Andaman & Nicobar Islands is the UT with lowest
population density in India. According to 2001 census, the population
density of Andaman & Nicobar Islands is 43. The total population of
Andaman & Nicobar Islands (as per 2001 census) is 3,56,152 and its
area is 8,249 sq km. In 1991, the population of Andaman & Nicobar
Islands was 280,661 and its population density was 34.
Andaman & Nicobar Islands are a group of 572 islands lying in the
Bay of Bengal. The original inhabitants of the islands lived in the
forests on hunting and fishing. There are four Negrito tribes, viz, the
Great Andamanese, Onge, Jarawa and Sentinalese in the Andaman group of
islands and two Mongoloid tribes, viz, Nicobarese and Shompens in the
Nicobar group of islands.
