECoordinates: 11°50′N 93°02′E / 11.83°N 93.04°E |
| Archipelago | Andaman Islands |
| Adjacent bodies of water | Indian Ocean |
| Total islands | 1 |
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| Area | 13.7 km2 (5.3 sq mi) |
| 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) |
| Highest point | Nipple Hill |
| Administration | |
| District | South Andaman |
| Island group | Andaman Islands |
| Island sub-group | Ritchie's Archipelago |
| Tehsil | Port Blair Tehsil |
| Largest settlement | Neill Kendra (pop. 1000) |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 3040 (2011) |
| Pop. density | 222.00 /km2 (574.98 /sq mi) |
| Ethnic groups | Hindu, Andamanese |
| Additional information | |
| Time zone | |
| PIN | 744104 |
| Telephone code | 031927 |
| ISO code | IN-AN-00 |
| 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 |
Neill 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. the island is lying 36 km (22 mi) northeast from Port Blair.
Neill is named after British Brigadier general James Neill, who had sternly dealt with the rebels during the suppression of the 1857 Mutiny.
Neill Island was uninhabited until the arrival of settlers in the late 1960s. Like Havelock, the vast majority of settlers at Neill were refugees from erstwhile Bangladesh, following the exodus of Hindu Bangladeshi's prior to that country's war of independence in 1971.
The island belongs to the Ritchie's Archipelago and is located between Havelock Island 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 Neil, and almost all of it is concentrated in the reserve forest on Neil's north-western side. Neill island tends to remain a degree or two warmer than Havelock as a result of the lack of forest cover. The island is not without charm however, but it is a different, pastoral sort of charm that the island offers.
Politically, Neill Island is part of Neill Kendra panchayat, of Port Blair Taluk.
The population of 3040 lives in five villages, which are numbered 1 through 5 (with population at 2011 census in parentheses):
There is a jetty at Neill Kendra, which serves as the only entry–exit point of the island. There are regular Government ferry from Port Blair to Neill Island. There are private cruise ships such as Makruzz and Coastal Cruise.
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