Quick Facts About Andaman and Nicobar Island

• Andaman and Nicobar Island is a Union Territory.
• It was established on 1st November, 1956
• Port Blair is the capital of Andaman and Nicobar Island. It is also the largest city of it.
• There are 3 districts : - Nicobar Islands, North and Middle Andaman, South Andaman
• Devendra Kumar Joshi is the Lieutenant Governor.
• Number of Lok Sabha seats 1.
• Official Languages of this UT are Hindi and English (But Bengali is dominant and one of the most spoken language, approximately 26% of population speak Bengali)
• The territory's Population was 3,79,944 and Literacy Rate was 86.27% (as per 2011 census of India).
• Total Land  Area of this territory is approximately 8249 sq.km.
• Total Area of Andaman Island is 6408 sq.km and Nicobar Island is 1441 sq.km.
• State Bird is Andaman Wood Pigeon.
• State Animal is Dugeng.
• State Tree is Andaman Padauk.

List of National Parks : -

1. Campbell Bay National Park
2. Galathea Bay National Park
3. Mahatma Gandhi Marine (Wandoor) National Park
4. Middle button Island National Park
5. Mount Harriett National Park
6. North Button Island National Park
7. Rani Jhansi Marine National Park
8. Saddle Park National Park
9. South Button Island