Great Nicobar Subdivision
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| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Bay of Bengal |
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| Archipelago | Nicobar Islands |
| Adjacent to | Indian Ocean |
| Total islands | 13 |
| Major islands | |
| Area | 1,066 km2 (412 sq mi)[1] |
| Highest elevation | 642 m (2106 ft) |
| Highest point | Mount Thullier |
| Administration | |
| District | Nicobar |
| Island group | Nicobar Islands |
| Subdivisions of India | Great Nicobar Subdivision |
| Largest settlement | Campbell Bay (pop. 5740) |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 8367 (2014) |
| Pop. density | 7.8/km2 (20.2/sq mi) |
| Ethnic groups | Hindu, Nicobarese |
| Additional information | |
| Time zone | |
| PIN | 744301 |
| Telephone code | 03192 |
| ISO code | IN-AN-00[2] |
| Official website | www |
| Literacy | 84.4% |
| Avg. summer temperature | 30.2 °C (86.4 °F) |
| Avg. winter temperature | 23.0 °C (73.4 °F) |
| Sex ratio | 1.2♂/♀ |
| Census Code | 35.638.0003 |
| Official Languages | Hindi, English, Tamil Car (regional) |
Great Nicobar Subdivision is one of the three local administrative divisions of the Indian district of Nicobar, part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.[3] It is located in the Southern Nicobar Islands.
Demography
[edit | edit source]It is a multilingual tehsil. Population of major languages are:
Tamil 1,091
Telugu 1,052
Nicobarese 1,003
Hindi 1,088
Kurukh 903
Sadri 817
Bengali 584
Malayalam 339
Punjabi 334
Santali 209
Mundari 177
Marathi 151
Munda 116
Languages of Great Nicobar tehsil (2011)
- Tamil (13.0%)
- Telugu (12.6%)
- Nicobarese (12.0%)
- Hindi (10.9%)
- Kurukh (10.8%)
- Sadri (9.76%)
- Bengali (6.98%)
- Malayalam (4.05%)
- Punjabi (3.99%)
- Santali (2.50%)
- Mundari (2.12%)
- Marathi (1.80%)
- Munda (1.39%)
- Kharia (1.38%)
- Others (6.76%)
Administration
[edit | edit source]The subdivision includes two tehsils:
- Campbell Bay, which includes the southern part of Great Nicobar and its HQ is Campbell Bay
- Little Nicobar, which includes the northern part of Great Nicobar, as well as nearby islands, and its HQ is at Afra Bay
Image gallery
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Location of Car Nicobar island
References
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- File:Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg Andaman and Nicobar Islands travel guide from Wikivoyage
