ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS 796 Car Nicobar C.D. Block lies in the northern part of Villages with most of facilities: None. Nicobars district. It is a part of Car Nicobar Villages without amenities (Education): Iaf Camp, teshil. The Block is located at a distance of (NA) Perka, Tapoiming, Small Lapati.. kms. from district headquarters (Car Nicobar). There Scheduled Castes: Out of the total population of 20292 are 16 villages in the block with the total persons, 0 persons (0% ) belong to Scheduled Castes. population of (NA) persons. Area of the C.D. Block The villages having less than 10% SC population are is (NA) sq. km. It is bounded by the Andaman Sea on Mus, , Sawai, Arong, Kimois, Kakana, Iaf Camp all directions. Malacca, Perka, , Kinyuka, Chuckchucha Administration : Tapoiming, Big Lapati, Small Lapati, . Division : Andaman and Nicobar. Parliamentary The villages having more than 50% SC population are Constituency: 1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands. None. District: Nicobar. Tehsil: Car Nicobar. Assembly Villages without Scheduled Castes: There are Constituency: Not Applicable. Gram Panchayat: 3. 16 villages without any scheduled caste population. Villages: 16 Inhabited: 16 Uninhabited: 0 Scheduled Tribes: Out of the total population of 20292 Ranking District State National persons, 15899 persons (78.35% ) belong to Scheduled Tribes. Area 2 5 6258 The villages having less than 10% ST population are Population 2 5 6208 None.. Sex Ratio 1 1 5195 The villages having more than 50% ST population are Child Sex Ratio 2 5 4183 Mus, Teetop, Sawai, Arong, Kimois, Kakana, Malacca Literacy Rate 1 4 733 Perka, Tamaloo, Kinyuka, Chuckchucha, Tapoiming Density 1 1 101 Big Lapati, Small Lapati, Kinmai. Work Participation Rate 1 1 1811 Sex ratio of Scheduled tribe population is 502. Amenities: Scheduled Tribes Literates and Illiterates by Sex: Education: Primary School in 12 villages, Middle school in Persons Males Females 9 villages, Matriculation or Secondary School in 5 villages, Literate 9,977 5,400 4,577 namely Mus, Sawai, Kakana, Malacca, Big Lapati. Illiterate 5,922 2,514 3,408 Higher Secondary or Pre University Courses or Inter- Literacy rate 70.6 76.9 64.4 mediate or Junior College in 3 villages of the Graduate 58 39 19 Community Development Block,,namely Sawai, Scheduled Tribes (Dominant): Malacca, Big Lapati. Nicobarese College in 0 village, Adult Literacy Center in 0 village. For their cultural identity please see Appendix-II Medical: Hospital in 1 village, Villages without Scheduled Tribes: There are Dispensary in 1 village, Health Center in 0 village, 0 village without any scheduled tribe population. Sub Center in 5 villages, Literates and Illiterates by Sex (Total Population): Maternity and Child Welfare Center Persons Males Females in 1 village, Literate 13,343 7,572 5,771 Community health workers in 0 village. Illiterate 6,949 3,091 3,858 The Villages Having Hospital or Dispensary or Health Literacy rate 74 80 68 Center Are Malacca. Graduate 567 362 205 Drinking Water: Tap water in 16 villages, Tank water in Agriculture: Distribution of villages according to land use: 16 villages, Well water in 16 villages, Tubewell in 16 Out of 16 villages, Total area (in hectare) is 0, out of villages and more than one source in 16 villages. that 0 percent is cultivable and 0 percent of the Bank: Banking facility in 3 villages, namely, cultivable area is irrigated. Perka, Chuckchucha, Big Lapati. Sources of Irrigation (Hectares): Government Canal 0, Credit Society in 0 village Agricultural Credit Society in 0 Private Canal 0, Well without Electricity 0, Well with Non-Agricultural Credit Society in 0 village. Electricity 0, Tubewell without Electricity 0, Others: Power supply in 16 villages, Cinema hall in 1 village, Tubewell with Electricity 0, Tank 0, River 0, sport club in 16 villages, Stadium or Auditorium or Community Lake 0, Waterfall 0, Others 0. Hall in 2 villages, Post Office in 5 villages. Villages with population of 5000 to 9999: None There are 16 villages having bus facilities. Villages with population of 10000 and above: None ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS 797 Distribution of Workers: Persons Males Females Sex Ratio Persons Males Females WPR All ages 20,292 10,663 9,629 903 Cultivators 53 22 31 0.5 0-14 5,399 2,781 2,618 941 Agricultural Labourers 15 8 7 0.14 15-44 10,871 5,651 5,220 924 Household Industry 3,566 2,132 1,434 33.48 45-79 3,908 2,171 1,737 800 Other Workers 7,018 4,596 2,422 65.88 80+ 91 44 47 1068 Main Workers 5,992 4,880 1,112 56.25 Age not stated 23 16 7 438 Marginal Workers 4,660 1,878 2,782 43.75 Languages (Dominant): Total Workers 10,652 6,758 3,894 Nicobarese, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam Religion: Major Religious Communities: Disabled Population: Persons Males Females Sex Ratio Persons Males Females % Hindu (17.09%) 3,468 2,172 1,296 597 Total Disabled 480 277 203 Muslim (6.83%) 1,385 718 667 929 In Seeing 222 125 97 46.25 Christian (75.81%) 15,384 7,741 7,643 987 In Speech 35 16 19 7.29 Sikh (0.17%) 34 21 13 619 In Hearing 23 7 16 4.79 Buddhists (0.03%) 7 2 5 2,500 In Movement 161 106 55 33.54 Jain (0%) - - - - Mentally 39 23 16 8.12 Agewise Data: