Editing Ritchie's Archipelago (section)

{{Short description|Part of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox islands
| name                    = Ritchie's Archipelago
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| sobriquet        = John Ritchie's Archipelago
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| map              = India Andaman and Nicobar Islands#India
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| coordinates      = {{coord|12.05|N|93.02|E|region:IN-AN_type:isle_dim:50000_source:GNS-enwiki|display=inline,title}}
| etymology        = 
| location         = [[Bay of Bengal]]
| archipelago      = [[Andaman Islands]]
| waterbody        = [[Indian Ocean]]
| total_islands    = 20
| major_islands    = {{hlist|[[Swaraj Island]]|[[Henry Lawrence Island]]|[[John Lawrence Island]]| [[Sir William Peel Island]]| [[Shaheed Island]]}}
| area_km2         = 252.1
| area_footnotes   = <ref name="cit">{{cite web|url=http://andssw1.and.nic.in/ecostat/basicstatPDF2013_14/1.Demogrpahy.pdf|title=Islandwise Area and Population - 2011 Census|publisher=Government of Andaman}}</ref>
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| coastline_km     = 
| elevation_m      = 216
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name="nga">{{cite enroute|173|2017|283}}</ref>
| highest_mount    = Round Hill, Wilson Island
| country          = {{flag|India}}
| country_admin_divisions_title     = [[List of districts in India#Andaman and Nicobar (AN)|District]]
| country_admin_divisions           = [[South Andaman district|South Andaman]]
| country_admin_divisions_title_1   = [[Island group]]
| country_admin_divisions_1         = [[Andaman Islands]]
| country_admin_divisions_title_3    = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsil]]
| country_admin_divisions_3          = Ritchie's Archipelago Tehsil
| country_largest_city = Govinda Nagar
| population       = 9355
| population_as_of = 2011
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| density_km2      = 37.1
| density_rank     =
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| ethnic_groups    = [[Hindu]], [[Andamanese peoples|Andamanese]]
| timezone1        = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1      = +5:30
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| utc_offset1_DST  = 
| postal_code_type        = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code             = 7442xx<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.india-codes.com/pincodes/a-n-islands-pin-code |title=A&N Islands - Pincodes |date=22 September 2016 |accessdate=22 September 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140323224041/http://www.india-codes.com/pincodes/a-n-islands-pin-code |archivedate=23 March 2014 }}</ref>
| area_code_type          = Telephone code
| area_code               = 031927<ref name="allcodesindia">{{cite web|url=http://allcodesindia.in/stdcode/andaman+and+nicobar.php |publisher=allcodesindia.in|title=STD Codes of Andaman and Nicobar|accessdate=2016-09-23}}</ref>
| website          = {{URL|http://www.and.nic.in/}}
| iso_code_type = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|ISO code]]
| iso_code      = IN-AN-00<ref>Registration Plate Numbers added to ISO Code</ref>
|additional_info  = {{Infobox|child=yes
| label2 = Literacy | data2 = 84.4%
| label3 = Avg. summer temperature| data3 ={{convert|30.2|°C|°F}}
| label4 = Avg. winter temperature| data4 ={{convert|23.0|°C|°F}}
| label5 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]| data5 =1.2[[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
| label7 = Census Code| data7 = 35.639.0004
| label8 = Official Languages| data8 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]], [[English language|English]]
}}
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'''Ritchie's Archipelago''' is a cluster of smaller islands which lie {{convert|20|km|abbr=on}} east of [[Great Andaman]], the main island group of the [[Andaman Islands]]. 
The Islands belong to the [[South Andaman district|South Andaman]] administrative [[Districts of India|district]], part of the [[India]]n [[union territory]] of [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]].<ref name="census">{{Cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-VillageDirectory/Directory/short_code_rural_35.pdf|title=Village Code Directory: Andaman & Nicobar Islands|publisher=Census of India|accessdate=2011-01-16}}</ref>