South Andaman district: 3,106 sq km and the three tehsils of Ferrargunj, Port Blair and Little Andaman

Background

South Andaman is one of the three districts of the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the others being Nicobar and North and Middle Andaman.
The district administration records an area of 3,106 sq km and a population of 2,38,142 as per the 2011 Census, with a literacy rate of 88.49 per cent.
It is divided into three tehsils: Ferrargunj, Port Blair and Little Andaman.
The district has 3 blocks, 99 revenue villages, one municipality and 9 police stations.
Port Blair, now named Sri Vijaya Puram, is the most populous of the three tehsils, with 1,65,754 residents in the district administration's record.