Ferrargunj

Ferrargunj (Hindi: फेर्रर्गुन्ज) is one of five local administrative divisions of the Indian district of Andaman, part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 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.

Ferragunj's population according to 2001 Census of India figures was 48,626.


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