Bitra Island
The Bitra Island is the smallest inhabited island in the territory having a land area of 0.105 sq km. It has a length of 0.57 km and a width of 0.28 km at the broadest point. This is is at a distance of 483 km (261 nautical miles) from Kochi. The island is located at 11° 36' N I and 72° 11' E longitude. Though the land area is small, its lagoon area is 45.61 sq km
BITRA is the smallest inhabited island in the territory. Till 1835 BITRA was the breeding ground for many sea birds, a favourite hunt of KILTAN and CHETLAT people. There is a small shrine of Malik Mulla, an old Arab Saint who is said to be have been buried here. The shrine is a place of pilgrimage for the people of other islands. Surprisingly the first permanent settler at BITRA was a woman from CHETLAT who with her son set up a permanent settler at the house around 1945.
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