Munak, Nicobar

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Munak incl. Ponioo/Moul
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Munak
Munak (India)
Coordinates: 8°00′36″N93°30′18″E / 8.010°N 93.505°E / 8.010; 93.505 Coordinates: 8°00′36″N93°30′18″E / 8.010°N 93.505°E / 8.010; 93.505
Country India
State Andaman and Nicobar Islands
District Nicobar
Tehsil Nancowry
Population (2011)
  Total 117
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Census code 645125

Munak is a village in the Nicobar district of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. It is located in the Nancowry tehsil. [1]

Nicobar district district of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India

Nicobar district is one of three districts in the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The district's administrative territory encompasses all of the Nicobar Islands, which are located in the Indian Ocean, between the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. The headquarters of the district is the village of Malacca, 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 Country in South Asia

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 severely affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. [2] According to the 2011 census of India, Munak (including Ponioo/Moul) has 24 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 85.26%. [3]

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami megathrust underwater earthquake and subsequent tsunami out at the Indian Ocean on 26 December 2004

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 Mw, 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 117 51 66
Children aged below 6 years 22 9 13
Scheduled caste 0 0 0
Scheduled tribe 115 50 65
Literates 81 37 44
Workers (all) 46 25 21
Main workers (total) 15 7 8
Main workers: Cultivators 0 0 0
Main workers: Agricultural labourers 0 0 0
Main workers: Household industry workers 0 0 0
Main workers: Other 15 7 8
Marginal workers (total) 31 18 13
Marginal workers: Cultivators 0 0 0
Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers 0 0 0
Marginal workers: Household industry workers 5 3 2
Marginal workers: Others 26 15 11
Non-workers 71 26 45

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References

  1. "Andaman and Nicobar Islands villages" (PDF). Land Records Information Systems Division, NIC. Retrieved 2015-07-25.
  2. Historic submergence and tsunami destruction of Nancowrie, Kamorta, Katchall and Trinket Islands of Nicobar district: Consequences of 26 December 2004 Sumatra–Andaman earthquake by M. G. Thakkar and Bhanu Goyal. Current Science, Volume 90, No. 7. 10 April 2006.
  3. 1 2 "District Census Handbook - Andaman & Nicobar Islands" (PDF). 2011 Census of India . Directorate of Census Operations, Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Retrieved 2015-07-21.