Ferrargunj

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}} {{refimprove|date=November 2024}} '''Ferrargunj''' is one of five local administrative divisions of the [[Districts of India|Indian district]] of [[South Andaman district|South Andaman]], part of the [[India]]n [[union territory]] of [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Tehsils {{!}} District South Andaman, Government of Andaman and Nicobar {{!}} India |url=https://southandaman.nic.in/tehsil/}}</ref> The name is after [[Michael Lloyd Ferrar]], a commissioner and butterfly collector.

It is a division known locally as a ''[[tehsil]]'', roughly equivalent to a [[county]] in its range of administrative powers. It is located in the [[Andaman Islands]].

Ferrargunj's population according to 2011 [[Census of India]] figures was 53,565.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=POPULATION FINDER 2011 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/census.website/data/population-finder |access-date=1 November 2024 |website=Census India |at=Basic Population Figures of India, States, Districts and Sub-District, 2011.}}</ref>

==Demographics== [[Bengali language|Bengali]] is the most spoken language in Ferrargunj tehsil. As of 2011 census, Bengali is spoken as the first language by 24.23 percent of the tehsil's population. Largest language's population are

[[Bengali language|Bengali]] 12,981

[[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] 9,211

[[Hindi language|Hindi]] 8,768

[[Tamil language|Tamil]] 7,634

[[Telugu language|Telugu]] 7,040

[[Sadri language|Sadri]] 3,359

[[Kurukh language|Kurukh]] 2,416

[[Kharia language|Kharia]] 545

[[Munda language|Munda]] 377. <ref name="census2011">{{cite web |title=C-16 Population By Mother Tongue |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-3500.XLSX|work=Census of India 2011 |publisher=Office of the Registrar General }}</ref>

{{Pie chart |thumb = right |caption = Ferrarganj tehsil in 2011 census |label1 = Bengali |value1 = 24.23 |color1 = Red |label2 = Malalyalam |value2 = 17.20 |color2 = Green |label3 = Hindi |value3 = 16.37 |color3 = Yellow |label4 = Tamil |value4 = 14.25 |color4 = Blue |label5 = Telugu |value5 = 13.14 |color5 = gold |label6 = Sadri |value6 = 6.27 |color6 = Orange |label7 = Kurukh |value7 = 4.51 |color7 = Purple |label8 = Kharia |value8 = 1.02 |color8 = Magenta |label9 = Munda |value9 = 0.70 |color9 = violet |label10 = Others |value10 = 2.13 |color10 = Grey }}

==See also== * [[Administrative divisions of India]]

== References == {{reflist|2}} {{Portal|India}} *{{wikivoyage-inline|Andaman and Nicobar Islands}}

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[[Category:Cities and towns in South Andaman district]] [[Category:South Andaman district]]