Great Nicobar Subdivision

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Great Nicobar Subdivision
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Great Nicobar Subdivision
Location of Great Nicobar Subdivision in India
Geography
Location Bay of Bengal
Coordinates 7°12′N93°44′E / 7.20°N 93.73°E / 7.20; 93.73
Archipelago Nicobar Islands
Adjacent to Indian Ocean
Total islands13
Major islands
Area1,066 km2 (412 sq mi) [1]
Highest elevation642 m (2106 ft)
Highest point Mount Thullier
Administration
Flag of India.svg  India
District Nicobar
Island group Nicobar Islands
Subdivisions of India Great Nicobar Subdivision
Largest settlement Campbell Bay (pop. 5740)
Demographics
Population8367 (2014)
Pop. density7.8/km2 (20.2/sq mi)
Ethnic groups Hindu, Nicobarese
Additional information
Time zone
PIN 744301
Telephone code03192
ISO code IN-AN-00 [2]
Official website www.and.nic.in
Literacy84.4%
Avg. summer temperature30.2 °C (86.4 °F)
Avg. winter temperature23.0 °C (73.4 °F)
Sex ratio 1.2/
Census Code35.638.0003
Official Languages Hindi, English, Tamil
Car (regional)

Great Nicobar Subdivision is one of 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.

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Demography

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

Kharia 116. [4]

Languages of Great Nicobar tehsil (2011)

  Tamil (13.04%)
  Telugu (12.57%)
  Nicobarese (11.99%)
  Hindi (10.88%)
  Kurukh (10.79%)
  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

The subdivision includes two tehsils:

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References

  1. "Islandwise Area and Population - 2011 Census" (PDF). Government of Andaman.
  2. Registration Plate Numbers added to ISO Code
  3. "Village Code Directory: Andaman & Nicobar Islands" (PDF). Census of India. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  4. "C-16 Population By Mother Tongue". Census of India 2011. Office of the Registrar General.