- Amini, India
:"This article is about Amini, the census town and island in India. For other uses, see
Amini ."Infobox Indian Jurisdiction
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state_name = Lakshadweep
district = Lakshadweep
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population_as_of = 2001
population_total = 7340| population_density =
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footnotes =Amini is a
census town in theUnion Territory ofLakshadweep ,India , at coord|11|06|N|72|45|E. It is also the name of the island upon which the town stands, and of theatoll which contains that island.The island
The island has a post office and a hospital. The channel between Amini Island and CardamumIsland is safe and deep, but depths of less than 10m project 0.5 mile S from the S tip of the reefs surrounding CardamumIsland. Amini Island Light is shown on the S point of the island. The village is in the middle of the W side of the Island. A raised stone platform, with steps leading to the beach, is in front of the village.
Amini Island, the most important of the
Amindivi Islands , isoval in shape, with the long axis oriented northeast-southwest. It is 2.9 km long and up to 1.2 km wide, yielding a land area of 2.59 km². It is fringed by a reef 0.3 to 0.6 km wide.Amini Island lies at the northeastern extremity of
Pitti Bank , 42 km from small uninhabitedPitti Island (not to be confused with Pitti Islet ofKalpeni 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 estimatedlagoon area officially given as 155.09 km² (but apparently at least double that amount), 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.Amini Island was one of the first islands in the archipelago to be inhabited. The artistans on this island are known for making walking sticks out of
coconut shells andtortoise shells as well as carved stone andcoral motifs.The town
The village (census town) of Amini is located in the middle of the west coast. A raised stone platform, with steps leading to the beach, is in front of the village.
As of 2001 Indiacensus , [GR|India] the town of Amini had a population of 7340. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. 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.References
External links
* [http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/websites/pollux/pollux.nss.nima.mil/NAV_PUBS/SD/pub173/173sec05.pdf Hydrographic Description (Indian Ocean Pilot)]
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