Balu Basti

Balu Basti
Balu Basti; Al-Hit-Touch
	village
Country	India
State	Andaman and Nicobar Islands
District	Nicobar
Tehsil	Nancowry
Population (2011)
• Total	91
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Census code	645094

Last updated March 13, 2019

Al-Hit-Touch/Balu Basti is a village in the Nicobar district of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. It is located in the Nancowry tehsil.^[1]

Nicobar district is one of three districts in the Indian Union Territory (UT) of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The district's administrative territory encompasses all of the Nicobar Islands, which are located in the Indian Ocean. The headquarters of the district is located on the island of Car Nicobar.

Andaman and Nicobar Islands Southeast Union Territory of India

The Andaman and Nicobar Islands, one of the seven union territories of India comprising 572 islands of which 37 are inhabited, are a group of islands at the juncture of the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea.

India, also known as the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh largest country by area and with more than 1.3 billion people, it is the second most populous country as well as the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the northeast; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives, while its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.

Demographics

The village was affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.^[2] According to the 2011 census of India, Al-Hit-Touch/Balu Basti has 22 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 94.37%.^[3]

The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake occurred at 00:58:53 UTC on 26 December, with an epicentre off the west coast of northern Sumatra. It was an undersea megathrust earthquake that registered a magnitude of 9.1–9.3 M_w, reaching a Mercalli intensity up to IX in certain areas. The earthquake was caused by a rupture along the fault between the Burma Plate and the Indian Plate.

Demographics (2011 Census)^[3]
	Total	Male	Female
Population	91	48	43
Children aged below 6 years	20	8	12
Scheduled caste	0	0	0
Scheduled tribe	90	47	43
Literates	67	39	28
Workers (all)	22	15	7
Main workers (total)	16	10	6
Main workers: Cultivators	0	0	0
Main workers: Agricultural labourers	0	0	0
Main workers: Household industry workers	0	0	0
Main workers: Other	16	10	6
Marginal workers (total)	6	5	1
Marginal workers: Cultivators	0	0	0
Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers	0	0	0
Marginal workers: Household industry workers	0	0	0
Marginal workers: Others	6	5	1
Non-workers	69	33	36

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References

↑ "Andaman and Nicobar Islands villages" (PDF). Land Records Information Systems Division, NIC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-07-25.
↑ Malini Shankar (22 December 2014). Preparing for the Day After: A Picture E Book on Disaster Management. Google Play. pp. 66–. GGKEY:Q6N73Q4KNL7.
1 2 "District Census Handbook - Andaman & Nicobar Islands" (PDF). 2011 Census of India . Directorate of Census Operations, Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-08-01. Retrieved 2015-07-21.

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[1] "Andaman and Nicobar Islands villages" (PDF). Land Records Information Systems Division, NIC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-07-25.

[2] Malini Shankar (22 December 2014). Preparing for the Day After: A Picture E Book on Disaster Management. Google Play. pp. 66–. GGKEY:Q6N73Q4KNL7.

[census_2011-3] 1 2 "District Census Handbook - Andaman & Nicobar Islands" (PDF). 2011 Census of India . Directorate of Census Operations, Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-08-01. Retrieved 2015-07-21.