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Amini, India - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 11°07′23″N 72°43′26″E / 11.123°N 72.724°E

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Amini
Geography
Amini Location of Amini Island in Lakshadweep
Location	Arabian Sea
Coordinates	11°07′23″N 72°43′26″E / 11.123°N 72.724°E / 11.123; 72.724
Archipelago	Lakshadweep
Adjacent to	Indian Ocean
Total islands	1
Major islands	Amini
Area	2.71 km² (1.05 sq mi)^[1]
Length	2.8 km (1.74 mi)
Width	1.3 km (0.81 mi)
Coastline	7 km (4.3 mi)
Highest elevation	2 m (7 ft)
Administration
India
Territory	Union territory of Lakshadweep
District	Lakshadweep
Island group	Aminidivi
Tehsils of India	Aminidivi
Subdivisions of India	Amini Island
Largest settlement	Amini (pop. 6500)
Demographics
Population	7843 (2014)
Pop. density	2,895/km² (7498/sq mi)
Ethnic groups	Malayali, Mahls
Additional information
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	682552
Telephone code	04891
ISO code	IN-LD-00^[2]
Official website	www.lakshadweep.gov.in

Literacy	71%
Avg. summer temperature	32.0 °C (89.6 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	28.0 °C (82.4 °F)
Sex ratio	0.9948♂/♀

Amini is a census town in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, India. It is also the name of the island where the town stands and of the atoll that contains that island. It lies 407 km (253 mi) west of the city of Kochi.

History

Amini Island was one of the first islands in the archipelago to be inhabited. The artisans on this island are known for making walking sticks out of coconut shells and tortoise shells as well as carved stone and coral motifs.

Geography

The channel between Amini Island and Cardamom Island is safe and deep, but depths of less than 10 meters project 0.5 mile south from the south tip of the reefs surrounding Cardamom Island. Amini Island Light is shown on the south point of the island. Amini Island, the most important of the Amindivi Islands, is oval, with the long axis oriented northeast–southwest. It is 2.8 km long and up to 1.3 km wide, yielding a land area of 2.71 km² (1.05 sq mi). It is fringed by a reef 0.3 to 0.6 km wide.

Demographics

Amini village is in the middle of the west coast of the Island. A raised stone platform jetty, with steps leading to the beach, is in front of the village. There is a post office and a hospital at the village. The small village of Hujrapali is on the east coast. As of the 2011 India census,^[3] the island of Amini had a population of 7,657. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Amini has an average literacy rate of 71%, higher than the national average of 59.5%, with 55% of the males and 45% of females literate. 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Pitti Bank

Amini Island lies at the northeastern extremity of Pitti Bank, 42 km from small, uninhabited Pitti Island (not to be confused with Pitti Islet of Kalpeni Atoll), which is located at the opposite southwestern extremity of the bank. Pitti Bank, also oriented along a northeast–southwest axis, is 49 km long, in the northern part from 2 to 7 km wide and in the southern part up to 18 km wide. Pitti Bank may be considered a largely submerged and sunken atoll, with an estimated lagoon area of 415 km² (160 sq mi), with just the two islands Amini and Pitti remaining at its opposite ends. Kadmat island, although just 5 km northeast of Amini Island, is separated from it by a deep channel and thus forms a separate geographical unit.

Administration

The bank belongs to the township of Amini Island of Aminidivi Tehsil.^[4]

Image gallery

Satellite picture showing the atolls of the Lakshadweep except for Minicoy
Map

References

^ "Islandwise Area and Population - 2011 Census" (PDF). Government of Lakshadweep. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2016.
^ Registration Plate Numbers added to ISO Code
^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
^ Tehsils info

Lakshadweep travel guide from Wikivoyage
Hydrographic Description (Indian Ocean Pilot)

Union territory of Lakshadweep

Capital: Kavaratti

State symbols

Animal	Butterfly fish
Bird	Sooty tern
Tree	Breadfruit
Flower	Neelakurinji

Administration

Administrator	Praful Khoda Patel
Lok Sabha constituency	Lakshadweep
District(s)	Lakshadweep

History

Geography

Islands

Aminidivi	Amini Island Bassas de Pedro Bitrā Par Byramgore Reef Cherbaniani Reef Chetlat Island Cora Divh Elikalpeni Bank Kadmat Island Kiltān Island Perumal Par Sesostris Bank
Laccadive	Agatti Island Androth Island Bangaram Atoll Kalpeni Island Kavaratti Island Pitti Suheli Par
Minicoy	Investigator Bank Minicoy Island Viringili

Protected areas

Language(s)

Official	English Hindi
Spoken	Malayalam Jeseri Dhivehi Mahl

Transport

Agatti Airport

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Metropolitan cities: Kozhikode, Malappuram, Kannur
States/UTs	Kerala Lakshadweep Puducherry Tamil Nadu
Districts	Kannur Kozhikode Lakshadweep Mahe Malappuram Nilgiris (part) Palakkad (part) Thrissur (part) Ernakulam (part) Kollam (part) Thiruvananthapuram (part) Wayanad
Taluks	Alathur Chavakkad Chirayinkeezhu (part) Chittur Eranad Gudalur Iritty Kannur Kodungallur (part) Kollam (part) Kondotty Koyilandy Kozhikode Mananthavady Mannarkkad Nilambur Ottapalam Palakkad Pandalur Pattambi Perinthalmanna Ponnani Sultan Bathery Taliparamba Thalassery Thamarassery Tirur Tirurangadi Vatakara Vythiri
Municipal Corporations	Kozhikode Kannur Kochi (Fort Kochi area only) Kollam Municipal Corporation (Thangassery area only)
Municipalities	Anthoor Chavakkad Cherpulassery Feroke Gudalur Guruvayur Iritty Kalpetta Koduvally Kondotty Kuthuparamba Kottakkal Koyilandy Mahe Malappuram Manjeri Mannarkkad Mattanur Mukkam Nilambur Ottapalam Palakkad Panoor Parappanangadi Pattambi Payyanur Perinthalmanna Ponnani Ramanattukara Shoranur Sreekandapuram Tanur Thalassery Taliparamba Tirur Tirurangadi Valanchery Vatakara
Other towns	Alakode Alathur Amini Anchuthengu Andrott Angadipuram Anjarakkandy Areekode Azhikode Balussery Cherukunnu Chundale Devarshola Dharmadom Edappal Irikkur Kadmat Kalliasseri Kalpeni Karipur Kavaratti Kodencheri Kottappadi Kunnamangalam Kuttiady Kuttippuram Lakkidi Lakkidi-Perur Malampuzha Mankada Meenangadi Meppadi Minicoy Muttil Muzhappilangad Nadapuram Nelliyalam O' Valley Olavanna Padinharethara Panamaram Pappinisseri Pavaratty Perambra Peravoor Pulpally Sreekrishnapuram Thamarassery Thavanur Thiruvambady Thrithala Vallikkunnu Vengara Vythiri Wandoor
Historical regions	Arakkal kingdom Chirakkal kingdom Eranad Kingdom of Kadathanadu Kavalappara Kingdom of Kottayam Kingdom of Tanur Kingdom of Valluvanad Kolathunadu Kurumbranad Malabar District (North Malabar, South Malabar) Mannarghat Nilambur Kingdom Parappanad Zamorin of Calicut
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