What is "mayabunder"

Mayabunder is a town and a county ( tehsil) in the northern part of Middle Andaman Island, Andaman Archipelago, India. The name is also spelled Maya Bunder or Maya Bandar. As of 2001, the county had 23.912 inhabitants, of which 3182 were in the town. It was settled in the British colonial period by immigrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh and ex-convicts.

Administratively, Mayabunder is the headquarters of the North and Middle Andaman district, which is part of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands territory.