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.
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
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 (2.5%)
- Mundari (2.12%)
- Marathi (1.8%)
- Munda (1.39%)
- Kharia (1.38%)
- Others (6.76%)
Administration
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
- ^ "Islandwise Area and Population - 2011 Census" (PDF). Government of Andaman.
- ^ Registration Plate Numbers added to ISO Code
- ^ "Village Code Directory: Andaman & Nicobar Islands" (PDF). Census of India. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
- ^ "C-16 Population By Mother Tongue". Census of India 2011. Office of the Registrar General.
Andaman and Nicobar Islands travel guide from Wikivoyage
