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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox islands
| name = Kondul Island
| native_name = Tamengshe
| native_name_link = Nicobarese language
| native_name_lang =
| sobriquet =
| image_name =
| image_size =
| image_caption =
| image_alt =
| map = India Andaman and Nicobar Islands
| map_caption = Location of Kondul Island in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
| coordinates = {{coord|7.215|N|93.715|E|region:IN-AN_type:isle_dim:50000_source:GNS-enwiki|display=inline,title}}
| etymology =
| location = [[Bay of Bengal]]
| archipelago = [[Nicobar Islands]]
| waterbody = [[Indian Ocean]]
| total_islands = 1
| major_islands = {{hlist|Kondul}}
| area_km2 = 1.55
| 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>
| rank =
| length_km = 2.6
| width_km = 1
| coastline_km = 7.5
| elevation_m = 92
| highest_mount = Tamengshe<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=hWv9ZhMhgusC&pg=PA242&lpg=PA242&dq=teressa+island&source=bl&ots=di8_UrqvlT&sig=z5XcxgXa--Q6OHQaBki9bxokBF0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj14oCktr7MAhUBVBQKHSZpD4I4ChDoAQglMAI#v=snippet&q=kondul&f=false info]</ref>
| country = {{flag|India}}
| country_admin_divisions_title = [[List of districts in India#Andaman and Nicobar (AN)|District]]
| country_admin_divisions = [[Nicobar district|Nicobar]]
| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = [[Island group]]
| country_admin_divisions_1 = [[Nicobar Islands]]
| country_admin_divisions_title_2 = [[Subdivisions of India]]
| country_admin_divisions_2 = [[Great Nicobar Subdivision]]
| country_admin_divisions_title_3 = [[Tehsils of India|Taluk]]
| country_admin_divisions_3 = [[Little Nicobar]]
| country_largest_city = Mayaiya
| country_largest_city_population = 2
| population = 2
| population_as_of = 2016
| population_footnotes =
| population_rank =
| population_rank_max =
| density_km2 = 1.3
| density_rank =
| density_footnotes =
| ethnic_groups = [[Nicobarese people|Nicobarese]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| timezone1_DST =
| utc_offset1_DST =
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 744301
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 03192
| 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|32.0|°C|°F}}
| label4 = Avg. winter temperature| data4 ={{convert|28.0|°C|°F}}
| label5 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]| data5 =[[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
| label7 = Census Code| data7 = 35.638.0002
| label8 = Official Languages| data8 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]], [[English language|English]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]] <br /> [[Southern Nicobarese language|Southern Nicobarese]] (regional)
}}
}}
'''Kondul Island''' is a small island of the [[Nicobar Islands]] in [[India]].

==History==
It was hit by the 2004 tsunami.
After the tsunami the surviving population moved to Great Nicobar.<ref>[http://andssw1.and.nic.in/ecostat/IslandwiseStatistical/kondul.pdf Info]</ref>
at 2015 2 elders have returned to the island and they renovated the jetty.
Poachers from Myanmar are doing illegal fishing around the island regularly.<ref>[http://www.andamanchronicle.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2246:6-myanmarese-nabbed-from-off-kondul-island-in-hot-pursuit-by-coast-guard&catid=48&Itemid=198 News]</ref>
[https://www.jodhpurtak.com]

==Geography==
The island is located in the [[Bay of Bengal]], halfway between [[Great Nicobar]] and [[Little Nicobar]] in the [[St. George's Channel]], and measures 2.6 km long and 0.95 km of maximum width for an area of {{convert|1.55|km2|abbr=on}}.

===Climate===
It has a [[Tropical rainforest climate]] as even the driest months have rainfall greater than 60mm. It is one of the very few places that witness a rainforest climate in India.
{{Weather box
| location = Kondul Island (1981–2010, extremes 1953–2003)
| metric first = Yes
| single line = Yes
| width = auto
| Jan record high C = 31.8
| Feb record high C = 38.4
| Mar record high C = 36.2
| Apr record high C = 35.2
| May record high C = 35.0
| Jun record high C = 33.6
| Jul record high C = 36.0
| Aug record high C = 32.5
| Sep record high C = 32.0
| Oct record high C = 31.8
| Nov record high C = 32.6
| Dec record high C = 32.4
|year record high C = 36.0
| Jan high C = 28.9
| Feb high C = 29.1
| Mar high C = 30.1
| Apr high C = 30.7
| May high C = 30.7
| Jun high C = 30.6
| Jul high C = 30.2
| Aug high C = 29.8
| Sep high C = 29.4
| Oct high C = 28.9
| Nov high C = 28.8
| Dec high C = 29.0
| year high C = 29.7
| Jan low C = 24.2
| Feb low C = 24.2
| Mar low C = 24.5
| Apr low C = 23.9
| May low C = 24.3
| Jun low C = 24.3
| Jul low C = 24.4
| Aug low C = 23.7
| Sep low C = 23.4
| Oct low C = 23.5
| Nov low C = 23.6
| Dec low C = 24.1
| year low C = 24.0
| Jan record low C = 18.0
| Feb record low C = 19.2
| Mar record low C = 19.0
| Apr record low C = 17.4
| May record low C = 17.0
| Jun record low C = 14.6
| Jul record low C = 15.2
| Aug record low C = 14.0
| Sep record low C = 14.2
| Oct record low C = 16.4
| Nov record low C = 16.2
| Dec record low C = 15.4
|year record low C = 14.0
| rain colour = green
| Jan rain mm = 111.0
| Feb rain mm = 70.1
| Mar rain mm = 78.1
| Apr rain mm = 121.0
| May rain mm = 255.5
| Jun rain mm = 214.0
| Jul rain mm = 247.4
| Aug rain mm = 252.2
| Sep rain mm = 297.6
| Oct rain mm = 289.4
| Nov rain mm = 271.8
| Dec rain mm = 249.5
|year rain mm = 2457.7
| Jan rain days = 5.9
| Feb rain days = 3.5
| Mar rain days = 4.7
| Apr rain days = 5.4
| May rain days = 11.7
| Jun rain days = 10.7
| Jul rain days = 12.1
| Aug rain days = 13.4
| Sep rain days = 12.8
| Oct rain days = 13.2
| Nov rain days = 12.9
| Dec rain days = 8.8
|year rain days = 115.1
|time day = 17:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| Jan humidity = 84
| Feb humidity = 84
| Mar humidity = 83
| Apr humidity = 86
| May humidity = 88
| Jun humidity = 87
| Jul humidity = 88
| Aug humidity = 86
| Sep humidity = 87
| Oct humidity = 90
| Nov humidity = 89
| Dec humidity = 87
|year humidity = 86
|source 1 = [[India Meteorological Department]]<ref name=IMDnormals>
{{cite web
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205040301/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| archivedate = 5 February 2020
| url = http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| title = Station: Kondul Climatological Table 1981–2010
| work = Climatological Normals 1981–2010
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = January 2015
| pages = 425–426
| accessdate = 8 February 2020}}</ref><ref name=IMDextremes>
{{cite web
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205042509/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| archivedate = 5 February 2020
| url = http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| title = Extremes of Temperature & Rainfall for Indian Stations (Up to 2012)
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = December 2016
| page = M2
| accessdate = 8 February 2020}}</ref>
}}

==Administration==
The island belongs to the [[Subdivisions of India|township]] of [[Great Nicobar Subdivision|Great Nicobar]] of [[Little Nicobar]] [[Tehsils of India|Taluk]].<ref>[http://andssw1.and.nic.in/ecostat/basicstatPDF2013_14/1.Demogrpahy.pdf Tehsils]</ref>

==Demographics==
Mayaiya village is inhabited and has a radio antenna.

==Image gallery==
<gallery widths=180>
File:Map of Nicobar Islands-en.png|Map
File:LittleNicobarIslandMap.jpg|Map 2
</gallery>

== References ==
{{reflist|2}}

*{{wikivoyage-inline|Andaman and Nicobar Islands}}
{{Nicobar district |state=collapsed}}

[[Category:Islands of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]
[[Category:Cities and towns in Nicobar district]]
[[Category:Nicobar district]]

{{AndamanNicobar-geo-stub}}

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