Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a union territory of India lies in the Bay of Bengal. It consists of about 527 islands both small and large. The coastline of the Islands stretches for about 100 Kms. The Islands are covered with dense forests all around. The area of the Islands is about 8,293 square kilometers. The Islands consist of 2 groups, the Andaman and Nicobar. These two groups are separated by about 300 Km. the capital city is Port Blair. Of the total land area 92% of the land is covered with rain forests. Of the 527 islands, in only 38 islands we find the inhabitants. The rest of the land is barren. Andaman and Nicobar Islands lie close to the Arakanmayo mountain range of Burma which lies to the sides of Sumatra of Indonesia. Andaman is a developing land, with people being cultured and literate. The Nicobar Islands are still inhabited by primitive tribes and backward communities. The population of the whole land is about 5 lakhs. Men and women populate equally. 2.5 lakh people have the right to vote. We can find high mountains, lush green forests, wide roads, new buildings and long coastline where are some entering features of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands which make it beautiful.
Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Republic Day Celebrations
The people in the Islands speak many languages. Peace prevails all over as there are no political or communal riots or atrocities. Not only the beauty of nature and the various enticing features but the peace loving people have made the Andaman and Nicobar Islands a tourist spot for visitors overseas. The people are given quality education. Medical facilities are qualitative. The people are very much aware of their rights and concessions and so do they abide and maintain their standards. The people enjoy a lot of freedom. They do not have any limitations. They live in harmony. This is a rare sight that one finds in India which is unusual as there are constraints, political and communal riots, and calmless situation in the other parts of India.
.The people who dwell here are descendants of the prisoners put in from other parts of India, the refugees who settled down from countries like Bangladesh, Burma and Srilanka and Government officials and army personnel. There are people of various castes and creed but these differences have not thrust a difference in people rather as they have formed a harmonious society. The great leader Mahatma Gandhi’s dream vision of finding a peaceful land has become a dream come true, a reality in the form of this new land, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. People of the various states and union territories have a free access to these Islands. If they wish to settle down in these Islands they are permitted to gain permanent resident status. Special permission is not needed to settle in these Islands. But tourists from other countries who wish to visit these Islands have to get prior permission from the Indian government. They are granted a visa for 30 days to visit the Islands. The visitors will enjoy Andaman and Nicobar islands more during December and march as the climatic conditions and weather will be excellent. People visit the hill stations during the summer between April and June.
But in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands the months between December and March is ideal to visit.The governing body consists of the lieutenant governor the presiding authority, the chief secretary and inspector general of police assisting the lieutenant governor. It also has a secretary and Deputy Commissioners. There is no legislative assembly but soon they may equal the legislative assembly of pondichery. Port Blair is the only city of the Islands which has a municipal court. 18 candidates elect the members of this council. Three are appointed. It has a president, a vice president and a deputy president. They hold the position for just a year and every year a new president is elected. The members’ tenure is for five years. The Islands have 67 panchayats, 7 panchayats same this and a zilla parishad. The people elect a president and two members and the members elect the third person. Only great Nicobar of Nicobar islands have village panchayats. 
.Language is the best mean /mode of communication. Andaman and Nicobar Islands is thickly populated with Hindi speaking people. 15% of the people have Hindi as their mother tongue and the remaining 85% people speak other languages. English is the official language, but in some strange place Hindi is used. Most of the people can understand and communicate in Hindi even though they might speak various other languages. Almost 24 languages are spoken by the people in the Islands Tamil, Malayalam, Urdu, Karen, Konkini, Manipuri, Bengali, Telugu, Gujarathi, Kannada, Assamese, Rajasthani, English, Punjabi, Nicobari, Tulu, Burmese, Barsi, Sindi, Dokri, Munda, Marwari, Nepali, and Oriya are the languages spoken. A good member of the above mentioned languages substantiate that the Islands dwellers have migrated and settled down from various parts of India and Burma as well.There are no factories and Industries in the islands. Mills and lumber yards are there. Eight mills and lumber yards are owned by private people. The forest trees are felled and plants and suitable pieces are made for high quality furniture. But the central government has banned these mills and lumber yards to safeguard and protect the forests from being destroyed. Only two mills owned by the government survive at present, one in port Blair and another in Betapur. The occupation there is tourism, fishing and farming. Many tourists visit there from all over the world and so plenty of star hotels, collages and resorts are found. They gain a lot due to the foreign exchange.